
An Account of Peter Coddle's Visit to New York
Object Name: Card game
Date: ca. 1890
Medium: Paper, cardboard
Dimensions: Each (cards): 1 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (4.4 × 6.4 cm)
Container (box): 1 × 5 × 6 1/8 in. (2.5 × 12.7 × 15.6 cm)
Place made: North America, U.S.A., Springfield
Description: Card game with box, instruction booklet and 125 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle in a top hat and an oversized bow tie; cover inscribed, "AN/ ACCOUNT/ OF/PETER/ CODDLES/ VISIT/ TO/ NEW-/ YORK/ 4378/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS."; instruction booklet with same image and inscription as box cover.
Credit Line: The Liman Collection
Object Number: 2000.748
Marks: lithographed: on the box cover: "AN/ ACCOUNT/ OF/PETER/ CODDLES/ VISIT/ TO/ NEW-/ YORK/ 4378/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS."
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