Title from lid of box.
The puzzle comprises nine black wooden blocks in three sizes, each stamped Humdinger Puzzle and numbered 1-9. These cards are placed in the container in such a way that one space is left open for moving the blocks around. A folded leaf of instructions is pasted to the inside of the container. Additional instructions are pasted onto the bottom of the container,
"To work the puzzle it requires exactly 63 moves. No. 9 block is your first and last move, a move consists of moving any one individual block in any one direction into the moving space, if two blocks are moved at one time, it is counted as two moves, etc."--bottom of box.
"Not one in ten thousand get it first time tried"--lid of box.
"Sold everywhere 25c"--lid of box.
Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Humdinger Puzzle for Puzzle Bugs [game]
Accession number:
PML 88564
Published:
York, PA : Manufactured by Wood Products Sales Co., [ca. 1880-1900]
Description:
1 game (9 wooden blocks) ; 7 x 3.7 x .6 cm (block no. 9) ; 1.9 x 3.7 x .6 cm (blocks no. 1-4, 7-8) ; 1.9 x 1.9 x .6 (blocks no. 4-5)
Credit:
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes:
Binding:
Publisher's tan paper box with pictorial label, printed in red and black, pasted on lid. 10.4 x 8.3 cm.
Provenance:
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
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