Collection Highlights

Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas

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Medal
ca. 1913
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
I.D. tag
Badge
Button
Badge
Badge
Button: Think Wallace Might Be President
Collection of buttons: Wings for Willkie
Campaign button: Roosevelt Laborer's Choice
Badge w/pin
1861
Badge
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1849
Marquis de Lafayette Medal
ca. 1789 or later
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Lorraine Plaquette
ca. 1917
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Award Medal
1876
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medal
1848
Major General Andrew Jackson Military Medal
1820-1885
Major General Alexander Macomb Military Medal
1824-1885
Centennial of George Washington Inauguration Medal
1889
Early Republic coin
1870
Badge w/medal: Platform comm. subtreasury
Garrison cap
ca. 1944
Comercial Powder Can
Powderhorn: etched w/map of NY State
1770-1780
Sash
1860-1865
Belt
1944
Gaiter
1900-1918
Pie crimper
ca. 1800-1850
Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver
1849-1872
Powderhorn
1850-1865
Ribbon
Ribbons
Button: O'Brian/Prial/Salomon
Ribbon: 16th Ann. Convention
1888
Badge
Button w/ribbon: Lemuel E. Quigg
Badge
Badge
Ribbons w/Pin:Receptn.to Pres.& Vice Pres. of U.S.,Aug.27'97
Button
2 buttons
Button
Pin: Philadelphia City Councils
Button
Badge
Pin: American flag
Pin: flag w/tassel
Bow w/pin & tassel
Bow
Bow w/pin & tassel
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Frits Holm Medal
1921
Fireman's Medallion
19th century?
Prudential Insurance Company of America 50th Anniversary Medal
1925
Medal Pendant with Chain
1886
Fulton Trust Company Plaquette
1915
Washington Irving Plaquette
1912
Medal Honoring Admiral George Dewey
ca. 1898
Clothing advertising token
1914
Medal in box: From the State of NY Cent. opening of ...
Medal: woman in graveyard
ca. 1918
Medal made from propeller from Admiral Dewey's Flagship Olympia
1898-1900
Medal in case
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Inauguration Commemorative Medal
1889
Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton Presidential Campaign Medal
1888
Martin Van Buren Indian Peace Medal
1837-1839
Coat
Grover Cleveland Medal
1885-1897
Medal
Civil War Medal of Honor
1863
Projectile points (3)
1500-1700
Celt
1500-1700
Civil War artillery shell
1855-1865
Buttons (2)
1866-1900
Ribbon badge
1900-1930
Button: B.B.Odell Jr.
Lapel clip
Badge w/tag
Document
Badge
Badge
Badge
Bar pin
Badge
Badge
Society of Tammany Badge
1908
Badge
Badge
New-York Historical Society Commemorative Medal
1857
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Inauguration Medal
1934
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Medal
1889
Paul Revere Sesquicentennial Commemorative Medal
1925
Pendant Medallion for the Colorado Quarto-Centennial
ca. 1901
400th Anniversary of Discovery of America Commemorative Medal
1893
Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands Medal
ca. 1923
Comemorative Medal
1894
Sesquicentennial of American Independence Commemorative Medal
1926
Box with badges, braid, and document
Officer's dress
1942-1946
Spoon
1800-1875
Bomb shell fragment
1855-1865
Gar Kepi; 1870's
Pin:IN.T and laurel insignia
Shoulder strap
1860-1862
Belt plate
1860-1865
Belt plate
1865-1890
Button
1815-1830
Button
1860-1865
Button
1850-1870
Canteen
1860-1861
Military buttons
1860-1865
Helmet
ca. 1918
Percussion cap box
1855-1865
Saddle
1850-1900
Sash
1850-1865
Sash
1850-1870
Sash
1855-1865
Button
1700-1850
Powder horn
1709-1759
Badge
Badge
Clothing pin
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Lapel button: 74th Regiment
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Ribbon
ca. 1887
Ribbon
1961
Badge
Millard Fillmore Indian Peace Medal
After 1850
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
George Washington Indian Peace Medal
1903
Centennial of Washington's Inauguration "Black, Starr & Frost" Medals
1889
George Franklin Edmunds Award Medal
After 1919
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Medal
1872
Kittanning Destroyed Medal
ca. 1875
Collection of patches
ca. 1946
Collection of patches
ca. 1946
Collection of patches
ca. 1946
Dog Tags
1943-1945
Dog-tags
Engine part
1878
Yoke
ca. 1825-1850
Gaiter
1900-1918
Puttees (pair)
1946-1947
Epaulet
ca. 1780
Pompon
1860-1890
Sword
1800-1830
Machete
1880-1898
Sword (bayonet) w/scabbard: Vincereo Moriri...
1800-1830
Frock coat
1870-1880
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
ca. 1900
Ribbon: United War Work Campaign, 4717
Badge
Medals, badges
Campaign button: Willkie Third Million
Campaign button: No Crown for Franklin
Campaign button: I like Ike and Dick
Collection of buttons: Dewey
Clips
Button: Teamsters Support Roosevelt...
Force Franklin Out At Third
Campaign button: Roosevelt For Ex President
Campaign button: United City La Guardia...
Campaign button: Geroso Wagner Stark
Lapel pins
Mi piace Ike
Button: Mamie for First Lady
Button: McGovern
Badge in case
Badge in case
Rutherford B. Hayes Indian Peace Medal
1879
Seal stamp: souvenir Cherie
1870-1900
Seal stamp: Reponse s'il vous pliat
1870-1900
Seal stamp: (hexagonal core, amber, w/ eye impression)
1870-1900
Ice creeper excavated at West Point
1760-1783
Seal stamp: (goat w/ shield)
1775-1850
Stamp
1837-1880
Seal stamp: seal face blank
1775-1875
Seal stamp: Wurttemberg Consulate
ca. 1856
Seal stamp: (initials)
1870-1900
Seal for wax w/handle: elephant design
1850-1900
Buttons
Buttons
Seal of the State of New York
1810-1860
Ribbon
ca. 1902
Badge
Ribbon
1800-1900
Ribbon
ca. 1876
Badge
Badge
Button
1897
Badge
Badge
Buttons: Rockefeller/Keating
Buttons: Wilkie
Buttons: Corsi
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Pin: MB
Pin: MB
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Ribbon: ...GAR Atlantic City, Sept.1910
Badge w/tag
Button: Meyner
Button
Button
Badge
Medal
ca. 1912
Badge in case
Badge w/ribbon & medal w/other ribbon in case
Badge
Badge
1886
Document
Envelope
Badge on card
Badge
Medal: (iron cross),1866
Fireman's belt: "1st assistant"
1850-1900
Button
Button
Ribbon (fragment)
Seal w/tag: Argencia Commercial del Ymperio Mexicano
ca. 1867
Seal of the State of New York
1810-1860
Stamp: NY ... Mutual Assurance Co
ca. 1800-1809
Seal: coat of arms sudwige
1850-1900
Seal: indistinguishable image
1850-1900
Bootmaker's sign
1820-1850
Ribbon
Pin w/ flag: Long may it wave
Button
Flag patch
Sealing press
ca. 1917
Sealing press
ca. 1884
Seal: heart design
1800-1875
Seal: peacock-H.G.
1830-1880
Sign fragment: XI
1800-1900
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Button: whigs of '76 and '34
Pin: sword
I.D. tag
Badge
Button: MacArthur
Button: Case
Button
Button
Button
Button
ca. 1898
Pin: Schnorer Club
Pin: Schnorer Club
Pin: Eagle
Pin: Oagna, Charta
Button: Harriman, Roosevelt
Badge
Button
1914
Buttons
6 buttons on cardboard
Badge on card
Badge in box
Boxtop
Badge
Badge
Medal w/ribbon
Pin: Jr.Daughters of Loyal legion on card
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Medal
ca. 1897
Badge w/pin
Medal
ca. 1887
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Ribbon badge: Firemen's Assn. Trenton, N.J.
1880-1920
Zachary Taylor Rosette Badge
ca. 1848
Campaign medal w/pin
1872
Spectacles case
1800-1820
Waist belt buckle and clasp (2)
1860-1865
Trade sign
1810-1850
Circular plaque: J.L. Mott
1850-1900
Pin: Service
Button
Pin: 2nd War Fund
Buttons (50)
ca. 1940
Plastic case w/medal: Waldorf- Astoria, N.Y.
Sword w/scabbard
1862
Badge
Bowl: Memorial of Sir Walter Scott
1900-1930
Folder w/flap closure
1875-1925
Folder w/string closure
1880-1920
Ash tray for New York's World Fair, 1939
1939
8 pins and medals in box
Buttons: Walker
Buttons: Wagner
Y. M. D. C. House Ribbon
ca. 1870 or later
Buttons
Buttons
Buttons
Badges
Buttons
Lapel clips
United behind the President
Lapel Clips
Buttons
Lapel Clips
Lapel clips
Clips
Badge w/pin
Badge in envelope
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Pin: Thy Kingdom Come
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Badge w/pin & ribbon
Pin: Albany Grand Commandery, 1913
Souvenir ribbon
1877
Ribbon
1800-1900
2 ribbons
2 ribbons
Ribbon: Fire Company
1860-1920
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1856
Ribbons (3)
Ribbon
ca. 1902
Badge
Badge
Badge
Toy armchair
1875-1900
Shoulder patch
1940-1950
Brassard
1941-1946
Our next president Wendell Lewis Willkie
ca. 1940
Fountain pen & seal of Herbert H.Lehman..St.Of N.Y.exec.chr.
1941
Book Slate + 2 Docu.
1867-1880
Buttons: McClellan
Buttons (2)
Buttons: Rockefeller/Keating
Buttons: Rockefeller/Keating
Buttons
Buttons
Button
Pin: Hernz Pickle
Button: Harriman
Button: Wagner
Button: Widnall
Button: Sullivan
Button: Riegelman
Button: Leibell
Button
ca. 1960
Button
Button
Button: Keating
Button
Button: Lyons
Button: Morris
Button
Button
Badge
Badge
Badge
Badge
Ribbon
1852
Button
Ribbon w/pin back
1900-1920
Collection of buttons: New York State Governors
Button w/ribbon
5 buttons on paper
Pin on card: U N
ca. 1960
Pin on card: flag
Button
Button
Button
Badge
Button w/bullet
Pin: keep them flying
Button
Button
Button
Button
Sword
1880-1898
Inkwell
1840-1870
Sled
1850-1875
Letter clip
1875-1900
Sand caster
1770-1800
Inkstand
1800-1860
Pin w/photo
Lost Heir
1875
Tobacco shop figure
ca. 1880-1910
Milestone
ca. 1813
Button
Button
Button
Button: Dewey/Hanley
Button
Button
Buttons
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button: McCall
Button
ca. 1900
Buttons
Buttons
Button: Cherrelyn
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Pin: BL 84
Button
Button
Button
Pin
Button
Button
1870-1880
Clip
Button
ca. 1920
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Badge: Vet. Firemens
1892
Badge: Guest
ca. 1897
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Seal in envelope: ny marble cemetary
1900-1930
Milestone
ca. 1802
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pin w/flag ribbon
Ribbon: E.A.Kimball
Badge
Pins (8)
Ribbon
1910
Button
1936-1939
Button
Button
Pin: American Defense Society
Button
Button: Palmer and Buckner
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Button
Pin: Liberty in Spain
1937
Ribbon badge: Jefferson Association
1890
Ribbon badge: Jackson Hose
1880-1920
Badge
Badge
Ribbon: N.Y.S.F.A. Geo. Washington Hose Co. No. 1 Aug 1899
1899
Badge ribbon
1905
Button w/ribbon
1901
Pin w/ribbon
Pin w/ribbon
Badge
Pompon
1860-1890
Badge
Collection of broach, thimble and sewing guard
1775-1850
2 badges
Ribbon: protection Engine Co. #5, Melrose N.Y., Sept. 6,1897
1897
Badge ribbon
1892
Ribbon: Lockport Fire Dept.
ca. 1895
William Astor Chanler Democratic Association 5th Assembly District Badge
1899-1901
Button
Button
Pin w. ribbon: NY State Fish Game, and Forest League, 1916
Pin w. ribbon: Mr. O'Connor, New York, Dec. 2, 1926
Pin w. ribbon and button: NY State Fish Game Delegate
Cordial glass
1960-1980
Pin w. ribbon and medallion: Elmira 1908
Pin w/medal.:Grand Aerie Frat.order of Eagles,Aug.11-15,1908

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