The Little Riddle Book, Once Owned by Olive C. Hazlett

The Little Riddle Book, Once Owned by Olive C. Hazlett

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Description
This cloth-bound book of riddles was published by the Peter Pauper Press and illustrated by Henry R. Martin.
For a book by the same publisher, see 2015.0027.03.
The book, once owned by the mathematician Olive C. Hazlett, has her signature on the front and on the back cover.
For related transactions, see 2015.0027 and 1998.0314.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
book
date made
1954
place made
United States: New York, Mount Vernon
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1 cm x 11.5 cm x 19 cm; 13/32 in x 4 17/32 in x 7 15/32 in
ID Number
2015.3004.02
nonaccession number
2015.3004
catalog number
2015.3004.02
Credit Line
Gift of Hermitage of St. Joseph
subject
Mathematical Recreations
Mathematics
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Women Mathematicians
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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