Collection Highlights
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Date:
ca. 1906
Object Number:
PR.042.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Game of Peter Coddles
Object Number:
2000.562
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 6.4 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "GAME/ of/ PETER/ CODDLES"
Description:
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 24 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of a bearded Peter Coddle holding a pitch fork; cover inscribed, "GAME/ of/ PETER/ CODDLES".
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.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
