Perfect Picture Puzzles, Value Plus Series: Byrd Expedition, No. 1410 [Jigsaw Puzzle]

[Byrd, Richard E.]

Verlag: Somerville, MA Perfect Picture Puzzles ca. 1930's, 1935

Beschreibung

The original illustrated paper covered cardboard puzzle and lid, with approximately 250 colour puzzle pieces and a small promotional single page advertisement for the company; the box measures 14 cm x 17 cm and the puzzle, when complete, measures approximately 36 cm x 25 cm. The puzzle pieces appear to be made out of thin card board and are covered on both sides with coloured paper. There is an illustration on the front of the box of what the puzzle should look like when completed, though the picture is shown in blue and white and not the actual colours of the puzzle. There is a paper advertisement that was, at one point in time, affixed to the bottom of the inside of the bottom part of the box advertising the "Skippy" line of Perfect Picture Puzzles, based off of the Percy Crosby character, as well as a line of puzzles for "older folks". The coloured paper on the top piece of the box has some rubbing in areas and is beginning to split at the bottom left corner. There is an old Christie's auction sticker on the bottom side of the bottom piece of the box. An attractive piece of Byrd related ephemera. This jigsaw puzzle is based off of a painting by the American artist and illustrator, Charles Relyea. This particular puzzle is by "Perfect Picture Puzzles", which was produced by the Consolidated Paper Company in Somerville, Massachusetts; they began creating weekly puzzles for both young and adult audiences during the Great Depression when the popularity of the jigsaw puzzle began to take off. Parker Brothers produced a remarkably similar Byrd Expedition puzzle to this one in 1930; though this puzzle is not dated, it seems likely that it was produced in 1933 or 1934 when Perfect Picture Puzzles first began to put an image of the completed puzzle on the outside of the box. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 142596

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Perfect Picture Puzzles, Value Plus Series: ...

Verlag: Somerville, MA Perfect Picture Puzzles ca. 1930's

Erscheinungsdatum: 1935