Puzzle
Albert County Museum
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| Object Name: | Puzzle |
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| Category: | Recreational Artifacts |
| Sub-category: | Toy |
| Discipline: | History |
| Material: | Paper Cardboard |
| Accession Number: | 2009.3.1.2 a-bf |
| Manufacturer: | The Tuco Workshops Incorporated |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1955 C |
| Latest Production Date: | 1955 C |
| Description: | Cardboard puzzle titled Peaceful Valley by The Tuco Workshops Incorporated. 58 of the 60 pieces are included. |
| Narrative: | Tuco Work Shops was a division of The Upson Company, a manufacturer of wallboard. They began producing and marketing Tuco jigsaw puzzles in 1932. These puzzles were cut from the Upson wallboard, which was thicker than the cardboard normally used to make other company's puzzles. At least partly for this reason, Tuco puzzles consisted of non-interlocking pieces until some time in the 1950's. They were and are among the most popular of vintage jigsaw puzzles. |
| History of Use: | Found in the attic space of the brick Municipal Offices building where the Albert County Historical Society rents the space. |
| Height: | 26,8 |
| Width: | 18,2 |
| Unit-Linear: | cm |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Number of Components: | 58 |
| Component Part Names: | Puzzle pieces |
| Subject/Image: | Peaceful Valley - A winter scene depicting an older boy carrying an axe and pulling a sled that is carrying a Christmas tree and a younger girl riding on top. The family dog is running along side. |
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| Institution City: | Hopewell Cape |
| Institution Province: | New Brunswick |