Items in Category Cats

Some come in sample books with red covers. DELIGHTFUL! INTERESTING! DECORATIVE! THESE BEAUTIFUL EMBOSSED FULL-COLOUR RELIEF WILL APPEAL TO GROWN-UPS AND CHILDREN ALIKE. THEY ARE ADMIRABLY SUITED TO THE DECORATION OF SCREENS, LAMP-SHADES, GIFT BOXES, CHILDREN'S FURNITURE, NURSERY WALL, ETC., AND FOR NUMBERLESS OTHER PURPOSES IN THE HOME, AS WELL AS FOR MAKING ALBUMS AND THE "SCRAP BOOKS" WHICH ARE ALWAYS SO MUCH LOVED BY BOYS AND GIRLS.
THE RELEIFS ARE IN SHEETS, EACH SHEET CONSISTING OF A SET OF CHARMING EMBOSSED PICTURES OF A DIFFERENT SUBJECT, AS SHOWN IN THIS SAMPLE BOOK.
OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE THE SHEETS OF "CORONATION PAGEANTRY" COMPRISING RELIEFS OF PERSONS TAKING PART IN THE CORONATION, ARTICLES OF THE REGALIA, ETC AND PORTRAITS OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. FROM THESE IT WILL BE AN EASY AND PLEASANT PASTIME TO MAKE A SPLENDID CORONATION SOUVENIR, WHICH WILL RECALL IN FUTURE YEARS THE GREAT EVENTS OF 1953. on inside front cover of the red sample album, each sheet has PATENT APPLIED FOR NO. 28149/52 in the upper right corner and PRINTED IN ENGLAND at the bottom right corner

scrap sheet found in the ANIMAL FRIENDS book of the MY "MAKE MY OWN" PICTURE BOOK OF series

about 100 pieces,

Zag-Zaw line of puzzles was first produced in 1909, all incorporate figurals or whimsies, sold in red or orange boxes with labels on the side or bottom of the box, most without guide pictures. Initially cut non-interlocking but by 1930's became more so. Puzzles have a different cuts so that the same image will come in several versions which means that missing pieces can not be taken from other puzzles with the same image. See also Bob Armstrong's website on old jigsaw puzzles

10 pieces, several whimsies

Zag-Zaw line of puzzles was first produced in 1909, all incorporate figurals or whimsies, sold in red or orange boxes with labels on the side or bottom of the box, most without guide pictures. Initially cut non-interlocking but by 1930's became more so. Puzzles have a different cuts so that the same image will come in several versions which means that missing pieces can not be taken from other puzzles with the same image. See also Bob Armstrong's website on old jigsaw puzzles

about 100 pieces

Zag-Zaw line of puzzles was first produced in 1909, all incorporate figurals or whimsies, sold in red or orange boxes with labels on the side or bottom of the box, most without guide pictures. Initially cut non-interlocking but by 1930's became more so. Puzzles have a different cuts so that the same image will come in several versions which means that missing pieces can not be taken from other puzzles with the same image. See also Bob Armstrong's website on old jigsaw puzzles

100 pieces, several figurals, images courtesy of the Jigasaurus website by David Shearer, circa 1924

Zag-Zaw line of puzzles was first produced in 1909, all incorporate figurals or whimsies, sold in red or orange boxes with labels on the side or bottom of the box, most without guide pictures. Initially cut non-interlocking but by 1930's became more so. Puzzles have a different cuts so that the same image will come in several versions which means that missing pieces can not be taken from other puzzles with the same image. See also Bob Armstrong's website on old jigsaw puzzles

165 pieces

Zag-Zaw line of puzzles was first produced in 1909, all incorporate figurals or whimsies, sold in red or orange boxes with labels on the side or bottom of the box, most without guide pictures. Initially cut non-interlocking but by 1930's became more so. Puzzles have a different cuts so that the same image will come in several versions which means that missing pieces can not be taken from other puzzles with the same image. See also Bob Armstrong's website on old jigsaw puzzles

55 pieces

Zag-Zaw line of puzzles was first produced in 1909, all incorporate figurals or whimsies, sold in red or orange boxes with labels on the side or bottom of the box, most without guide pictures. Initially cut non-interlocking but by 1930's became more so. Puzzles have a different cuts so that the same image will come in several versions which means that missing pieces can not be taken from other puzzles with the same image. See also Bob Armstrong's website on old jigsaw puzzles

about 75 pieces, several whimsies