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Amus 'n' Ande (front)
Amus 'n' Ande (back)
Amus 'n' Ande Puzzle
1920s-1930s, Busy Bee Sales Co., Boston, MA
Checkerboard puzzle (paper)
[1st checkerboard puzzle by Henry Luers, 1880]
The Amus ‘n’ Ande Puzzle challenges players to assemble a checkerboard and boasts over 80 solutions. Amos ‘n’ Andy was a popular 1930s radio show created by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, two white minstrel actors also known for their blackface portrayals in the 1930 film Check and Double Check. Amos ‘n’ Andy resonated with listeners during the Great Depression, but played upon stereotypes of racial inferiority and became synonymous with minstrelsy and blackface.
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