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Subiaco Museum > Records

GAME: 'PETER CODDLE'S TRIP TO NEW YORK'

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c. 1915

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Overview

"Peter Coddle's Trip to New York" card game consisting of:

a) box base with covering of maroon paper on sides.

b) lid of box covered in maroon paper with picture on top of bearded man in yellow waistcoat and red coat and hat carrying red bag. Name of game in red and green.

c) Rules of the game.

d) Cards. Box contains 142 cards.

Historical information

Peter Coddle is based on a “literary puzzle” game in the book “Jessie; or, Trying to Be Somebody,” published by Gould & Lincoln in 1858. In the story, Peter was supposed to be an 18-year-old boy, but he is usually pictured on game boxes as an older country bumpkin visiting a big city. Several different Peter Coddle games were made in the late 1800s until at least the 1930s. One of the most popular is “Peter Coddle’s Trip to New York,” which was made in various versions by, among others, Parker Brothers in 1888, McLoughlin Brothers and J.H. Singer in the 1890s and Milton Bradley in 1925.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1990.29a-d

Item type

Themes

Leisure > Games

Inscriptions and markings

Gould & Lincoln 1859

Year

Statement of significance

Historic: Game of the period played by local family.

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Representativeness

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

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