The Letter Tiles

An unemployed Queens architect at his kitchen table in 1938, counting letter frequencies from the newspaper. Hand cut wooden tiles for a game nobody wants yet

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

Number	1971
Era	ERA VII · The Deep City
Family	Builders
Borough	Queens
Location	Jackson Heights
States	1 finished state

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.