Children's Secret Writing, Ciphers & Codes   Richard Brisson Collection

Captain Midnight (1940's and 1950's)

Radio Orphan Annie (1930's)

Tom Mix

• Six-gun Brass Decoder Badge - Front and Back Views (1941)
• Secret Writing Manual (1938)

James Bond Code-o-Matic and CodeBook (mid 1960's)

Sky King's Spy-Detecto Writer (1949)

Spider Man CodeBreaker, Secret Wars Kit and Codewheel (1980's)

Super Spy Attache Case in original packaging (by Sears in mid 1960's)

Secret Agent Lunchbox/Thermos with Secret Coder (1968)

Decoder Ring from Chex Cereals (1960's)

Dick Tracy

• Magic Decoders from Post Cereals (1960's)
• Crimestopper Kit with Secret Code Maker (1961)
• Secret Code Books (1938 & 1939)

Lawrence Secret Code Kit (1939)

Buck Rogers & Twiki Communications Set (1979)

Children's Books on Secret Codes

• "Ciphers For the Little Folks" (Published in 1916 Riverbank Labs, this book was intended to interest and teach children to use their minds)
• "Secret Messages - How to Read and Write Them" by Paul Thomas (1928)
• "The First Book of Codes and Ciphers" by Sam and Beryl Epstein (1956)
• "Cryptography" by Barbara Harris which is an 8-page section of Volume 5 from a series titled "The Family Creative Workshop" (1976)
• "Codes & Secret Messages" by John Peterson (1970)
• "The Secret Code Book" by Helen Huckle (1995)
• "The Spy Code Handbook" by Duncan Ball & Ian Ball (1992)
• "Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing" by Martin Gardner (1972)
• "Loads of Codes and Secret Ciphers" by Paul B. Janeczko (1984)
• CodeMaster Books #1 and #2 by Marvin Miller (1998)
• "Spy Science" by Jim Wiese (1996)
• "Codes & Ciphers" by Mark Fowler and Radhi Parekh (1994)
• "Secret Codes, Signals and Ciphers" by E.A. Grant (1989)

Disney's Happy Soup Club Codophone - Decoder and Cover (1960's)

Disney's Indiana Jones Decoder (1990's)

McDonald's Decoder Card (1980's)

Top Secret Dossier with decoder wheel (1992)

P.F. Flyers Dolphin Magic Coder Whistle (on original card) (1966)

Alex Under Cover - Secret Code Kit (1990's)

Alex Under Cover - Detective Activity Kit (1990's)

Wendy's Bruno Pen Decoder (1994)

Spy Master's Code Kit (1990's)

Cereal Decoders & SeaDog Spy Kit with Decoder (1970's)

Secret Code Kit (1990's) & Secret Codes (1990's)

Batman Cards & Decoder (1967)

Superman Secret Code Card (Front and Back) (1948)

USA Stamps Commemorating Decoding Efforts in WW-II (1992)

Get Smart!

Ultimate Spy Book - Le Parfait Espion by Keith Melton (1996)

Nancy Drew

• "The Nancy Drew Secret-Code Activity Book" by Tony Tallarico (1978)
• "Secret Codes" by Evan Morley (1977)

NSA (National Security Agency) Cipher Wheel Christmas Ornament (1998)

Interactive Displays

• So you think you can break this code, eh? (currently under construction)
• Enigma Java Applet Simulators