Peter Coddle's Trip to New York

1882

Place madeCincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America

Cardboard, paper

Container (box): 1 × 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (2.5 × 8.3 × 10.8 cm)

The Liman Collection

2000.746

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 164 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle carrying an umbrella and a traveling case with a train and a church in the background; cover inscribed, "PETER CODDLE'S/ Trip to/ New York/ PETER G. THOMSON/ CINCINNATI, O."

Markingslithographed: on the cover: "PETER CODDLE'S/ Trip to/ New York/ PETER G. THOMSON/ CINCINNATI, O."

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