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The Indian: The Dying Chief Contemplating the Progress of Civilization
1856
1875.4
White marble and wood
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The Game of Peter Coddles
Title
The Game of Peter Coddles
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 8.3 x 10.8 cm )
Description
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 47 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle carrying an umbrella and a traveling case with a trolley car in the background; cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ PETER CODDLES/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK.".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.557
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ PETER CODDLES/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ 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.
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