PURPLE MARTIN PUZZLES

Artistic Hand-Cut Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles

Not Just For Kids Any More!

Experience what jigsaw puzzles were like "Before Cardboard" from 1880 through 1950

The Puzzles of Carlton R. Irick

Puzzles Made From Fine Art Prints & Lithographs

 in the "Push-Fit" and "Interlocking" Styles

These puzzles are made using early 3-ply plywood. 

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	This puzzle is titled "Loading the Locomotive".  The size is approximately 8" x 8".   We think it was cut in 1918 with a treadle saw.			This puzzle is titled "A Child's Garden Of Verses", by Clara M. Burd.  She illustrated this for Robert Louis Stevenson's book of the same title printed in 1930.  The size is approximately 8" x 10" and contains about 80 pieces - some missing.
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This puzzle is titled "Cartoon Characters" although they are from comic strip characters.  The size is 12" x 10"
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