Take a journey through our milestones.
Current-2017
2017
The Sam Loyd Company publishes Sam Loyd Jr’s Puzzle Gems, along with Tom Tinkers, Daily Puzzles and Tom Tinkers Blackboard Puzzles.
Sam Loyd’s great granddaughter and Sam Loyd Jr’s granddaughter donates her family’s collection to the Sam Loyd archives to ensure it is preserved for future generations.
Our Puzzle Magazine is republished with puzzles that did not make it into either Our Puzzle Magazine or the Cyclopedia of Puzzles.
2016
The Sam Loyd Company celebrates The Famous Trick Donkeys 145 years anniversary with a limited edition card and a series of videos.
The Famous Trick Donkeys Puzzle design and text becomes a registered and protected trademark by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This is added to the number of other trademarks that are registered and protect this world recognised puzzle.
Due the hight demand for its website The Sam Loyd Company launches an updated design and makes it mobile friendly.
2012
The Sam Loyd Company begins to bring to life a number of Sam Loyd black and white puzzles by adding color. The reaction from fans and collectors is that the puzzles look “truly amazing” and are coming to life.
The Sam Loyd Company sends its 150th School Pack designed to help educators use Sam Loyd as a teaching aide.
The Sam Loyd Company creates the very first action figure based on the Warrior puzzle. It is a handmade limited edition.
2011
The company celebrates Sam Loyd’s 170th birthday on January 30th. The Trick Mules one of Sam Loyd most successful puzzles celebrates its 140th anniversary. It is still as challenging as it was in 1871. A commemorative edition is released and is limited to 1000 cards. April 10 marks 100 years since Sam Loyd passed away in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Sam Loyd’s website samloyd.com has over 3 million hits.
2010
The Sam Loyd Company releases five of Sam Loyd’s original advertising cards including his very first The Wonderful Chinese Pony Puzzle, along with the Tracing Puzzle, Trick Mules and the Grant Puzzle. Samloyd.com gets 2million hits.
2009
Puzzle of Teddy and the Lion celebrates 100 years since Sam Loyd created it back in 1909. Samloyd.com reaches over 1million hits.
2008
The Sam Loyd Company refreshes puzzles found in the Cyclopedia and introduces them in a new format with color. Puzzles from Sam Loyd’s Puzzles A Book for Children first published in 1912 are re-introduced on the website. The Sam Loyd Company publishes Sam Loyd’s Classic Puzzles, Get Off the Earth, The Lost Man, Puzzle of Teddy and the Lion and Famous Trick Donkeys in their orignal formats just the way Sam Loyd first had them published.
2007
Sam Loyd’s Trick Donkeys Puzzle and The Pony Puzzle are republished. The Sam Loyd Company is established to promote, educate, publish and protect Sam Loyd and Sam Loyd Jr’s work and legacy for everyone. Sam Loyd’s website is updated to become Sam Loyd’s Office and includes his biography and Cyclopedia. Visitors can also play the ‘Get Off the Earth’ Puzzle on line. International Sam Loyd domain names are registered in Japan, China, Italy, Germany, Spain, India, Australia, New Zealand and the European Community to name a few so as to promote the website to an international market.
2006
Sam Loyd’s ‘Get Off the Earth’ Puzzle is republished as a commemorative edition to celebrate 110 years since Sam Loyd received his patent. Puzzle sells out and collectors ask to have Loyd’s other puzzles republished.
2005
Work is started on republishing Sam Loyd’s ‘Get Off the Earth’ Puzzle. Samuelloyd.com domain name is registered. The first ever website dedicated to Sam Loyd’s ‘Get Off the Earth’ Puzzle goes live.
1897-1934
1934
Sam Loyd Jr dies at Peck Memorial Hospital, Brooklyn on February 23 1934 and is buried near his father.
1928
Sam Loyd and his Puzzles, An autobiographical review is published by Barse & Co, N. J.
1927
Sam Loyd’s Tricks and Puzzles is published by Experimenter Publishing Company Inc.
1924
Sam Loyd’s Picture Puzzles is published by James Butler. ‘Get of the Earth Puzzle’ puzzle is republished.
1914
‘Our Puzzle Magazine’ is edited and consolidated into one large booked titled ‘ Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles, Tricks, and Conundrums with Answers’ which has been called the most exciting puzzle, book to have ever been published.
1912
Sam Loyd’s Puzzles A Book for Children is published by David McKay. Philadelphia.
1911
Loyd’s last interview appears in The Delineator Magazine. Sam Loyd dies at his home in Brooklyn USA , April 10. Walter, Loyd’s son, changes name to Sam Loyd and continues his fathers work.
1910
Loyd’s last issue of ‘Our Puzzle Magazine is published.
1909
Loyd inspired by former United States President Theodore Roosevelt’s safari to Africa , creates the last of his vanishing puzzles, and calls it, ‘Puzzle of Teddy and the Lion’.
1907
Loyd begins to consolidate his newspaper and magazine puzzles into a monthly publication titled ‘Our Puzzle Magazine’ with his son Walter. Loyd is interviewed by George Grantham Bain for The Strand Magazine.
1902
As well as head of Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s puzzle department, Loyd begins his monthly puzzle page in the Woman’s Home Companion.
1898
Sam Loyd and Sam Loyd Jr form Loyd and Co and there puzzles appear in newspapers around the country.
1897
Loyd begins to consolidate his newspaper and magazine puzzles into a monthly publication titled ‘Our Puzzle Magazine’ with his son Walther. Loyd is interviewed by George Grantham Bain for The Strand Magazine.
1841-1896
1896
Loyd patents the ‘Get Off the Earth’ Puzzle, that is later called the greatest mechanical puzzle ever invented. Over 20 million are distributed. He also becomes head of Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s puzzle department.
1873
June 15th, birth of Walter Loyd who later take the name Sam Loyd Jr
1972
Loyd continues to publish puzzle cards including Comical Transformations.
1971
Loyd creates the ‘Trick Donkey’s’ puzzle, which he later sells to circus founder P. T. Barnum for $10,000. Millions are distributed.
1870
Sam Loyd’s Picture Puzzles is published by James Butler. ‘Get of the Earth Puzzle’ puzzle is republished.
1868
Loyd creates ‘The Pony Puzzle’ on his return trip from Europe with Andrew G. Curtain, then Minister to Russia . It was based on the White Horse Monument on Uffington Hill, Berkshire , England . He later states that is was “as a matter of fact most successful puzzle”.
1857
At sixteen he becomes problem editor of the Chess Monthly.
1855
Loyd’s first chess problem published in the New York Saturday Courier.
1844
Loyd’s father a successful real estate operator moves family from Philadelphia to New York where Sam attends public school until the age of 17.
1841
January 30th, birth of Samuel Loyd in Philadelphia USA.