Peter Coddle's Trip

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1905
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 6 x 7 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 15.2 x 19.4 cm )
Description: 
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 149 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle on his hands and knees carrying an umbrella and case with a trolley in the background; cover inscribed, "PETER/ CODDLE'S/ TRIP./ MILTON/ BRADLEY/ CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.571
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "PETER/ CODDLE'S/ TRIP./ 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: 
1905
eMuseum Object ID: 
42606
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

St. Nicholas Series Peter Coddles

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 15.9 x 22.2 cm )
Description: 
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 87 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle with a beard and top hat riding in an open car with a police officer speaking into a gramophone and three people in the background; cover inscribed, "ST. NICHOLAS SERIES/ PETER CODDLES/ PUBLISHED BY J. OTTMANN LITH. CO. N.Y.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.569
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "ST. NICHOLAS SERIES/ PETER CODDLES/ PUBLISHED BY J. OTTMANN LITH. CO. N.Y.". printed: on the interior of the box: "GAME/ OF/ Peter Coddles/ HIS TRIP TO/ NEW YORK/ AN ACCOUNT/ OF HIS/ TROUBLES/ AND TRIALS/ PUBLISHED BY/ J.
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. In "Warman's Antique American Games 1840-1940" the manufacturer for this version is listed as Milton Bradley Co.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42603
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Peter Coddle Tells of his Trip to Chicago

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 7/8 x 6 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 15.2 x 12.1 cm )
Description: 
"Peter Coddle Tells of hisTrip to Chicago" card game with a paper covered cardboard box with polychrome lithographed cover with and image of two men dressed in winter clothes talking with a snowy landscape in the background; cover inscribed, "PETER CODDLE'S/ tells of his/ TRIP TO/ CHICAGO/ PARKER BROTHERS,/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."; box contains instruction booklet and 81 colored slips of paper printed with comical phrases, such as An Old Gossip, Stewed Caterpillars, etc.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.554
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "PETER CODDLE'S/ tells of his/ TRIP TO/ CHICAGO/ PARKER BROTHERS,/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A." printed: on the intruction booklet: "Peter Coddle's Trip/ to Chicago/ ..A READING GAME../ 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: 
42601
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Flying Four Great International Airplane Race

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1930
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Open (board): 16 1/2 × 16 5/8 in. (41.9 × 42.2 cm) Container (box): 1 1/2 × 17 1/4 × 9 in. (3.8 × 43.8 × 22.9 cm)
Description: 
"The Flying Four Great International Airplane Race" board game in box with board, four metal playing pieces in the shape of airplanes, and a spinner; board printed with a 132 space circular path from a flight school in the U.S. to a landing in Paris; box printed with an airplane, an image of Paris and four portraits including Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh; box inscribed, "The Flying Four/ TRADE MARK/ GREAT/ INTERNATIONAL/ AIRPLANE RACE/ PARKER BROTHERS INC./ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK, LONDON."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.484
Marks: 
printed: on the box cover: "The Flying Four/ TRADE MARK/ GREAT/ INTERNATIONAL/ AIRPLANE RACE/ PARKER BROTHERS INC./ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK, LONDON."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
42580
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Peter Coddle's Trip to the World's Fair

Classification: 
Date: 
1939
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 16.5 x 13 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Peter Coddle's Trip to New York" card game in a paper covered cardboard box; cover inscribed, "PETER CODDLE'S/ Trip to/ THE WORLD'S FAIR/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS./ NEW YORK CHIGAGO LONDON/ MADE IN U.S.A."; box contains instruction booklet and 72 colored slips of paper.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.737
Marks: 
printed: on the box cover: "PETER CODDLE'S/ Trip to/ THE WORLD'S FAIR/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS./ NEW YORK CHIGAGO LONDON/ MADE IN 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.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1939
eMuseum Object ID: 
42571
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jim Crow Ten Pins

Classification: 
Date: 
1890-1910
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Each (figure): 6 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (17.1 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm) Box: 1 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm
Description: 
"Jim Crow Ten Pins" table game with box and ten pins; cover of box lithographed with a caricature of a black man in overalls bowling in a watermelon patch; cover inscribed, "JIM CROW/ Ten/ Pins/ PUBLISHED BY J. OTTMANN LITH CO. N.Y."; ten pins, each with a caricature of a black man with his mouth wide open and dressed in red and white striped pants and a shirt, a yellow and green striped vest, a blue tie and a green and purple waistcoat; each figure set into a circular wooden stand painted purple; two red wooden balls.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.384
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "JIM CROW/ Ten/ Pins/ PUBLISHED BY J. OTTMANN LITH CO. N.Y."
Gallery Label: 
Target games overtly demonstrated white hostility against African-Americans. The object of Jim Crow Ten Pins, a bowling game, was to knock down the smiling minstrel figures.
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: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
42570
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

An Account of Peter Coddle's Visit to New York

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm )
Description: 
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 190 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle in a top hat and an oversized bow tie carrying an umbrella and travel case with a shipyard and buildings in the background; cover inscribed, "An Account of/ PETER CODDLES/ Visit to/ NEW YORK." instruction booklet printed with an illustration of Peter Coddle in a top hat and an oversized bow tie and inscribed, "An Account of/ Peter Coddles/ Visit to New York./ This is a korrect/ afc of my trip Peter Coddle".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.747
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "An Account of/ PETER CODDLES/ Visit to/ NEW YORK." printed: on the instruction booklet: "An Account of/ Peter Coddles/ Visit to New York./ This is a korrect/ afc of my trip Peter Coddle".
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: 
42565
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Peter Coddle's Trip to New York

Classification: 
Date: 
1882
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 8.3 x 10.8 cm )
Description: 
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 164 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle carrying an umbrella and a traveling case with a train and a church in the background; cover inscribed, "PETER CODDLE'S/ Trip to/ New York/ PETER G. THOMSON/ CINCINNATI, O."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.746
Marks: 
lithographed: on the cover: "PETER CODDLE'S/ Trip to/ New York/ PETER G. THOMSON/ CINCINNATI, O."
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: 
1882
eMuseum Object ID: 
42561
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Peter Coddles Dinner Party

Classification: 
Date: 
1890-1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 10.8 x 8.3 cm ) each card: 1 x 2 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 5.7 cm )
Description: 
Card game with box and 57 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of a Peter Coddle wearing a pointed hat, seated at a table with two rabbits, a rooster, a monkey , a cat and a dog; cover inscribed, "PETER CODDLES/ DINNER/ PARTY/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK./ No 103/ PUBLISHED BY/ CLARK & SOWDON N.Y."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.563
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "PETER CODDLES/ DINNER/ PARTY/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK./ No 103/ PUBLISHED BY/ CLARK & SOWDON N.Y."
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: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
42558
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Yacht Race Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1887
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Open (board): 31 1/2 × 16 1/4 in. (80 × 41.3 cm) Container (box): 1 1/8 × 17 × 8 1/2 in. (2.9 × 43.2 × 21.6 cm)
Description: 
"The Yacht Race" board game in a box with board, spinner and eight sailboat shaped playing pieces; quad-fold board with a map image of New York harbor with sections of Brooklyn, lower Manhattan, Staten Island, and New Jersey, as well as the Statue of Liberty, Governor's Island and the Brooklyn Bridge; playing spaces are marked in the center of the harbor and around the edges; back of the board covered in red paper and inscribed in gold, "Game of Yacht Race;" box cover decorated with two sailboats in a medallion, flowers and the inscription, "THE/ YACHT RACE/ GAME/ PATENTED, DEC 27. 1887. McLOUGHLIN BROS; N. Y.;" cardboard and metal spinner fits into a hole in the board and is inscribed with compass directions, the numbers 1 through 6 and "HEAD WIND/ FAIR WIND" in blue, yellow and red ink; eight sailboat shaped playing pieces set into metal holders.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.491
Marks: 
printed: on the game board: "WHISTLING BUOY/ SCOTLAND LT. SHIP/ SANDS HOOK LT. SHIP" printed: on the reverse of the game board: "Game of/ Yacht Race" printed: on the box cover: "THE/ YACHT RACE/ GAME/ PATENTED, DEC 27. 1887. McLOUGHLIN BROS; N. Y.;" p
Gallery Label: 
The setting for this yacht race is New York Harbor, with boats sailing in the shadows of the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Governor's Island.
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: 
42536
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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