Jigsaw Puzzles

Ever wonder how Jigsaw puzzles were created?

In 1767 an engraver and mapmaker named John Spilsbury is credited with inventing the first Jigsaw Puzzle. They were created for teaching geography. Early jigsaws were known as dissections, they were produced by mounting maps on sheets of hardwood and cutting along national boundaries.
In the late 1800's cardboard jigsaw puzzle started to appear but were slowly replaced with wooden jigsaw due to the manufacture. Most modern jigsaw puzzles are made out of paperboard since they are easier and cheaper to mass-produce. A puzzle die is a flat board, often made from plywood, which has slots cut or burned in the same shape as the knives that are used. New technology has enabled laser-cutting of wooden or acrylic jigsaw puzzles. With the advantage of using a laser, puzzles can be custom cut into any size, shape and number of pieces.
Durning the Great Depression in 1929, puzzles experienced a huge surge of popularity. American companies began mass-producing puzzles out of cardboard. This reduced the cost drastically, durning a time when most families could not afford expensive activities, jigsaws provided a family fun.
There has been another surge of jigsaw puzzles during the Covid-19 pandemic with stay at home orders, that can be comparable to that of the Great Depression.

According to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, doing jigsaw puzzles is one of the many activites that can help keep the brain active and may contribute to reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.


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Coded by Rocio Valenzuela