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Game, Dexterity

Object number2016.29.17 a-n

Manufacturer Stoelting Co.

Date1950-1959

OriginChicago, IL

MediumWood; Fabric; Metal; Plastic; Paper; Ink; Adhesive

Credit LineGift of Polk State Center

DescriptionCarrying case containing thirteen boxes of individual dexterity games, puzzles, and intellectual tests.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 14.5 × 20.125 × 6 in. (36.8 × 51.1 × 15.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (b): 6.875 × 4.5 × 1.25 in. (17.5 × 11.4 × 3.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (c): 15.75 × 3.25 × 1 in. (40 × 8.3 × 2.5 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (d): 7 × 3.75 × 0.875 in. (17.8 × 9.5 × 2.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (e): 6.75 × 1.75 × 1.625 in. (17.1 × 4.4 × 4.1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (f): 5.875 × 2.875 × 0.875 in. (14.9 × 7.3 × 2.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (g): 9.25 × 7.25 × 0.5 in. (23.5 × 18.4 × 1.3 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (h): 16.25 × 10.5 × 0.625 in. (41.3 × 26.7 × 1.6 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (i): 9.5 × 8 × 0.5 in. (24.1 × 20.3 × 1.3 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (j): 9.5 × 8.375 × 0.5 in. (24.1 × 21.3 × 1.3 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (k): 7.875 × 5.875 × 0.625 in. (20 × 14.9 × 1.6 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (l): 3.25 × 3.125 × 3 in. (8.3 × 7.9 × 7.6 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (m): 4.625 × 3.5 × 1.25 in. (11.7 × 8.9 × 3.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (n): 4.75 × 4.75 × 1.25 in. (12.1 × 12.1 × 3.2 cm)
Inscriptions(b)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “Color sorting”.

(c)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “Peg board B”.

(d)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “buttons”.

(e)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “Drawing up string”.

(f)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “Scissors”.

(g)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “2 piece puzzle”.

(h)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “Seguin Form Board”.

(i)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “3 peice [sic] puzzle / 2 children”.

(j)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “4 peice [sic] puzzle”.

(l)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “Nest of Cubes”.

(m)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “blocks”.

(n)
Handwritten text on exterior of lid in black ink “Design Blocks”.
Marks(b)
Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CATALOG NO. 12313 / COLOR MATCHING TEST / Stoelting Company”.

(c)
Peg board has imprinted maker's mark inside a circle in one corner of the top with text “STOELTING CO. / B / CHICAGO, ILL. / MADE IN U.S.A.”
Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CATALOG NO. 19208 / WALLIN PEG-BOARD B / Stoelting Co.”

(d)
Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CATALOG NO. 19217 / Stutsman Buttoning Test / Stoelting Co.”

(e)
Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CAT. NO. 19237 / STICK-AND-STRING TEST / STUTSMAN / Stoelting Co.”

(f)
Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CATALOG No. 25836 / SCISSORS TEST / STOELTING COMPANY / MADE IN U.S.A.”

(g)
Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CAT. NO. 27152 / PICTURE PUZZLE No. 1 / Mother’s Own - Stutsman / Stoelting Co.”

(h)
Maker sticker on the back of the board has black text on silver background “Stoelting Company / 1350 S. KOSTNER AVE. CHICAGO 60623, ILL. / MADE IN U.S.A.”

Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CAT. NO. 27159 / Seguin-Goddard Formboard / Stoelting Co.”

(i)
Printed text on front of puzzle in lower left corner “Cat. 27163 / “PLAYING MOTHER” / C. H. Stoelting Co., Chicago, Ill. U.S.A. / Made in U. S. A.”

Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CAT. NO. 27163 / PICTURE PUZZLE No. 2 / Playing Mother - Stutsman / Stoelting Co.”

(j)
Printed text on front of puzzle at bottom center “No. 27165 / “OFF TO PLAY” - Stutsman / C. H. Stoelting Co., Chicago, Ill. U. S. A. / Made in U. S. A.”

Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CAT. NO. 27165 / PICTURE PUZZLE No. 3 / OFF TO PLAY - Stutsman / Stoelting Co.”

(k)
Back of larger sheets have black printed text along bottom edge “No. 27171—Matching Game – Stutsman Printed in U.S.A. Stoelting Co., Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.”

Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CATALOG NO. 27171 / Decroly Matching Game / Stoelting Company”.

(l)
Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CATALOG NO. 27241 / STUTSMAN NESTED CUBES / STOELTING COMPANY / CHICAGO, ILL. 60623, U.S.A.”

(m)
Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CAT. NO. 33308 / Stutsman Pyramid Test / Stoelting Co.”

(n)
Maker's stamp in black ink inside lid “CONTENTS / CATALOG NO. 37000-A / Kohs Block Design Test / Stoelting Company”.
Historical NotesPuzzles from a psychological and mental test for children aged 18 months to four years. They were was used at Polk State Center. When Polk Center opened in 1897 it became the second institution in Pennsylvania built expressly to house and care for people with intellectual disabilities. The 2,000 acre site in rural Venango County allowed access to Pittsburgh via the railroad, but also isolated residents far from their families. Change in the care of people with disabilities over the past 100 years has influenced the lives of the residents and staff at Polk, as well as the surrounding community. This object is part of a collection that documents that important story. Label TextAt its peak in the mid-1950s, more than 3,400 people, including at least 500 children, lived at Polk. The objects that survive in the Polk collection document the care and treatment of people with intellectual disabilities over the course of the 20th century.

Related institution Polk State Center (founded 1897)

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