Peter Coddles Dinner Party

1890-1900

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Cardboard, paper

Each (cards): 1 × 2 1/4 in. (2.5 × 5.7 cm)
Container (box): 7/8 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (2.2 × 10.8 × 8.3 cm)

The Liman Collection

2000.563

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.

Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "PETER CODDLES/ DINNER/ PARTY/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK./ No 103/ PUBLISHED BY/ CLARK & SOWDON N.Y."

ClassificationsTOYS

DescriptionCard game with box and 57 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of a Peter Coddle wearing a pointed hat, seated at a table with two rabbits, a rooster, a monkey , a cat and a dog; cover inscribed, "PETER CODDLES/ DINNER/ PARTY/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK./ No 103/ PUBLISHED BY/ CLARK & SOWDON N.Y."

Object NameCard game