Antique 1890 Rare Peter Coddles Visit To New York An Account Of Card Game

1890 Peter Coddles Visit to New York Account of Card Game. This item comes in original factory box with 24 cards and instructions. 1 playing card is missing. The box is not in the best condition and everything looks aged because of the age of item. Artist/Maker Milton Bradley (American, 1860 � 2009) An Account of Peter Coddle's Visit to New York ca. 1890 Place Made Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, North America Paper, cardboard Each (cards): 1 3/4 � 2 1/2 in. (4.4 � 6.4 cm) Container (box): 1 � 5 � 6 1/8 in. (2.5 � 12.7 � 15.6 cm) Material: Cardboard box and paper cards The Liman Collection 2000.748 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. Description Card game with box, instruction booklet and 25(1 card missing) 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. Markings lithographed: on the box cover: "An/ Account/ of/Peter/ Coddles/ Visit/ to/ New-/ York/ 4378/ Milton Bradley Co./ Springfield Mass." Classifications Toys