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My Alphabet Book

Alphabet Book
1970s - 1980s (made)
Place of origin

1. booklet; entitled MY ALPHABET BOOK; printed in colours to show 6 letters of the alphabet illustrated by animals and their names. Each page, bar the last one which has two, is printed to show 4 animals of the alphabet below a plain rectangle together with details about each. In the rectangles, the pictures found on the sweet boxes are designed to be pasted.
*2+- card boxes designed to have Alphabet Letter Sweets. Each has the title, a picture of the animal, a list of ingredients and on the back a second picture of an animal, its letter and name for example B for BUFFALO. The set is incomplete. They are green, gold, yellow, pink or blue.
2 B; 3 C; 4 D; 5 E; 6 F; 7 G; 8 H; 9 I; 10 K; 11 L; 12 N; 13 O; 14 P; 15 Q; 16 R; 17 S; 18 T; 19 U; 20 W; 21 X; 22 Y; 23 Z.

Object details

Object type
Parts
This object consists of 23 parts.

  • Book
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
  • Sweet Box for Alphabet Sweets
TitleMy Alphabet Book (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Card
Brief description
Alphabet Book; English; 1970s/80s
Physical description
1. booklet; entitled MY ALPHABET BOOK; printed in colours to show 6 letters of the alphabet illustrated by animals and their names. Each page, bar the last one which has two, is printed to show 4 animals of the alphabet below a plain rectangle together with details about each. In the rectangles, the pictures found on the sweet boxes are designed to be pasted.
*2+- card boxes designed to have Alphabet Letter Sweets. Each has the title, a picture of the animal, a list of ingredients and on the back a second picture of an animal, its letter and name for example B for BUFFALO. The set is incomplete. They are green, gold, yellow, pink or blue.
2 B; 3 C; 4 D; 5 E; 6 F; 7 G; 8 H; 9 I; 10 K; 11 L; 12 N; 13 O; 14 P; 15 Q; 16 R; 17 S; 18 T; 19 U; 20 W; 21 X; 22 Y; 23 Z.
DimensionsHeight: 9¾in (24.7cm) Width 2: 7¾in (19.7cm)
Object history
Collected by the donor as part of a large group of toys and other material related to ABCs and alphabets
Production
Made by: Needlers PLC, Hull HU5 1EH
England
Collection
Accession number
B.252:1-1993

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Record createdApril 17, 2000
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