US Embossing Co. c. 1940s Plyladisk Puzzle painted figures incurred during the firing

incurred during the firing

features wonderful full page caricatures of "the sovereigns" of the era by Portuguese painter and caricaturist Tomás Júlio Leal da Câmara (1876-1948)

once an active docking place for boats

this frontal view the larger of the two

I especially love the little face on the sun

US Embossing Co. c. 1940s Plyladisk Puzzle painted figures incurred during the firingGreat graphics on this Pyladisk puzzle box, produced by the US Embossing Co. in Albany, NY, which also produced the Color Cubes I love so much and the blue and white star blocks and yellow stacking disks inside are pretty great looking too. Late 1940s early 50s or so, I believe, and the name of the game is to move one complete stack of disks to another post without ever stacking a larger disk atop a smaller one. (Two pieces of twine taped to the