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+ | The jigsaw puzzle is amongst the oldest forms of entertainment and dates back for the late 1700s. The jigsaw has passed through many stages of development to grow to be today' | ||
+ | A Beginning as an Educational Tool The forerunner in the contemporary jigsaw puzzle was invented in 1767 by John Spilsbury as a teaching device to help children to discover the geography of England and Wales. It was a wooden map with no interlocking pieces. In fact, interlocking pieces weren' | ||
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+ | Jigsaws: The New Favourite Parlor Game By the early 1900s the jigsaw puzzle became each of the rage with adults in both the US as well as the UK. Because of the price of generating these wooden puzzles, they had been primarily the domain of the wealthy, and jigsaw puzzles started to rival bridge and lawn bowling as parlor games. As puzzling grew, significant game companies, including Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley started to create jigsaw puzzles. | ||
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+ | Introduction of Shaped and Interlocking Pieces The recognition of jigsaws within the very first decade from the 1900s lead Parker Brothers to start to develop puzzles with interlocking and shaped pieces. Also about this identical time cardboard jigsaws started to become created by way of die-cutting. Most companies, nevertheless, | ||
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+ | Depression-Era Growth of Jigsaws With all the advent in the Great Depression, demand for inexpensive cardboard, die-cut puzzles exploded. Families discovered that jigsawing was not merely entertaining, | ||
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+ | A Boost from Marketing At this time, companies also began utilizing puzzles for promotional giveaways with several shops offering a puzzle having a purchase. In the height from the depression, inside the early 1930s, the "Jig in the Week" was introduced and sold at newsstands. Several series became available and being the first to assemble that week's puzzle resulted in bragging rights for the solver. Economic woes and also the rise in recognition of low-cost puzzles took its toll on the wooden puzzle makers, even though some retained a loyal following. | ||
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+ | Introduction in the Customized Jigsaw Through the rise of cardboard puzzles a brand new manufacturer, | ||
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