ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, steamship The Mauritania, zeppelin airship in background
FATHER TUCK'S PICTURE BUILDING. ENGINE. MOTOR CAR. STEAMSHIP
A boxed set of three different board puzzles. Each has push fit style pieces that fit into a shaped backing board with firm edges. Descriptions of each puzzle are on the reverse of each backing board. The boxes are numbered with Tuck numbers but the individual puzzles are not. Each piece is titled to fit into the corresponding titled spot on the board. The box is marked RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. LONDON. PARIS. BERLIN. NEW YORK. MONTREAL. DESIGNED IN ENGLAND. PRINTED IN SAXONY. PATENT NO 4665, 1909, PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. The box is not in the reference collection and the Tuck number on it is unknown. There are three different sets, two English (red trimmed cover, green trimmed cover) and one German set titled ONKEL TUCK'S PUZZLE BAUKASTEN FUR KNABEN
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, steamship The Mauritania, zeppelin airship in background
approx 37 pieces, ONE PIECE MISSING, cardboard, on the reverse THE BRITISH STEAMSHIP MAURETANIA BELONGS TO THE CUNARD COMPANY, AND TRAVEL BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND NEW YORK, A DISTANCE OF 3,036 MILES, IN THE WONDERFULLY SHORT TIME OF LESS THAN FIVE DAYS,......
10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. board