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Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
Title
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1880
Medium
Paper, cardboard
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 17.1 x 13 cm )
Description
"The Game of Peter Coddle's Trip to New York" card game with a paper covered cardboard box with a printed cover; cover with an image of a man reading the newspaper while seated on a trunk, New York harbor in the backgroud with with Statue of Liberty, a ship and a setting sun; cover inscribed, "The Game of/ PETER CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO NEW YORK". ; box contains instruction booklet and 290 colored slips of paper printed with comical phrases, such as A Stray Cat, A Basin of Turtle Soup, An Honest Lawyer, An Insane Bedbug, etc.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.742
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "PETER/ CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO/ NEW YORK/ SELCHOW &/ RIGHTER/ NEW YORK."
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.
