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Date:
1788
Object Number:
1903.12
Medium:
Silk, paint

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Still bank: Newfoundland dog
1900-1910
Apothecary bottle with cap
1850-1900
Vest
1900-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 2000
Packet/ Food
1906-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Sack
1860-1890
Ribbon pin
1893
Button
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Glass
1964-1965
Bell noise maker
probably 1960s
Medal in envelope: St. Patricks Cathedral New York
1879
More than Ever I Like Ike
Mechanical toy (acrobats)
1825-1875
Busby
ca. 1899
Button
1988
Funnel
1890-1920
Token
1871
Travel/ soap
1940-1960
Coin: half dollar, Monroe Doctrine Centennial, 1923
Insignia
1890-1910
Commemorative medal for 150th anniversary of Central Park
2003
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1920's
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Miniature toy collection from New York City Colonial houses and military camps
1750-1783
The New Game of Familiar Quotations from Popular Authors
1887
Pair of child's gloves
ca. 1879
Walking-stick
ca. 1883
Beer bottle
1890-1910
Fan
1940-1950
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Military Insignia
1910-1920
License plate
1940-1960
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth Aerial Crossing of the English Channel Medal
1918
Leone's
Miniature jar
1910-1940
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Medal
1872
Printing block
1830-1850
Calipers
1750-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Skin softener
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Roosevelt would rather be Presidnent than right
Bookmark
1893
Butter ladle/paddle
ca. 1700-1800
Miniature sewing basket
1920-1940
Miniature bottles (2)
1920-1940
Cross-belt plate
1760-1783
The Little Cowboy Game
ca. 1895
Button
ca. 1896
We're BuildingOperation Playground 1987
1987
Treasury Department -- First Class (1883 - ?) Life Saving Medal
ca. 1903
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1860-1900
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States - Champion 400 meter Relay
1950
Republican County Committee Captain's Badge
ca. 1930
Captain Isaac Hull Naval Medal
1816-1885
Commemorative cane
ca. 1916
Political flyer: Truman Barkley...
1948
Snuff box in box
Baby doll
1880-1890
Sewing box w/pin cushion on lid: Old Hickory Forever
1828
Stirrer
1950-1980
FF William D. Lake FDNY Rescue 2
2002
Gripper/ Food
1990-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Collection of 6 coins in envelope, 2 medals, 41 medallion
Medallion
1936
safer sex DO IT
1989
Doll's petticoat and split-crotch drawers
1870-1880
Puccini Restaurant
Yankee Doodle
ca. 1900
Contact printing frame
1870-1885
Dolls' house miniature figurine
1920-1960
Snuffbox
1750-1825
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Keyring
1930-1950
Travel/ medallion
1940
Pinback button
1896-1920
Halley "100"
Raga
ca. 1980-1992
Mortar and pestle
1750-1850
Napoleon Bonaparte, mounted
1875-1915
Ribbon
Tick Tack
ca. 1800
Smelling bottle with pouch
1780-1820
A Peep at the Circus
1887
Bottle/Medicine
1930-1950
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1995-1999
Hard hat worn by Lt. Mickey Kross
2001
Y.M.D.C. Ribbon
1870
Fastener
1775-1783
Cane
1860-1918
Needle case
1850-1890
Lance or pike point
1760-1783
Major General Alexander Macomb Military Medal
1824-1885
Butter mold
1825-1875
Medal fragment: #1
Ship the GI'S Home Now!
1969
Pencil/ Food
1940-1950
Cue stick
Souvenir token
1920-1940
Medal
1917
1901 Pan-American Exposition Commemorative Medal
1901
1964-1965 New York World's Fair
ca. 1964
Pipe cleaner: soldier figure
1825-1875
Badge
Frame
1775-1795
Officer's coat
1785-1795
Pin-back button
1950-1968
Tongs
1900-1930
Trade sign
1890-1920
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Commodore Edward Preble Naval Medal
1806-1841
The Soho Kitchen and Bar
ca. 1960-1980
I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET SICK, I'M VOTING FOR NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
1947-1948
Queen Elizabeth I
1950-1970
Medicine bottle
1830-1860
Framed set of lead pencils (13) excavated at Revolutionary War sites in New York
1760-1783
Nursery Tiles Ilustrated by BOZ
1883
Badge
ca. 1893
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Bottle/ shoe polish
1940-1950
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1998
Button
ca. 1971
Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Medal
ca. 1873
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Badge
1914-1918
Parasol with detachable handle
1890-1920
Sausage stuffer
1800-1850
Calendar/Books
1943
Can/ Food
1906-1930
Display cabinet
1890-1920
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medal
1848-1885
Box
1900-1930
Historical novelty
1980-2000
Washington Inaugural Centennial Commemorative Medal
1889
Political button
Display sign
ca. 1973
Button
1952-1956
Carved animal
1850-1900
Ladle
ca. 1840-1860
Coffee grinder
1860-1900
Medal
ca. 1898
Pin
1980-1985
Paint Samples
1950-1970
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
Sekku
ca. 1960-1980
Police Department Command and Control Center badge
2001
Letter clip
1875-1900
Walking-stick
ca. 1854
Cake board
1825-1835
Game of Race Around the World
1898
Paperweight
1890-1920
Pinback button
1930-1960
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Pinback button
1952-1956
Political novelty
1997
Daniel Parish, Jr. Award Medal
1890
Ration tokens (99)
ca. 1941-1945
Game of the Stubborn Pig
ca. 1910
Child's plates (3)
1825-1875
Coat
1940-1945
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1910
Mask
1980-2000
Knife
1920-1940
Button
State Department Lifesaving Medal
1862
Matchbook
ca. 1965
Fireman's belt: Hudson hose
1850-1900
Carved cluster of sheep
1850-1900
Folding stool
1875-1900
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Instantaneous Transformation Picture: Landscape of Ancient Rhymes
ca. 1890
Button
ca. 1975
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Plaque
1850-1950
Musical instrument
1915-1930
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
"Draped Bust" dollar
1796
Schenectady Sunday School Celebration Ribbon
1800-1850
Cane
ca. 1900
Ida Ann (Doll)
ca. 1850
Sewing case
1820-1840
Peter Coddle's Trip to the World's Fair
1939
Box
1870-1920
Solidarity with Vietnam Build the Children's Hospital
1960-1970
Box/ Candy
1906-1930
Box
1939-1940
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Badge
1906
Battle of Marengo Medal
1800-1804
Mandarin House
Miniature potted holly bush
1920-1940
Garrison cap
ca. 1944
Wells fargo strong box
ca. 1865
State quarters (2)
2001
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1918-1920
Medicine
1950-1960
Button
1980-1985
Pinback button
1980-2000
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Silk ribbon from the Croton Aqueduct Celebration, New York City, 1842
1842
Set of tea caddies in box
1750-1810
Egg beater
ca. 1920-1950
Miniature plate
1880-1920
Sword
1770-1820
Pin in box: American Red Cross...
Lost in the Woods
ca. 1890
Medicine
1900-1920
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Glasses
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token: Buckin's Book Keeping
1835
Stack's Advertising Medal
1939
Ribbon
ca. 1930
Campaign cane
ca. 1976
Ribbon
ca. 1909
Lady's costume: 1775
ca. 1960
Dollhouse table w/sticker: Tynie Toy
1920-1940
Cast iron containter container: miniature log cabin distributed during presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison
ca. 1840
Miniature fire box
1930-1940
Sewing Supplies
1950-1990
Watch Face
1880-1940
Sewing Supplies
1880-1890
Henry R. Linderman Mint and Treasury Medal
1872
Plate
1910-1930
Office supply
1890-1920
Souvenir fireman's helmet
1900-1940
Gallagher's Steak House
Henry Clay Personal Medal
1851
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Coat with belt
1898-1900
Chicken coop
1850-1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco canister
1880-1910
Button
ca. 1975
Campaign pin
1888
Chuck's Steak House
ca. 1960-1980
Mold
ca. 1825-1875
Two Times Is Enough For Any Man
Still bank: Pass Around the Hat
1850-1900
Delivery cart
ca. 1870
Nightstick
1830-1840
The Limited Mail and Express Game
1894
Dairy thermometer and case
ca. 1920
Shopping bag
1940-1950
Badge/ medal
1919
Pinback button
1896-1910
U.S. Merchant token
ca. 1860
Political ribbon
ca. 1870
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Button
Jester on cart
1860-1900
Needle case
1800-1830
Coin:...1622
Die
1800-1838
Powder horn
1800-1840
Box
1906-1940
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Plate
1911
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Medallion in box: Haviland...
1926
Postage Cent
Pipe
1880-1920
Campaign button: Teddy Roosevelt
Kentucky Rifle
1795-1815
Overseas cap
1917-1918
Lucky Lindbergh token
1927
Box/ Candy
Food bag
1998
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Pinback button
1990
Pin-back button
La Vieille Auberge
ca. 1980-1995
THE WORKING THEATER NEW YORK CITY LABOR CHORUS, Fight for the Arts
1991-2000
Pull toy (horse)
1850-1900
Doll
1890-1920
Shackles
1750-1850
Button
The Merry Game of Country Auction
1880-1890
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Medicine
1940-1960
Beer premium
1930-1950
U.S. Merhant token
1854-1857
Convention ribbon
1888
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Child's plate
1804-1830
Shoulder belt
1865-1875
Puzzle
1890-1910
Bookbinding Supplies
1920-1950
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Coin: Virginia half-penny, 1773 Georgius lll Rex
1773
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tin
1940-1960
Coin/ pendant
1923
Medallion in case: 50th Anniversary NY Public Library
1961
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Campaign ibbon
Stuffed cloth rooster
1900-1925
Forage cap
1885-1893
Ship's clock
ca. 1928
Pin
ca. 1989
Fan
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Pin-back campaign button
1980
Pinback button
1896-1910
Museum of the American Indian medal
1947
Nanni
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back gay pride button
ca. 2000
Teaspoon
ca. 1950
Dresser with mirror
1860-1880
Doll
1860-1890
Wall paper printing block (2)
1780-1830
Game of Musical Authors
1882
Box
1950-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
1900 Paris Universal Exposition Medal
1900
Ruler
ca. 1960
Jumping jack
1850-1900
Butter mold
1795-1835
Mangle board
1791
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Packet
1906-1920
Pen
1980-2000
Pinback button
1890-1920
Medallion
1900
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
Herbert Hoover Presidential Campaign Medal
1928
G.B. McClellan pin
Pillow
2016
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Collection of 10 coins
Miniature mantle clock
1930-1950
Bell crown cap
ca. 1833
Souvenir mug
2001
Medicine
1990-2000
Medallion
1920-1950
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Souvenir shot glass
2001
Card holder
2003
Lapel pin
ca. 2010
Assortment of toy soldiers (10)
1880-1920
Frame
1775-1795
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
The Home Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Box
1908-1930
Bottle/ food
1960-1990
Button hook
1890-1930
Political pocket mirror
1940
Match box
1930-1950
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
ca. 1880
Harmonie Club New York
Chapeau (bicorne)
1880-1900
Hose carriage
ca. 1900
Trousers
1898
Paperweight
1876
Fan
1910-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Child's dress
1905
HALLEY
1951
INV.7400
Grover Cleveland Indian Peace Medal
1887-1896
Medicine bottle
1880-1910
Coat
1860-1870
Button: w/photograghs of Pres.Mckinley and his cabinet 1900
The Fire Engine Picture Puzzle
ca. 1920
Ashtray
1920-1950
Souvenir token
1939
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Westwood Medal
1800
Ribbon
1887
Cane
2006
Decorative box:inlaid
1800-1830
Miniature ladles (4)
1900-1930
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Framed set of British military buttons (51) excavated at a British fort
1790-1817
2000 World Series ticket for game 5
2000
Box
1900-1930
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Collection of 10 coins (roman) in envelope
Campaign thimble: Coolidge and Dawes
1924
Pinback button
1944
Button
1996
Campaign medal
1948
Lindy's
Helmet
1916
Indian woman
ca. 1875
Tobacco jar and cover
1890-1900
Hand saw
1800-1850
Campaign badge
ca. 1868-1872
Key tag/ Clothes
1980-2000
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1900-1940
Pinback button
1899
Truman Barkley
The Morgan Bank
ca. 1960-1980
Paper doll
1830-1860
We want F.D.R. again
Miniature Armchair
ca. 1987
Steam pumper
1890-1930
Brass object excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Game of the Telegraph Boy
ca. 1888
Button
1972
Toy
1955-1990
Tobacco/ fairs
1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Ribbon
ca. 1909
Matchbook
1940-1945
Storage box for epaulets
1818-1825
Pull toy: horse-drawn fire pumper
1900-1920
Sewing book
1832
Spoon
1840-1862
Crossing the Ocean
1893
Sword belt (2)
1850-1870
Can
1910-40
Bottle/ food
1950-1970
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1901
Lantern slide
1924-1930
Improved History Cards
1884
Pacific Railroad Commemorative Medal
1869
"The Ultimate Stimulus Package, Obama Condoms"
2009
Seth Low Mayoral Campaign Button with Ribbon
1903
Tool chest with tools
chest ca. 1790; tools ca. 1790-1850
Telegraph Messenger
ca. 1890
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Rabbit plane
1850-1900
Box
1940-1960
Travel
1910-1960
Pinback button
1896-1920
Pin
ca. 1952
Shun Lee West
ca. 1975-2007
Pin-back button
1972
Whirligig
1800-1850
Pipe rack
1800-1850
U.S. Grant
Premium Game Logomachy or War of Wars
1875
Button
1965-1975
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token: Ilustrious Predecessor, Executive Experiment,1837
1837
Theodore Roosevelt Badge
ca. 1897
Dexterity game
ca. 1950
Fatigue hat
1861-1865
Hourglass
1800-1850
Package of cartridges (12)
1855-1865
Button
1996
Box/ Food
1930-1960
Edward O. Leech Mint and Treasury Medal
1890
Bottle
1940-1960
Sign
1873
Store display
1940-1960
Pin-back button
Political button
1964
Doll mittens (pair)
Plaque in Envelope w/Docu: Bartholdi Statue
1885-1890
Pull toy (horse)
1860-1890
Ribbon
ca. 1906
Chapeau bras
1820-1825
Civil War token
1863
Spring Clip
1880-1920
Intercom
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Postcard
ca. 1956
Sakura of Japan
ca. 1960-1980
Islanders Club membership badge on chain
ca. 1983
Powder horn
1850-1875
Doll: boy in blue suit
1870-1900
Butter mold
1825-1875
Picture puzzle
ca. 1895

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