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

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The Puzzles of Carlton R. Irick

Early Picture-less Puzzles Made in the "Push-Fit" Style

These puzzles are made using thin, solid wood that are non-interlocking, called "push-fit" style.  Most of these puzzles do not contain pictures, thus forcing you to put them together using only the piece shapes and the grain of the wood!

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	This puzzle is titled "Dicken's Characters".  The size is approximately 6" x 8".  As you can see, there is no picture.  We now think it was cut in 1918 with a treadle saw.  It is cut from 3/16" slice of Gumwood.  See if you can find all 17 figurals, most of which are complex or multi-piece.			This puzzle is also titled "Dicken's Characters".  The size is approximately 8" x 10".  As you can see, there is no picture.  We think it was cut in the late 1920's with the treadle saw.  It is cut from 1/4" slice of hardwood.  We believe the figures were painted by a family member later (1950's?).
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This puzzle is titled "Cartoon Characters" although they are from comic strip characters.  The size is 12" x 10" and as you can tell, there is no picture.  Most of the figurals are complex or multi-piece.  See if you can find all the figurals.  To see if you are correct, click on the color version, where I colored in all the figurals (digitally, of course).  Color Version.
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