Artist/Maker
Milton Bradley
(American, 1860 – 2009)
An Account of Peter Coddle's Visit to New York
ca. 1890
Place madeSpringfield, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Paper, cardboard
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)
Container (box): 1 × 5 × 6 1/8 in. (2.5 × 12.7 × 15.6 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.748
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 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.Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "AN/ ACCOUNT/ OF/PETER/ CODDLES/ VISIT/ TO/ NEW-/ YORK/ 4378/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS."
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
