Artist/Maker Milton Bradley (American, 1860 – 2009)

Peter Coddle's Trip to New York

ca. 1890

Place madeSpringfield, Massachusetts, United States, North America

Cardboard

Overall: 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (17.1 x 14 x 3.2 cm)

The Liman Collection

2000.743

The game of "Peter Coddle" in all its various editions was the most popular reading game of the 1880s and 1890s. The game was based around the story of a country boy's misadventures in New York City. Parker Brothers and the other major game manufacturers produced many variations, all neatly packaged in attractive boxes that were usually much larger than their contents required.

DescriptionCard game with box, instruction booklet and 101 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle riding a pig and carrying a traveling case, in the background is the Flatiron building, a police officer, and a woman and child; cover inscribed, "PETER CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO/ NEW YORK/ 4378/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A."

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