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Aerial Photo Jigsaws

Thursday November 18, 2004
Invented in Europe in the 1760s, the first jigsaw puzzles were originally made as educational toys by European mapmakers who pasted dissected paper maps onto wooden playing pieces. Now, almost 250 years later, jigsaw puzzles have been ushered into the digital age of aerial photography and personalisation with Postcode Puzzles by English company Firebox. Residents can find out what their house looks like from 5,500 feet with Firebox's personalised aerial photograph jigsaw.
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