Jan 29, 2020
The Hagley Library is celebrating #NationalPuzzleDay today with this ca. 1890 advertising card for Bull Durham smoking tobacco.
The unofficial holiday was founded in 1994 by Jodi Jill, a literary agent and newspaper puzzle columnist. Soon after its introduction, her initiative was promoted and popularized by public libraries and bookstores nationwide.
This item is part of the Hagley Library’s Fingerman ephemera collection (Accession 2009.213). You can find more material from this collection online now by clicking here to visit its page in our Digital Archive.
