More jigsaw puzzle history and reports about vintage puzzles made by Chad Valley, A.V.N Jones, and the Joseph K. Straus Co. (about 7500 words; 62 pictures)
Thank you, Bill, for putting so much effort, including research, into what you have to share. I’m going to try to respond to today’s posting in just about 200 words. We’ll see how close I come to doing that. I’ll list my responses in point form:
1. It was fun to see “don’t Make a Noise” analyzed and to notice that my wife rated a photo credit. She and I recently completed that puzzled, borrowed from yourself.
2. I find that the way you displayed “An Old Persian Love Lyric” was very illustrative of points you made about cutting.
3. I got a kick out of the account of the Joseph K. Straus Company’s atypical labelling, with some extended “storytelling” and the curious “stamp” regarding use of a photo.
4. The soft-focus photo of the Inuit trader’s teenaged daughter is a treat!
5. The Chad Valley box, featuring a lovely blue field, a Canadian mountain-railway inset, and what look like coat-of-arms elements is super cool!
6. The Picture for the “Rain, Steam, and Speed” puzzle is interesting to me as a painting, but less appealing to me as a jigsaw puzzle image—too misty and vague.
7. The image of the Great Western puzzle maker at work is old-timey and evocative.
Thank you, Bill, for putting so much effort, including research, into what you have to share. I’m going to try to respond to today’s posting in just about 200 words. We’ll see how close I come to doing that. I’ll list my responses in point form:
1. It was fun to see “don’t Make a Noise” analyzed and to notice that my wife rated a photo credit. She and I recently completed that puzzled, borrowed from yourself.
2. I find that the way you displayed “An Old Persian Love Lyric” was very illustrative of points you made about cutting.
3. I got a kick out of the account of the Joseph K. Straus Company’s atypical labelling, with some extended “storytelling” and the curious “stamp” regarding use of a photo.
4. The soft-focus photo of the Inuit trader’s teenaged daughter is a treat!
5. The Chad Valley box, featuring a lovely blue field, a Canadian mountain-railway inset, and what look like coat-of-arms elements is super cool!
6. The Picture for the “Rain, Steam, and Speed” puzzle is interesting to me as a painting, but less appealing to me as a jigsaw puzzle image—too misty and vague.
7. The image of the Great Western puzzle maker at work is old-timey and evocative.
Cheers,
Greg