Puzzling Pastimes

Paper

I like collecting paper puzzles so listing all of them here, regardless of category. A lot of these were made to advertise some business. I especially like the ones where the card itself is part of the puzzle, rather than a puzzle just being written on the card.

Red Goose Shoes Card and String


Ad Red Goose Shoes

Butter Nut Bread


Ad Butter Nut Bread

Van Houten Magic Square Puzzle


Ad Van Houten

Pieces appear to be sealed in original packaging.

Chocolat Lombart


Ad Chocolat Lombart Paris

Lombart claims to be the first chocolate company in France, dating back to 1760.

Famous Square Puzzle


L'Astronome


Maker Jeux et Jouets Francais

The Astronomer

Les Quatre Vagabonds


Maker Jeux et Jouets Francais

The Four Vagabonds

Un Sage Dans Les Nuages


Maker Jeux et Jouets Francais

A Sage in the Clouds

L'Incroyable


Maker Jeux et Jouets Francais

Amazing

Newcomb Loom Co. Puzzle


Ad Newcomb Loom

Van Houten Trade Card No. 8


Ad Van Houten

Tug-o-war


Ad Van Houten

Smith Potato Crisps Horse and Jockey


Ad Smiths Potato Crisps

Company founded in United Kingdom in 1920. Advert probably from the 1950s

Tennessee Jed's Lariat


Date 1946
Ad Tip-Top Bread

On February 4th, the Tennessee Jed program made an offer of a free lariat puzzle. At the close of the 10-day offer period, it received close to 9,000 requests.

Jefferson County Fair 1885


Date 1885
Designer Bernard Dreyfuss

Dickinson's Witch Hazel Square Puzzle


Ad Witch Hazel

Daily Mail World Record


Date 1920
Maker Chad Valley
Ad Daily Mail

The T.A. Snider Diamond Puzzle


Ad Snider's Soups, Catsups, Sauces

Ten Card Puzzle buggy & harness


Ad Wilber H Murray Mfg.

WW2 Bombing Mystery Puzzle


Date 1943

Farmers Puzzle Bone Ferilizer


A-Treat Ginger Ale


Columbus Buggy


Designer Bernard Dreyfuss

Missing string

Shoe


Ad Foot, Schulze, and Co. Playfield Shoes

Star Puzzle


Ad Hood's Sarsaparilla

8 point puzzle


Maker Sherms

Configurations Game


Vanishing Leprechauns


Date 1968
Maker W. A. Elliott Co.
Designer Pat Lyons

FD Puzzle


Date 1933
Maker Perry & Elliott Co, Lynn, MA

Intials of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Magic K Puzzle


Ad King Blended Whisky, Brown-Forman Distillers Corp

The Famous T Puzzle


Date 1939-40
Maker California Association of Ice Industries
Ad Ice Man's Ice

2 Witch Hazel Mail Advertisement


Ad Witch Hazel

Witch Hazel Cats


Ad Witch Hazel

Thought Reader


Ad Van Houten

Fairmont Creamery Puzzle


Dellwood Creami-Rich Planets


Van Houten's Septum Puzzle


Ad Van Houten

Violin


Ad Van Houten

The New Hunter Puzzle


Ad Hunter's Distilleries Co.

Hunter Baltimore Rye Horse & Rider


L. Sternberg & Co. Donkey & Riders


St. Nicholas Trade Card


Date 1892
Ad St. Nicholas Children's Magazine

Town Tavern


Ad Town Tavern Straight Rye Whiskey

Tom Keene Cigar Puzzle


Ad Tom Keene Cigars
Designer William S. Bates

Dickinson's Witch Hazel Cross


Ad Witch Hazel

Ride 'Em Cowboys! Horse & Rider


Chambers Motor Horse & Rider


BP edge matching


Ad BP

The Magic Egg Puzzle


Ad Champagne Baking Soda

White Eagle


Ad White Eagle Mobile Gas

The 14 puzzle


Grandpa's Soap


Ad Grandpa's Soap

SPAPCO's Five Piece Puzzle


Ad SPAPCO

Wabash Railroad Square Puzzle


Ad City of St. Louis Streamliner, Wabash railroad

Pel-Freeze


Ad Pel-Freeze

Hunt's Perfect Baking Powder Puzzle


Date circa 1900
Maker The Tablet & Ticket Co., Chicago and New York
Ad Hunt's Perfect Baking Powder
Designer Bertram H. Saunders

Appears to be Pres. McKinley

Vess Soda Cap


Ad Vess

uncut

Vess Soda Bottle


Ad Vess

The Lost Jap


Date 1897
Ad Metropolitan Life Insurance
Designer Sam Loyd

Blind Luck


Ad The New Home Sewing Machine Company
Designer Sam Loyd

Two players take turns covering numbers. First to 51 wins. See Sam Loyd and His Chess Problems

Donkey Hotel Dixie Postcard


Donkey Shackman Postcard


Le Moulin Rouge


Maker Jeux et Jouets Francais

Donkey Old Joe and Rover


Ad Standard Screw

Complete with Jockey and Envelope