Lias jigsaw puzzles: USA

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2024-12-24

Completed 24th December 2024 (1/3)

1000 Pieces

Santa's Here!!!

by Kevin Walsh

A SunsOut Jigsaw Puzzle with special shaped pieces

Made in California, USA

2024-04-23

Completed 22nd April 2024

500+ Pieces

Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Signs

painted by Marilyn Marshall

A Springbok Jigsaw Puzzle (1971), Springbok Edition, Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, USA

2023-08-06

Completed 3rd + 4th August 2023

1000 Pieces

The clothing emporium

Bluebird

1000 Pieces

Postcards from USA

Bluebird

Both jigsaw puzzles were given as advent calendars to close friends

2023-01-14

XXI. Megamarathon (6.-8. January 2023)

Oh yes, it was megamarathon again - and again we were lucky to welcome some friends to our house :-)

As 65 participants (including me) from our german jgsaw puzzle forum managed to assemble more than 275k pieces, it was my first MM where I was busy counting and unbusy assembling. At the end I just counted 1600 pieces.

Here we go

Festival of Nutcrackers, Randy Wollemann, Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw puzzle, 40 pcs.

Christmas Travel by Jana Fefelowa (2017)

DaVici, 80 pcs

Thank you - Ravensburger, 99 pcs.

204 pcs

104 pcs.

Map of Europe, 200 pcs.

2000 pcs. - my part: 300 pcs.(frame and spaghetti)

Tanzania, 204 pcs.

Umbrellas, 204 pcs.

United States of America, 200 pcs.

2022-12-27

Finished 25-26th December 2022

150 pcs.

New York

Illustration by Can Seixanta, LONDJI

99 pcs.

Lindt Teddy, 2022

Lindt/Ravensburger Collectible

200 pcs

Lindt Santa

Lindt/Ravensburger Collectible

2022-11-28

Finished 27th November 2022

500 Pieces

Pacific Coast Highway

Photographer: Susan Jackson

2022-08-20

Finished 20th August 2022

During the past two weeks I've been busy assembling a jigsaw puzzle

which will be an advent calendar for my very close friend.

This blogentry is a placeholder - I'll show the box and jigsaw puzzle after

the calendar has been conpletely assembled on christmas 2022 :-)

2022-04-21

Finished 15th > 18th April 2022

During a special easter marathon 23 members of the german forum assembled 65 jigsaw puzzles with approx. 500 pcs. each. These are mine

595 Pieces

New York, USA

566 Pieces

Sweet Venice

543 Pieces

Cute Puppies

Manufacturer: TREFL

Credits: NY = © National Geographic, Getty Images, Flash Press Media / Sweet Venice = © Adobe Stock / Cute Puppies = © 500px

2020-12-27

Finished 24th December 2020

700 Pieces

Horse-car on NYC street

MB, 2004

A horse-drawn tram along 23rd Street and 4th Avenue in New York City. Photography by Bettmann / Getty Images

The Streetcar

The streetcar was the first important improvement over the omnibus. The first streetcars were also pulled by horses, but the streetcars rolled along special steel rails that were placed in the middle of the roadway instead of traveling along regular streets. The wheels of the streetcar were also made of steel, carefully manufactured in such a way so they would not roll off the rails. A horse-drawn streetcar was much more comfortable than an omnibus, and a single horse could pull a streetcar that was larger and carried more passengers.

The first streetcar began service in 1832 and ran along Bowery Street in New York. It was owned John Mason, a wealthy banker, and built by John Stephenson, an Irishman. Stephenson's New York company would become the largest and most famous builder of horse-drawn streetcars. New Orleans became the second American city to offer streetcars in 1835.

The typical American streetcar was operated by two crew members. One man, a driver, rode up front. His job was to drive the horse, controlled by a set of reigns. The driver also had a brake handle that he could use to stop the streetcar. When streetcars got bigger, sometimes two and three horses would be used to haul a single car. The second crew member was the conductor, who rode at the back of the car. His job was to help passengers get on and off the streetcar and to collect their fares. He gave the driver a signal when everyone was on board and it was safe to proceed, pulling on a rope that was attached to a bell that the driver could hear at the other end of the car. (SOURCE)