{"id":4155,"date":"2020-05-01T11:14:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4155"},"modified":"2020-05-01T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:14:29","slug":"digital-jigsaw-puzzles-from-the-hs-hsl-historical-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4155","title":{"rendered":"Digital Jigsaw Puzzles From the HS\/HSL Historical Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"attachment_4156\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jigsawplanet.com\/?rc=play&amp;pid=08eb1e7b6a50\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4156\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4156\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Library-Puzzle-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"Library Puzzle in progress; photograph is of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at night.\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Library-Puzzle-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Library-Puzzle.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture of one of the Puzzles available in the HS\/HSL virtual puzzle collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to articles by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/04\/13\/833346707\/with-people-stuck-at-home-jigsaw-puzzle-sales-soar\">NPR<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/coronavirus-means-everyone-wants-jigsaw-puzzles-good-luck-buying-one-11585503789\">Washington Post<\/a>, jigsaw puzzles are in high demand and almost impossible to find right now.\u00a0 Try to order a puzzle from Ravensberger, the world&#8217;s largest creator of jigsaw puzzles, right now and you\u2019ll get the following message, \u201cDue to unexpected demand, we are unable to fulfill orders at this time.\u201d \u00a0Retail stores cannot get them in stock or keep them stocked. The HS\/HSL has good news and we can help with this shortage!\u00a0 We have selected images from our very own historical collections and turned them into virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jigsawplanet.com\/winkta01\/university-of-maryland-baltimore\">puzzles<\/a> for free!\u00a0 There are puzzles for a variety of interest: botanicals, animals, sports, campus buildings, etc.\u00a0 Because these puzzles are online, you can choose the difficulty and the puzzle shape and even challenge friends and family anywhere to see who can complete the puzzle in the shortest time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4157\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jigsawplanet.com\/?rc=play&amp;pid=24e51c97e1da\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4157\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4157\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Davidge-Hall-Puzzle-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Davidge Hall Puzzle in Progress; Puzzle is a sketch of Davidge Hall, the oldest building on the University of Maryland, Baltimore's Campus.\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Davidge-Hall-Puzzle-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Davidge-Hall-Puzzle.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture of the Davidge Hall Puzzle in progress from the HS\/HSL&#8217;s virtual puzzle collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Interested in learning about any of the images found in these puzzles?\u00a0 Contact the Historical Collections <a href=\"mailto:twink@hshsl.umaryland.edu\">Librarian<\/a> and Archivist for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Link to the HSHSL Puzzles: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jigsawplanet.com\/winkta01\/university-of-maryland-baltimore\">https:\/\/www.jigsawplanet.com\/winkta01\/university-of-maryland-baltimore<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HS\/HSL has uploaded images from the Historical Collections Department into a virtual puzzle creator.  Check them out today:  https:\/\/www.jigsawplanet.com\/winkta01\/university-of-maryland-baltimore <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4155\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[180,225],"class_list":["post-4155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-collections","tag-covid-19","tag-puzzles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions\/4159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}