An Account of Peter Coddle's Visit to New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Paper, cardboard
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 5 x 6 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 15.6 cm )
each card: 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 125 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle in a top hat and an oversized bow tie; cover inscribed, "AN/ ACCOUNT/ OF/PETER/ CODDLES/ VISIT/ TO/ NEW-/ YORK/ 4378/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS."; instruction booklet with same image and inscription as box cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.748
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "AN/ ACCOUNT/ OF/PETER/ CODDLES/ VISIT/ TO/ NEW-/ YORK/ 4378/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS."
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42515
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 10.5 x 14.6 cm )
each card: 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 1.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Peter Coddle's Trip to New York" card game with a paper covered cardboard box with polychrome lithographed cover depicting a man watching two women looking into store windows; cover inscribed, "The Game of/ PETER CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO NEW YORK/ Published by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS."; box contains instruction booklet and 70 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:
2000.740
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ PETER CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO NEW YORK/ Published by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS."
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42513
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Farrago
Classification:
Date:
1882
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. ( 3.2 x 14 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
"Farrago" card game with 216 syllable cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box lithographed in red with a parade of comical figures carrying banners; box cover inscribed, "PROC/ LA/ MA/ TION./ COM/ WITH/ TELE/ FAR/ MICRO/ SMALL/ FARRAGO/ UNDER PATENT OF JULY 26, 1882/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, PUBLISHERS, N.Y./ COPYRIGHTED 1882."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.679
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "PROC/ LA/ MA/ TION./ COM/ WITH/ TELE/ FAR/ MICRO/ SMALL/ FARRAGO/ UNDER PATENT OF JULY 26, 1882/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, PUBLISHERS, N.Y./ COPYRIGHTED 1882."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
42497
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mixed Pickles
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 9.5 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
"Mixed Pickles" card game with ninety playing cards, thirty of each red, white and blue, in a paper covered cardboard box; box chromolithographed with an image of a dog pulling a table cloth off a game table surrounded by four children; box cover inscribed, "MIXED/ PICKLES/ PUBLISHED BY SELCHOW & RIGHTER, NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.672
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "MIXED/ PICKLES/ PUBLISHED BY SELCHOW & RIGHTER, NEW YORK".
Gallery Label:
Players of Mixed Pickles create an original story by combining phrases contained on the game cards. The game manufacturer assured buyers that players would be "convulsed with laughter at the ludicrous combination of sentences."
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42496
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
What Do You Buy?
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 10.8 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
"Game of What Do You Buy?" card came with 48 polychrome playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover depicts a young girl in a white dress and hat with a basket of flowers hung over her back; box inscribed, "GAME OF/ WHAT DO/ YOU BUY?/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.671
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ WHAT DO/ YOU BUY?/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
42495
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The New Game of Familiar Quotations from Popular Authors
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
"The New Game of Familiar Quotations from Popular Authors" card game with 75 playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a medallion portrait of Longfellow surrounded by books and an eternal flame; box cover inscription, "THE NEW GAME/ FAMILIAR/ QUOTATIONS/ FROM/ POPULAR AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. COPYRIGHTED 1887 NEW YORK.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.538
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE NEW GAME/ FAMILIAR/ QUOTATIONS/ FROM/ POPULAR AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. COPYRIGHTED 1887 NEW YORK."
Gallery Label:
As in the popular game of Authors, players of Familiar Quotations attempt to build complete suits composed of five quotations of one author. In this process, players learned the words of famous authors from William Shakespeare to Benjamin Franklin.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
42484
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Grandmama's Sunday Game of Bible Questions: New Testament
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
"Grandmama's Sunday Game of Bible Questions: New Testament" card game with 100 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet with an image of an old woman printed on the pink paper cover; booklet inscribed, "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS / TO/ GRANDMA'S/ NEW TESTAMENT/ GAME./ McLOUGHLIN BROS., manufacturers,/ NEW YORK"; box cover lithographed with a group of four children around the feet of a standing Jesus with his arms outstretched; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ SUNDAY/ GAME/ OF/ BIBLE/ QUESTIONS/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y./ NEW TESTAMENT./ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUHGLIN BROS. NEW YORK 1887."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.610
Marks:
printed: on the booklet cover: "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS / TO/ GRANDMA'S/ NEW TESTAMENT/ GAME./ McLOUGHLIN BROS., manufacturers,/ NEW YORK"
lithographed: on the box cover: box cover lithographed with a group of four children around the feet of a standing
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
42483
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
A New Dissected Map of the United States
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 x 15 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. ( 5.1 x 38.7 x 27 cm )
Description:
"A New Dissected Map of the United States" picture puzzle with 59 pieces and a printed, folded illustration of the puzzle in wooden box covered in striped paper with a cardboard interior; cover lithographed with an illustration in various colors of Liberty dressed in white gown with blue drapery, seated on rock in pastoral setting holding an open atlas on her lap with representation of Native American standing next to her with a feather headdress, bear claw necklace, and moccasins, holding bow, quiver of arrows lying on ground; box cover inscribed, "A/ NEW/ DISSECTED MAP/ OF THE/ United States/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.547
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "A/ NEW/ DISSECTED MAP/ OF THE/ United States/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y"
Gallery Label:
Children kept current with the geography of their expanding nation by completing map puzzles of the United States. Here, the area that became the future state of Oklahoma in 1907 is labeled Indian Territory, and the Dakotas, which entered the Union as North and South Dakota in 1889, appear as a single territory.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
42434
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mansion of Happiness
Classification:
Date:
1864
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
overall (open): 15 x 18 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 38.1 x 47 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
"The Mansion of Happiness" paper covered game board chromolithographed with a spiral oval path with sixty-six spaces, more than half printed with virtues and vices; board inscribed, "THE MANSION OF HAPPINESS./ AN INSTRUCTIVE MORAL AND ENTERTAINING AMUSEMENT/ Taylor & Adams Engravers,/ 29 Joy's Building Boston/ PUBLISHED BY D. P. IVES & CO., BOSTON, AND S. B. IVES, SALEM, MASS."; label applied to reverse of board inscribed, "MANSION/ OF/ HAPPINESS./ PUBLISHED BY/ S.B. IVES, Salem Mass.;/ E.G. SELCHOW & Co., N. York.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.436
Marks:
lithographed: on the board: "THE MANSION OF HAPPINESS./ AN INSTRUCTIVE MORAL AND ENTERTAINING AMUSEMENT/ Taylor & Adams Engravers,/ 29 Joy's Building Boston/ PUBLISHED BY D. P. IVES & CO., BOSTON, AND S. B. IVES, SALEM, MASS./Entered according to Act of C
Gallery Label:
In this earliest of American board games, players strove to attain the seat of Happiness at the center of the board by living a virtuous life. Based on the Puritan view that success is achieved through Christian deeds and goodness, games such as this reflected the dominant beliefs of pre-Civil War America.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
42433
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Meteor Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, ceramic, paper, cardboard
Dimensions:
box: 2 1/4 x 8 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. ( 5.7 x 22.5 x 22.5 cm )
Description:
"Meteor" marble game with 300 painted ceramic marbles in various colors, wooden playing board, cardboard playing board and instruction booklet in a wooden box with a sliding lid; box cover lithographed with an image of two children and their mother playing with the "Meteor" game and a set of building blocks; cover inscribed, "Meteor/ F.AD. RICHTER & CIE/ RUDOLSTADT, GERMANY,/ NEW-YORK, AMERICAN HOUSE: 215 CANAL STREET/ Made in Germany".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.287
Marks:
lithographed: on the lid: "Meteor/ F.AD. RICHTER & CIE/ RUDOLSTATDT, GERMANY,/ NEW-YORK, AMERICAN HOUSE: 215 CANAL STREET/ Made in Germany".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
42409
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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