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Puzzles

Problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver

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  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images of Puzzles

38 images from works
  • Beecham's school quiz : animal quiz.
  • Beecham's school quiz No 6 : well known signs and symbols...do you know them?.
  • Beecham's school quiz : odd views of everyday objects.
  • Phensic school quiz : questions on world geography.
  • Beecham's school quiz : animal quiz.
  • Why worry? / Consolidated Chemicals Ltd.
  • The perplexing 'Pineate' puzzle : it may take you hours to solve this puzzle but 'Pinenate' honey cough-syrup will stop a cough in a few minutes.
  • Beecham's school quiz : odd views of everyday objects.
  • "Best of all blood purifiers" : the floral emblems of purity are the white lily and the star of Bethlehem : for purity of blood use Frazer's Sulphur Tablets.
  • Carter's Little Nerve Pills for the nervous & dyspeptic : find - cow, owl, fox, frog, parrot, horse, lizard, goose, man smoking pipe, rooster crowing, General Grant, Romeo and Juliet ... / Carter Medicine Co.
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Images about Puzzles

3 images from works
  • Dr. Worthington's "Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine" : the great animal puzzle.
  • Dr. Worthington's "Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine" : the great animal puzzle.
  • Dr. Worthington's "Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine" : the great animal puzzle.

Works from the collections

Works using this type/technique
Works using this type/technique
Works about this type/technique
Works about this type/technique

20 works

    • Ephemera

    Malt Bitters puzzle : Little Bo Peep with five of her sheep / Malt Bitters Company.

    Malt Bitters Company. | Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Phensic school quiz : questions on world geography.

    | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Beecham's school quiz : animal quiz.

    Beecham's Pills (Firm) | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]
    • Ephemera

    Malt Bitters puzzle : Where is Little Buttercup / Malt Bitters Company.

    Malt Bitters Company. | Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Beecham's school quiz : sewing card : embroider, paint or crayon this design to your own colour scheme.

    | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]
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Related topics

Pharmaceutical Preparations
Drug Industry
Analgesics
Lancashire
Common Cold
Influenza, Human
Bronchitis
Cough

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