The great East River suspension bridge.

Title & Author:

The great East River suspension bridge.

Publication:

[approximately 1881] (New York : Stirn & Lyon)

Description:

1 bridge assembly : chiefly wood, with metal and textile, in wooden box 16 x 40 x 8 cm

Notes:
Uncoated wood pieces with lines painted to resemble stones or planks. Both lid and bottom of box perforated to serve as bases. Assembled size approximately 46 x 105 x 13 cm.
Title and imprint from printed (chromolithograph) label mounted on recto of lid.
"Patented 1881 by Stirn & Lyon New York."
Library copy: includes decorated wood pieces, 7 red wooden "lamps", 2 American flags of wood and textile, metal pieces.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "Villes en mouvement: jouets et transports = Cities in motion: toys and transport", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 15, 2000-Apr. 1, 2001.
Exhibited: "L'architecture en jeux: jeux de construction du CCA = Buildings in boxes: architectural toys from the CCA", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 27, 1990-Mar. 31, 1991.
Exhibited: "Villes en mouvement: jouets et transports = Cities in motion: toys and transport", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 15, 2000-Apr. 1, 2001.
Exhibited: "L'architecture en jeux: jeux de construction du CCA = Buildings in boxes: architectural toys from the CCA", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 27, 1990-Mar. 31, 1991.

Summary:

An early Brooklyn Bridge toy featuring the 19th century suspension bridge linking Brooklyn and Manhattan which took 14 years to build. The cover graphic shows the toy bridge spanning the East River. Also depicted are the city halls of New York and Brooklyn (later Brooklyn Borough Hall), with the Fulton Ferry terminal on the Brooklyn waterfront.

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Subject:

Wooden toys United States Specimens.
Toys United States Specimens.
Bridges Models.
Jouets en bois États-Unis Spécimens.
Jouets États-Unis Spécimens.
Toys.
Wooden toys.
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) Models.
New York (State) New York Brooklyn Bridge.
United States.

Form/genre:

Tab-and-slot assembly system toys.
Specimens.

Added entries:

Stirn & Lyon.

Holdings:

Location: Library main jouets et jeux 61101
Call No.: TS2301.T7.W6 S74 1881
Status: Available

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