Just Curiosities

Number of Pages: 64.
Date: unknown.
Publisher/Distributor: Western Printing and Lithographing, Racine, Wisconsin.
Condition: Very good.
Notes: “1000 Conu drums and Riddles” is from The Star Series.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “A-B Puzzle” is a metal mechanical puzzle that requires you to take the oval piece off of the letters.

Holograph card. Move card
and they are kissing!

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Block Puzzle” the object of this puzzle is to take the block apart and put it back together again.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good – some minor surface rust.
Description: “Hand and Boot Puzzle” is a metal mechanical puzzle that requires you to separate the hand from the boot without damaging it. The book says “patent pending”.

Manufacturer/Distributor: The Eng.Ser. Corp, Albany, New York.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good – plastic dome slightly yellowed.
Description: “The Spiral Puzzle” is a small plastic puzzle with a clear dome and a platform that forms a spiral. There is a small metal ball inside that must go up the spiral and nest at the top.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Beads and Rings Puzzle” is a complex puzzle that requires you to take the puzzle apart and put it back together again.

Number of Pages: 64.
Date: 1906.
Publisher/Distributor: Wehman Bros., 126 Park Row, New York, New York.
Condition: Very good.
Notes: “Choice Riddles” is No. 1 in the series.

Manufacturer/Distributor: James R. Irvin & Co., Inc, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good – one of the Cootie’s is opened, the rest are fine.
Description: “Cootie Game Junior” is a little game that uses tiny ball bearings and pill capsules to move around. The object of the game is to capture and imprison all the Cooties in the pen.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Cross Puzzle” is a wooden puzzle made with two pieces put together in a cross pattern. The object is to take them apart.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company, Racine, Wisconsin.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – puzzle is excellent, box is damaged.
Description: Item # 3029 “Dad’s Puzzler” is a wooden puzzle to try to move all the pieces from the top to the bottom of the box without picking any of them up out of the box.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – some rust on the pieces.
Description: “Dog and Collar Puzzle is a metal mechanical puzzle that requires you to take the collar off the dog without damaging it.

Manufacturer/Distributor: S. S. Adams, Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Double Marble Puzzle” is a cute little puzzle with two small ball bearings that must be placed on each end of the puzzle.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Electric Game Company, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Fair – don’t know if it works.
Description: “Electric Baseball” is a board that mimics a baseball field and scoreboard so you can “play” baseball with an opponent.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Developed In Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – cards are good, box is damaged.
Description: “ESP Cards” are parapsychology cards to determine if you have esp or are clairvoyant.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Standard Playing Card Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – box has some damage.
Description: “Gipsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards” is a vintage set of fortune telling cards.

Manufacturer/Distributor: S. S. Adams, Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – metal frame is bent, plastic front is yellowed.
Description: “Goofy Luke” is a dexterity puzzle where you try to get all 4 balls in Luke’s teeth.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “This — Heart Puzzle-Free” is a Heart puzzle that was apparently free in boxes of Cracker Jack or Checkers.

Pages: 24.
Date: 1940’s
Condition: Good – several words on 1st page underlined.
Publisher/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Co, Detrioit 7.
Notes: none.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Jack-Pot Dice Co, 2330 W. Walnut Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1947.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Jack-Pot Dice” is a dice style gambling game.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – normal wear, someone wrote the meaning on several of the cards.
Description: “Madam Le Normand’s Gipsy Fortune Telling Cards” consists of 36 cards and instructions. Instructions are written in English and German.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Germany.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good – cork and babies missing.
Description: “Matrimonial Prospects” is a clay jug that originally had babies in it, but they are missing.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Two Keys Puzzle” is a metal mechanical puzzle that requires you to separate the keys.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Par 21, Miniature Game Co., Hancock and Somerset Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Miniature Golf” is a pocket golf game that uses a small ball bearing to go through the course.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – puzzle good, envelope ripped and taped.
Description: “This — Nail Puzzle-Free” is a nail puzzle that was apparently free in boxes of Cracker Jack or Checkers.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Nails Puzzle Large” is a larger version of the small nails puzzle. The object is to take the nails apart and put them back together again.

Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Nails Puzzle Small” is a puzzle consisting of two twisted nails. The object of the puzzle is to take them apart and put them back together again.

Number of Pages: 30.
Date: 1940’s.
Publisher/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Company, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Excellent.
Notes: Booklet #1917.

Pages: 64.
Date: 1940’s.
Condition: Excellent.
Publisher/Distributor: Johnson Smith & Co., Detroit, Michigan.
Notes: none.