Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
Title
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard
Dimensions
Overall: 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 17.1 x 14 x 3.2 cm )
Description
Card 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."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.743
Marks
lithographed: on the cover: "PETER CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO/ NEW YORK/ 4378/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A."
Gallery Label
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.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
