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Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas

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Button
Milestone
1822-23
Musical recording
1910-1920
moulding plane
1875-1900
Wick pick
1840-1900
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1981
Whale tooth
1910-1940
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1910
Button
1940
Denarius of Republican Rome in envelope
Medicine
1950-1980
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Time For A Real Hero
2009
Bag Advertisement
1980-2000
Trade Sign
1871
Punch bowl
1910-1930
Seal impression in box
1850-1900
The New Game of Teddy's Bear Hunt
1907
Saint George of England Medal
1941
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1824
Darbár
ca. 1986-2007
Pin-back button
2012
Jar
1900-1930
Pen/ Food
1930-1950
Token
1940-1960
Doll
1900-1930
Insignia
1860-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1840
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Medal
1864
Ribbon
ca. 1894
Magic lantern
1880-1890
Civil War token
1863
Political souvenir
1913
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Badge: Halstad Manor Co.
1920-1940
Watch Face
1880-1940
Spoon
1825-1875
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Parade ribbon
1916
Gavel and stand
ca. 1758
Paper doll
1830-1860
Fragment of church bell melted in the Great Fire of 1835
1674
Horse pull toy
1860-1890
Keyring
1998
New-York Historical Society Commemorative Medal
1857 or later
Political button
late 1950s-early1970s
Medicine
1930-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pen wiper
ca. 1900
Hill's Spelling Blocks
1858
Sewing Needles
1863-1900
Coin: Haf Dollar, Confederate States of America
1960-1961
American Declaration of War
ca. 1917
Lutece
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising notepad
1899
Watch Face
1880-1940
Collection of five toy tents w/flags
1870-1910
Cigarette pack
1952
Pinback button
1910-1930
Parasol: brown & white w/oriental carved handle
ca. 1830
Overcoat
1915-1918
Paperweight
1876
Badge w/ribbon and pin
Box with writing instruments
1800-1830
Token
1850-1900
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 9th Issue
1913
Baseball
1930-1950
Pinback button
1890-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Utensil
1980-2000
Presidential Campaign Button
Benjamin Harrison Indian Peace Medal
1890-1900
Medallion
1920-1940
Handle to wood graver
1850-1900
Framed set of American military buttons (24) excavated at Fort George
1810-1814
The Game of Peter Coddles
ca. 1890
Doll house furniture: toilet w/elevated tank
1920-1940
Figurine
1825-1875
Food spear
1940-1960
Franklin D. Roosevelt Fourth Presidential Inauguration Medal
1945
Medal
ca. 1916
Tie-pin
1968
Ashtray
1900-1940
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Pencil/ periodical
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Needle case
19th-mid 19th Century
Ashtray
1960-1970
Miter with case
1850-1900
Soup plate
Political ribbon
1889-1893
Box of crayons
ca. 1925
Reba!
1999
Watch box
1940-1970
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Colllection of marbles in box
1800-1920
Pinback button
1995
Dolls' house chair
1920-1960
Saucer
1920-1950
Parasol: black w/ crook handle
1870-1900
Wig curler
1760-1775
Calipers (3)
1775-1795
Match safe
1905-1915
First National City Bank 150th Anniversary Medal
1962
The Harwyn
Button Hook
1890-1930
Wrapper
1980-2000
Cue stick
Button
1980-1990
Badge in case
The Good Old Game of Corner Grocery
1887
Jack Straws New Edition
ca. 1895
Miniature high chair
1915-1935
Pinback button
1965-1980
Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Medal
1871
"BACKSTAGE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL"
Tool
1880-1930
Paperweight/ plaque
1900-1940
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Thimbles
1760-1783
Model of the "City of New York"
ca. 1900-1939
Figurine
1900-1930
Pair of gloves
1880-1900
Sash
1910-1920
Baby shoe
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2003
Eleanor? No Soap!
Fan
1890-1920
Toy towel stand
1860-1880
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940-1960
Button
ca. 1705
Token with coin in center: Churchhill's Rest.a few pennies
1937-1943
Service cap
1918-1922
Carnegie Hall Stagebill for October 16-17, 2001
2001
Fragment of ship model
1900-1915
Panorama
1784-1815
Office supply
1920-1940
Greater New York Charter Day Medal
1898
Spindletop Restaurant
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1998
Tin/ food
1950-1960
Button
1986
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Fire helmet: Exempt Association
1854-1880
The Comical Game of Who?
ca. 1910
Pinback button
1990
Nixon
Windows on the World
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Sewing Needles and Pins
1910-1930
Tote Bag
1980-2000
Doll: female
1880-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Large Military Bust Coin
1820
Bayonet and scabbard
ca. 1873
Child's plate
1804-1830
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon pin
ca. 1893
Campaign cane
ca. 1884
The Game of Dr. Busby: America's Oldest Game
ca. 1900
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Button
1994
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Pinback button
1944-1948
Squeak toy (bird)
1875-1900
Embroidery frame
ca. 1790
Pine tree shilling
1652
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Coin:...1648
Rocking horse toy
1875-1900
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
Faisan D'or
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1930
Coaster
1995-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tapestry
1927
Stamp
1830-1880
Indian medal
ca. 1736, with alterations ca. 1750
John Adams Commemorative Medal
1800-1850
Americanism Roosevelt
Limelight
ca. 1983-1989
Tin
1900-1930
Medallion
1962
Bobbin
1780-1820
Fortune-telling doll
1825-1875
Personal item
1890-1930
Pinback button
1896-1920
Framed set of military buttons (10) excavated at Revolutionary War military site
1770-1783
Percussion musket converted for civilian use: inscribed
1750-1770
Percussion rifle, belgian made, boys rifle
1845-1865
Dried flowers from the funeral car of Abraham Lincoln
1865
Hard Times token
1837
Win With Taft
Ballot box
ca. 1880-1900
Seal stamp: Wurttemberg Consulate
ca. 1856
Box/ Food
1920-1950
Saddle
Ashtray
1964-1965
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Scoop/ladle
ca. 1700-1800
Service cap
1941-1947
Magna Dominoes
ca. 1940
Architect's Sign
ca. 1837
Miniature condiment caddy
1920-1950
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Medallion: Hudson-Fulton
1909
Political button
early 20th c.
Ashtray
1920-1960
Souvenir coin
1853
Doll pot holder
Painting
1900-1940
Medallion
ca. 1876
The Yacht Race Game
ca. 1887
Massachusetts Tercentary Commemorative Medal
1930
Medal: Abraham Lincoln born Feb.12,1809
1860
Frank's Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
Elephant letter opener
ca. 1900-1920
Ashtray
1930-1960
Fan
1900-1930
Side-wheel steamer pull toy
1850-1900
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Inkstand
1870-1910
Shirt
1941-1946
Identification badge for bomb-sniffing dog, Ajax Moser
2001
Ribbon
ca. 1876
Milestone
ca. 1822-23
Hard Times token
1840
Ribbon
ca. 1860
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Soap
1950-1960
Mouse trap
1800-1840
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1844
Match box
1890-1920
Tin
1890-1930
Pestle
ca. 1850
Fragment of fob seal excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Doll w/brown dress
1820-1860
Still bank
1875-1900
Souvenir
1990-2000
Medal w/ribbon in box: Independence Hall 1776-1876
1876
Insignia
ca. 1860s
Shopping bag
Pin
ca. 1990
Jigsaw Puzzle
1988
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Vote Conservative/GOV. Wilson/Row "C"
1985-1990
Horseshoes (5) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and cam
1760-1783
Dinner knife
ca. 1950
Still bank
1870-1880
Ribbon
1856
Ceremonial New York City street sign for Frederick Douglass Landing
2005
FF Kevin M. O'Rourke FDNY Rescue 2
2002
Wrapper/ Food
1990-2000
Box of crayons
1930-1950
Doll: girl in pink gown w/violets
1880-1900
Badge/ medal
1910-1911
Pinback button
1896-1910
Epaulets (pair) with storage box
1854-1857
Doll house furniture: round table
1920-1940
Model 1836 Flintlock Pistol
1837
Paperweight
1890-1930
Marble pieces (2)
1775-1795
Medallion
1879
Samuel P. Avery Medal
1897
Cotillion Room
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Ash tray/ tip tray
1900-1930
Plate
1910
FDR
Lantern
ca. 1840-90
Improved Historical Cards
1884
Carved animal
1850-1900
Button
1962
Campaign ribbon
1896
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Bottle/Medicine
1930-1950
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Blow horn noise maker
probably 1960s
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Tape measure
1860-1865
Round the World with Nellie Bly
1890
Fan
1915-1930
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Album
ca. 1944
Ribbon header
1905-6
Commemorative cane
2005
Badge
Button
1970
Pie Tin/ Food
1920-1950
Clockwork toy: seated musician
1900-1930
Medicine
1890-1910
Pouring spout/ liquor
1940-1960
Dollhouse furn.: planter stand w/ textile lining
1920-1940
Dress hat
ca. 1900
Civil War token
1863
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1925
Physician's saddlebag with medicine containers
1850-1870
Button
1960
Calvin Coolidge The Union League of Philadelphia Membership Medal
1927
Resurrection of San Francisco Medallion
1906
Tongs
1900-1930
Trade sign
1950-1970
Restaurant Nippon
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1911
Ribbon
1800-1900
Lantern with portrait of Lincoln and Union Flag.
1864
Map of the United States Puzzle: Each State Cut Separate
1894
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1892
Shoulder straps (pair)
1863-1865
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Miniature doll
1890-1920
Information kit
1940-1960
Button
1971
Coin: half dollar, Texas Independ. Centennial, 1934
Pipes (pair)
1900-1942
Child's plate
1830-1880
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1800-1900
Tiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1917
Box/ Bottle
1890-1930
Commemorative cane
ca. 1915
Badge
Jointed sheet metal figure
1775-1825
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Miniature boxing glove
1900-1930
Chapeau (bicorne)
1870-1885
Dolls' house chair
1920-1960
Hot air ballon ascension souvenir medal
ca. 1878
Fugio cent
1787
Palette that belonged to John Ward Dunsmore
1900-1940
Button
Medallion in case: Holland Tunnel
1927
La Grande Cuisine de France Restaurants
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Paint Samples
1950-1970
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Princeton University Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1946
The Game of Old Maid as Played by Mother Goose
1892
The Society of Medalists 12th Issue
1935
Go 4th to Win the War
China Club
ca. 1980-1997
Bottle/Liquor
1920-1930
Box
1874-1900
Noggin
1850-1930
Cane
1850-1900
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Sword case
ca. 1816
Waist belt
ca. 1840
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medal
1848
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Hard Times token
1834
Prohibition token
1855
Shoe buckle
1775-1783
Y. M. D. C. House Ribbon
ca. 1870 or later
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Stern light from the "General Slocum"
ca. 1891
Salesman's sample kit
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Dolls' house chair
1920-1960
Framed set of lead strips (46) excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Pistol
1903-1910
Copperplate for Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), plate no. 138 in John J. Audubon's "Birds of America"
19th century
Apothecary bottle with cap
1880-1920
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
New York City Tercentennial Medallion
1953
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Transit Not Westway
1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Keith Haring button
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Ink stand
1881-1920
Framed set of lead pencils (15) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
1760-1783
Hook Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Coll.of 7 coins: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1783
Bibliographical Society Medal
1928
Toons
ca. 1960-1980
Protractor
ca. 1900
World Peace through Nuclear Disarmament
1981
Token
1890-1920
Doll: ethnic female figure w/black cylindrical hat
1950-70
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1912-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
Trousers
1898
Pin-back button
1972
Cabinet - 1860 Treasury and Mint Medal
1860
Globe
1800-1850
Civil War token
1863
Theodore Roosevelt Republican Campaign Badge
1904
Pinback button
1939-1945
Medicine
1920-1950
Mercedes SS 1928
1928
Box
1780-1820
G.L. handerchief
1935-1945
Pin
1910-1940
Pinback button
1940
Badge:...Dayton Hose No.2, Herkimer, N.Y.
1880-1920
Bowl excavated at a Revolutionary War military hut
1740-1783
Miniature strainer
1825-1900
Lotto
1895
Goat pulling cart
1870-1890
Spoon
1950-1990
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Yes We Did
2009
Sugar Daddy tennis racket head cover
1973
Medicine
1900-1920
Box
1950-1970
Travel/ medallion
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Tape measure
ca. 1830
Miniature mail box
1930-1940
Sewing set
1870-1900
Protection Sound Money
Brasserie
ca. 1960-1980
Box
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
World War II student identification tag
ca. 1942
Model of train float with train cars (10)
1900-1912
Photographic equipment
1890-1910
Pinback button
1995-2000
Desk thermometer
ca. 1900-1930
Dollhouse furn: armoire
1920-1940
Fork
1790-1825
Bottle opener
1930-1960
Miniature teapot
1875-1900
Hard Times token
1837
John Paul Jones Plaquette
1906
Handkerchief set in box
ca. 1941 - 1945
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Badge/ tag
1910-1930
Ribbon w/pin & photograph: of Grant
Sword and scabbard
1850-1870
Pit: Exciting Fun for Everyone
1919
Miniature wall sconce and candle
1900-1930
Button
ca. 1964
Coast Survey (Bache) Life Saving Medal
After 1861
Thomason's Erie Canal Medal
1825
Shopping bag
1980-2000
New York City souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Hats off to the USA
2001-2002
Pin
1896-1920
Sword, scabbard and belt
1842-1846
Powder horn
1778
Piece of bale cotton from New York Cotton Exchange, John Draper in env.
1875
General Nathaniel Greene Military Medal
ca. 1890
Fugio cent
1787
Advertising cane
2000
For President Dewey
Box
1906-1940
Comic book
1897
Combination checker and backgammon
ca.1792
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Menu and program: Elihu Root
1906
Pillbox cap
ca. 1899
Paperweight
1890-1910
Collec. of 2 coins: Autori Connec. Inde et Lib, 1787
Wooden soldier
1875-1925
Ribbon
1903
Medal
1906
Chipped stone blanks (2)
1500-1700
Box/ Candy
Clothing accessories
1940-1960
Peacock Alley, The Waldorf-Astoria
Optical
1940-1960
Badge/ medal
1920-1930
No Franklin The First
Paper dolls (43)
1850-1860
Clemen's Silent Teacher: Dissected Map of the U.S., State of Illinois
ca. 1900
Pinback button
1985-2000
Lieutenant-Colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
1880
Seal press with New York Chamber of Commerce seal
ca. 1770, ca. 1850
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
ca. 1867
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Tung Siao-wen
1925-1975

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