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According to Anne Williams, Jigsaw Puzzles, An Illustrated History and Price Guide, Milton Bradley produced travel game kits for soldiers during the American Civil War. The company has produced many different lines of puzzles, including Bradley's, Piedmont, Beach, Chevy Chase, Buckingham, Etonian, Sheffield, Strand, and, of course, the familiar MILTON BRADLEYTM or "MB"TM line. The company has been a division of HASBRO, INC.TM since 1987 or 1988.

This is an independent website, providing a service to the "puzzling" community. We are not affiliated with any puzzle manufacturer.

A (partial) list of MB series and categories:
antique (below), Artist Series, Best of America, Faces of America, American Heritage (below), Avon (below), Betty Crocker Series, Big Ben, Buckingham (below), Byerley, Cats, Challenge or Super Challenge, The Cobblestone Way, Collector Series, Colossus, Coventry, Croxley, Croyden, Devon, Dorset, Early American Series, Easy Grasp, Essex, Forest Friends, Frontier Days, Gallery, "Gig" ("Big Eyes"), Good Old Days (below), Goosebumps, Grand, Hasbro Guild, Hourglass, Just Imagine, Kent, Liberty Magazine Covers, Look-Alikes, Magical Moments of Childhood, Magnum, Medley, Museum Art, Norman Rockwell, Nature Series, Old Masters, Oxford, Panorama, Past Impressions, Poster Series, QuiltScapes, Rhapsody, Sanctuary, Schimmel, Sculpture, SeaScapes, Seasons, Sheffield, Sierra Club Series, Somerset, Special Fireside, Springfield, Strand, Stratford, Tender Moments, Textured, TV and Movies, World's Fair Series, Wysocki, and York.
We think it likely that this list is incomplete and that some of the names of series may not be exactly correct. Some, such as TV and Movies, are not necessarily series, but categories or themes of puzzle subjects.

Antique MILTON BRADLEY Puzzles

" Flag Ship Dissected Puzzle ", early MILTON BRADLEY [ circa 1890's ], boxfront illustration.

photo of the wooden box, " Flag Ship Dissected Puzzle "

Below is a transcription of the description visible in the box above.:

"Our picture is a lithographic reproduction from an instantaneous photograph of the U.S.S. Chicago, taken in Boston Harbor, Nov. 25, 1889, by H.G. Peabody, just before she sailed for Europe as flag-ship of the Squadron of Evolution. The Chicago may be taken as a typical vessel of the United States Navy, being of neither the largest nor the smallest class. She was built by John Roach and her cost, outside of armament, is stated to be $889,000. She would rank as a cruiser, and , although carrying a good battery, would in event of war with a first-class power be used as a commerce destroyer, her speed of about sixteen knots enabling her to overhaul a merchant steamer or escape from a large battle-ship. Although a steel vessel, she is not armored, but is what is called 'coal protected,' that is, her coal bunkers are placed between the hull and the engines.

Over the engines and steering gear the deck is of steel, one and a half inches thick.
Her length from stem to stern 334 feet 4 inches, width 48 feet 2 inches, draught of water 19 feet, displacement 4500 tons, indicated horse-power 5000. There are two four-bladed screws of 15 feet 6 inches diameter. The full sail capacity is 14,880 square feet. The main battery consists of four 8-inch breech loading rifles, eight 6-inch and two 5-inch. The secondary battery has two 6-pounder rapid-firing guns, four 47mm revolving cannon, two 1-pounder rapid-firing guns and two Gatling guns.
The 8-inch rifle fires a shell of 250 lbs with a charge of 125 lbs of powder.
The 6-inch rifle fires a shell of 100 lbs with a charge of 50 lbs of powder. The 5-inch rifle fires a shell of 60 lbs, with a charge of 30 lbs of powder.
The crew of the ship, officers and men, is about 370.
The number of officers about 20.
The number of marines about 50.
MILTON BRADLEY CO.,SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
[courtesy "LG"]

Buckingham Jig Picture Puzzles

(Box)
"Buddies"

(Box)
"All About Ghosts"

(Box)
"Santa Barbara"
[See a similar puzzle on the Fair© page.]

(Box)
"Don't Lose Him, Dad!"

"The Mill On the Floss", c. 1930's, no.15, over 240 pieces.

Avon Series [1940's-1950's?]

Good Old Days Series

A list of the puzzles in this series:
"The Letter"
"Close of Day"
"Days To Remember"
"A Special Time"
"The Old Bridge"
"The Old Swimming Hole"
"In Days Gone By"

Friends have very kindly sent in additional data on this series:
4181- 2 "Going Home" [no signature] (1978)
4181- 3 "Meeting the 114" [Swexey] (1982)
4181- 4 " Horse and Buggy Days ", by Detlefsen, 1970 [sent in by "CG"]
4181- 4 "A Special Time" [Detlefsen] (1982)
4181- 5 "Steam Age Memories" [Detlefsen] (1978)
4181- 6 "Watch Out" [Philip Aarhus] (1981)
4181- 7 "Days to Remember" [Detlefsen] (1978)
4181-10 "Water Wagon" [Detlefsen] (1986)
4181-11 "Those Were The Days" [Detlefsen] (1986)
4181-13 "Sleigh Ride" [Detlefsen] (1987)
4181-14 "Spring Blossoms" [Detlefson] (1987)
4181-15 "Swimming Hole" [Detlefsen] (1987)
4181-16 "The Old Apple Tree" [Detlefsen] (1987)
NOTE: The puzzles above may be from two or more series, but they seem to us to form a natural series of similar artwork, most by Paul Detlefsen, some by P. Aarhus, and one by Swexey.

Also by Paul Detlefsen is the SEASONS series:
"Winter"
"Spring"
"Summer"
"Fall"
Additions and corrections can be sent to mail center.

"The Letter"

"Close of Day"

"Days To Remember" , 1970, by Paul Detlefsen. [We believe he may also have done the two above.]

"A Special Time" , 1970, by Paul Detlefsen. [detail]

American Heritage Series [American Civil War]

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