Collection Highlights

Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)

Date:

ca. 1890

Object Number:

PR.020.50.2

Medium:

Photograph

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Andrew Johnson Presidential Medal

1865

Powder Horn: Captain John Hale (R-90), with Vignettes of a Portrait of Count Casimir Pulaski, the Pulaski Banner, and a Print of the Moravian Sisters Embroidering the Banner

1891

Powder Horn: James Wilkson (R-91), with a Vignette Portrait of British Commander Sir Banastre Tarleton

1891

Powder Horn: Nathan Abbot (R-113), with a Vignette View of the Snow House, Chicopee, Massachusetts

1891

Study of Two Trees, Verplanck's Point, New York

Van Beuren House, New York

c. 1927

River Valley and Distant Hills, Campton, New Hampshire

1855

View on the Saco River, New Hampshire

1855

Uniforms of British and Canadian Troops Serving in Canada, War of 1812: Lieut. Colonel, 49th Regiment of Foot Outside Fort George

1930

Uniforms of British and Canadian Troops Serving in Canada, War of 1812: Private, 8th Regiment of Foot, "The King's"; verso: photo of a regimental seal laid at lower left

1931

The Upper Lake, Central Park, New York City

1884

The Path Through the Woods

1882

The U.S.S. "Texas" of the Victory Fleet Passing the Statue of Liberty, New York City, on April 14, 1919

1919

Waterfall near Morris Dock, Harlem River, Bronx, New York

1879

Street Scene in Bacharach on the Rhine, Germany

1834

Shelf clock

1826-1830

Pocket watch

1730-1790

Powder Horn: Caleb J. Hall (R-132), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette Portrait of Dr. Joseph Warren

1890

Powder Horn: Jabez Rockwell (R-134), with Vignette Portraits of Henry Clay, Washington, and Lafayette, and Views of the Yorktown Battlefield and Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge

1890

Powder Horn: Robert Clark (R-140), with a Vignette View of Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts

1890

Centennial of Washington's Inauguration "Federal Hall" Medalet

1889

Album

1866-67

Sketchbook with 7 Folios, and one inserted Folio by a different hand (dated 1855)

c. 1851-55

Anniversary Day Poem (13 pages bound, including covers)

1858

Sleigh

ca. 1890

Spring Promenade Near the Plaza Fountain at 59th Street, New York City

c. 1946

ca. 1911

ca. 1910

Unveiling of the Memorial to B. F. Stephenson Ribbon

1909

Case

INV.4149A

Ribbon: ...KUV Committee

Badge w/envelope

1866

Badge w/tag

Badge

1st Annual Convention, Essex County, New Jersey; 1931

Badge

Fire helmet frontpiece: Maspeth

1850-1900

Fire helmet frontpiece: Niagara hose

1850-1900

Fire helmet frontpiece: protection

1850-1900

Fire helmet frontpiece: protection 5, B.A.

1850-1900

Fire helmet frontpiece: steamer

1850-1900

Fire helmet frontpiece: VI

1850-1900

Fire helmet frontpiece: 52

1850-1900

Fire helmet: NY Exempt Association, JR

1854-1860

Ribbon: Coney Island for...1893

Ribbon: Guest, Exempt Firemen's Ben. Fund Sept 1902

1902

Ribbon: Queens

Star badge: Volunteer W.G.H.

1850-1880

Strap handle with clasp

1840-1880

Creamer

1900-1930

Powder Horn: Charles Burret (R-150), with Printed Portrait Vignettes of Hessian Major General Riedesel and his Wife

1896

Powder Horn: The Borrsantee (R-156), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette View of Fort McHenry, Maryland

1896

Powder Horn: George Conderman (R-157), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette View of the Van Alstyne House, Canajoharie, New York

1897

Uniforms of British and Canadian Troops Serving in Canada, War of 1812: Private, 89th Regiment of Foot; verso: sketch of a regimental badge

1931

Illustrations

c. 1891-1900

Sketch from Nature; The Struggle of Love

c. 1891-1900

Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872)

Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Java"

c. 1815

Elijah Miller Farm House, North White Plains, New York

c. 1925-50

Tavern, Springfield, New Jersey

1936

Old Stone Mill, Bernardsville, New Jersey

1936

Lake Avenue and the Lake, Asbury Park, New Jersey

1936

East Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, New York

1935

East Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, New York

1935

Church of the Holy Name, High on a Hill at the left end of the Kensico Dam, Valhalla, New York

1935

Two Bridges over the Sawmill River Parkway, Pleasantville, New York

1935

Roman Catholic Church, Bay Shore, Long Island, New York

1935

New York Life: The Organ Grinder

1855

Study for a Lithograph: National Theatre, New York City

1836

The Story

1865

Powder Horn: Sanford Earl (1812-12), with Carving Unfurled

1896

Capture of H.B.M. Sloop-of-War "Frolic" by the U.S. Sloop-of-War "Wasp"

c. 1815-20

Attack on the American Privateer "General Armstrong" at Fayal (Faial), Azores, Portugal

1814

Baumer's Hotel Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey (10)

1852

Marshall Field III (1893-1956)

1958

Dr. Sanford Gifford (1892-1944)

1944

Sword hilt in envelope

1600-1800

Stamp

1850-1880

Bookmark

1820-1860

Sword blade fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp

1760-1775

Child's skirt

1850-1900

Napkins (4)

1850-1900

Napkins (3)

1850-1900

Jacknife excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp

1760-1775

1760-1800

1890-1920

1912

Campaign button: If I were 21 I'd Vote for Willkie

Campaign button: No! No! A Thousand Times No!

Campaign button: For President - Wendell L. Willkie

Campaign button: If I were 21 I'd Vote for Willkie

Campaign button: No New Deal, We Want a Square Deal

Campaign button: The Constitutionalists, No Third Term

Roosevelt, He's Good Enough for My Buck

Two Good Terms Deserve a Rest

We Don't Want Eleanor Either

Campaign button: There is no Indispensable Man

With Willkie We Won't Need Relief

Campaign button: Peace! Willkie its Wonderful

Campaign button: My Friends But Not My Subjects

Collection of buttons: clean house w/ Dewey

Collection of buttons: Roosevelt ILGWU

Collection of buttons: Dewey Warren

Button: Dewey

Badge

Collection of buttons: Willkie and McNary

Cup

1900-1930

Door knob

ca. 1860

Piece of wood from steamship "W.C. Redfield"

ca.1865

Saucer

ca. 1890-1920

Wood fragment from steamer "Osceola"

1880-1900

Baton

ca. 1861-1923

The Chestnut Oak on the Hosack Estate, Hyde Park, New York with Five Figures and an Artist Sketching

1838

Trigger guard for musket

1750-1775

1880-1920

1870-1920

1850-1900

ca. 1830-1840

Collection of misc. gun parts

1750-1860

Model of the "Mary Powell"

1947

Pipe bowl: lion 1810

ca. 1810

Two Flying Cupids with Bows and Arrows

1844

College of the City of New York (Now Hunter College), New York

c. 1927

John Anderson, Jr. (1773-1798)

Manufactory near New York City

Steamboat; verso sketch of a female figure

Highwood, Weehawken Heights, New Jersey

1857

7th Milestone, Bloomingdale Road, New York City; verso: sketch of a shore scene

1873

Valentine-Varian House, Williamsbridge, Bronx, New York

1874

Collec. of 3 coins:2 Rosa Americana(Perry)1822-23; 1 twopens

1822-1823

1916 Lo-V Car (End View)

1979

1916 Lo-V Car (Side View)

1979

1948 R-10 Car (End View)

1979

Curtis's Coconut Grove, Roanoke Island, North Carolina

1862-1865

"Come Out of that Coat", Murfreesboro, Tennessee; verso: "Arkansas Toothpick": Bowie Knife

1862

Union Pickets Going Out for the Night near Masons Hill, Virginia

September-December 1861

Baxter's Philadelphia Fire Zouaves Being Reviewed by President Lincoln at the White House, Washington, D. C.

Early September 1861

Escape of Private O'Haver to the USS Monticello from a Rebel Ship after Killing the Captain, in Cape Hatteras Inlet near Chicamacomico, North Carolina

4-5 October 1861

Rebel Defenses from Woods, White's Chicago Mercantile Battery, General Sherman's Position, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 17 June 1863

June 17, 1863

Elaborate Burial Scene with Coffin Being Lowered into the Ground; affixed to verso: print of Columbia, South Carolina, State House

ca. 1861

Second Ball's Bluff Affair, Virginia; verso: sketch of the same

1861

Western Gun-Boat Ram "Indianola"

1862-1863

Powder Horn: David Myer (FW-2), with a Vignette of Seneca Lake, New York

1888-1889

Powder Horn: Lodovicus Viele (FW-5), with a Vignette of Seneca Lake, New York

1890

Powder Horn: John Snyder (FW-15), with a Vignette of "Fort Hill" in Wayne County, New York

1889

Pillow sham: cream w/garland design

1812

Sunday Morning

1839

View from the Ruins of the Greek Theater at Taormina, Sicily, with Mount Etna (Smoking)

c. 1868

Sword sheath

1850-1870

Printed textile: New York architecture

1939

Tablecloth: red and white floral print

1900-1940

Red shawl w/applique work

1850-1890

Textile: photograph of ship

ca. 1900

Textile: photographs of nature scenes

ca. 1900

Fan

1880-1910

Black lace shawl in box

1825-1875

Button

Pin-back button

1995

Button

1960-1961

Collection of buttons: Willkie Second Million

Pins

Campaign button: The White House Under New Management

Button

1940

Campaign button: Lets Give Franklin Unemployment...

Campaign button: Perhaps Roosevelt Is All You Deserve

Campaign button: Roosevelt and Relief, Willkie and...

Campaign button: Roosevelt Goodbye, Hello Willkie

Campaign button: Russias Fishing Boats...Now

Button

ca. 1980

Campaign clip: La Guardia

Button: Willkie

Button: Democrats and Republicans for Willkie

Button: Our Next President Wendell L. Willkie

Button

1952-1956

Claus Doscher (1830-1910)

n.d.

Badge: Oneida 11

1890-1930

Button: McGovern

Button: President Nixon

Button: McGovern President '72

1800-1900

1850-1925

ca. 1930-1960

1850-1900

Pipe: gooseneck with hunting scene

1800-1900

ca. 1825-1875

1825-1875

1650-1700

1927

1650-1750

ca. 1880

Powder Horn: Philbric Colby (FW-76), with Carving Unfurled and a Landscape Vignette of Sloop Island on Lake George, New York

1891

Powder Horn: Glen-Sanders (FW-138) with Vignettes of the Sanders House, Schenectady, New York; verso: fragmentary design for a crest

1887

Coat: floral embroidery

1750-1850

Unfinished Sampler

1800-1850

Baby bonnet

ca. 1800

battle flag

1800-1850

Pennant: blue w/red cross and star

1900-1940

Staff

1850-1950

Four Sketches for Oval Mourning Designs

1880-1900

1825-1875

1750-1780

1790-1830

Parasol: black and tan w/carved handle and tassel

1850-1880

Hat

1880-1910

Parasol: black and tan w/carved handle w/floral motif

1850-1880

The Whistle

ca. 1830

Badge in box

Campaign button: Reelect our President...FDR

Campaign button: for President...Roosevelt

Campaign button: Willkie for President

Campaign button: Elect Justin to congress

Campaign button: Willkie for President

Campaign button: ...Dick Gregory President...

Campaign button: Kefauver the Winning Democrat

Campaign button: Harry S. Truman for President

Campaign badge: Willkie for President

Pin: Adlai

1952 or 1956

Button: Inauguration ... Eisenhower

Button: Kefauver the winning Democrat

Button: Lancon/Knox

Badge w/ribbon and pin

1899

Medal

1898

Badge w/ribbon and pin

Badge w/ribbon & pin

1898

Badge

Abraham Lincoln mourning ribbon

1865

Bayonnet, model '42 U.S.

1820-1860

Tobacco jar with cover

1800-1900

Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater

ca. 1700-1800

Axe handle

ca. 1902

Portrait Plaque of George Washington.

late 18th century-early 19th century

ca. 1900

1900

ca. 1812

1900-1950

1840-1880

1840-1880

1800-1840

1775-1783

1850-1880

1850-1925

Fan; oriental genre scenes in relief

1820-1870

Five Powder Horns: Four Owned by Peter Dumond and The Deville (H-11), with a Vignette View of the Dumond House, Hurley, New York

1890

Four Powder Horns: Walter Sargent 1843, William R. Bradford, Two Sides Depicted, The W.H.S. (Walter H. Sargent), and Walter H. Sargent 1863, (H-35, 36, 37, 38)

1891

Four Powder Horns: Zuni Indian (I-3), with a Vignette Scene of a Zuni Farmhouse and Wagon

1890

Powder Horn: The Grey Eagle, with Bullet Pouch, Cap Box, and Charger (I-15), with a Printed Vignette Portrait of Grey Eagle

1890

Powder Horn: Apache Indian, with Bullet Pouch and Strap (I-18), with a Printed Vignette Portrait of Warrior 'Striker'

1890

Two Powder Horns: Canadian Pocket Horn and The Zulu (F-1, 2)

1888

Three Powder Horns: Two Japanese Powder Flasks, Bullet Pouch, and Cap Box and The Chinese (F-18, 19, 20), with a Vignette View of the Tyn-Chee Bridge, NingPo, China

1890

Landscape- Sunset

1851

Nathan Hale and Washington at the Morris House

c. 1926

Incidents in the Life of George Washington: "Quells a Rebellion"

1919

Independent Companies at the Beginning of the Revolution, 1775-76: Annotated photolithic print

1905

Washington on the Palisades: The Attack on Fort Washington, November 16, 1776

The East Portico of Mount Vernon

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, 2nd Rhode Island Regiment

c. 1910

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, 2nd New Hampshire Continental Infantry

c. 1910

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Private, 10th Regiment of Foot, Light Infantry

c. 1910

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Soldiers, Emmerich's Chasseurs, a Partisan Loyalist Regiment

1914

Parasol: black and white w/carved handle and tassel

1860-1890

Parasol: black w/ crook handle

1870-1900

Parasol: crimson w/lace trim and bow on cane handle

ca. 1880

Parasol: white w/orange

1850-1880

Roll bag w/13 button pockets

1855-1900

Sash: yellow and purple

Top hat

1850-1870

Umbrella: black w/ twisted handle

1830-1880

Wig: long dark brown hair

1870-1920

Wig: red hair, netted lining

1830-1880

Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal

1817-1880

Sword sheath

1870-1900

Writing tablet with accessories

ca. 1889

1864

Campaign button w/pin: photo of McClellan

Campaign button: photo of McClellan

Campaign button w/pin: Union Liberty

Campaign button w/pin: Blue border w/stars

1896-1908

ca. 1865

Ribbon: Clay & Freylunchuysen, The Working Man

Campaign button: a profile on the button not identified

Badge: faithful service 8 years

1900-1940

Badge

Ribbons

1903

Force Franklin Out at Third

6 photos: searching for Revolutionary War relics

1790-1820

1850-1900

1850-1900

1900-1930

1875-1925

Collection of (3) brushes and a comb

1830-1880

Collection of 10 chickens and roosters in box

1875-1950

Collection of 2 knitted dresses: aqua, white

1875-1915

Miniature buckets, mugs, and strainers

1875-1925

Miniature platters (3)

1900-1925

Parasol

1880-1910

June Woods (Germantown)

1864

New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts

ca. 1844

Fire Engine, Protection Engine Co. No. 5, Melrose, Morrisania, N.Y.

1857

American Full Rig Ships in Chinese Water (Macao?).

Ann Hall, Mrs. Henry Ward and Henry Hall Ward

1828

Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847)

ca. 1803

Brooch and buttons set in box

1840-1880

Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)

1941

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

1919-1920

2 Minie Balls & 1 Buckle mounted on Wood: July 1,2,3,1863

Airplane w/photograph: ...Spirit of St.Louis

Pin w/Airplane and tag: Capt. A. Lindbergh

Cap: ...Lindbergh...33 1/2 hrs

ca. 1927

Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Campaign Medal

1872

Button: w/photograph of Grant

Officer's field jacket

1860-1865

First Model Virginia Manufactory Musket

1806

Cross made from old flagstaff of the Confederate Congress

1940-1960

Brooch

1825-1875

Pitcher: copper lustre w/color flowers

Cap badge on block in envelope: 1

1840-1880

Cartridge box w/strap

1864-1882

Lock plate assembly and hammer for percussion rifle

1862

Campaign button: We don't Want Eleanor Either

Campaign button: We Want Roosevelt to Abdirate

Campaign button: The Constitutionalists No Third Term

Badge: Volunteer Firemens Association N.Y. City

Campaign button: Edith Willkie for First Lady

Campaign button: I am a Democrat for Willkie

For President Will-[hanging key]

1940

Campaign button: No Third Term Constitutionalists

Campaign button: No Third Term the Constitutionalists

Campaign button: Republicans and Democrats for Willkie

Campaign button: I am a Democrats for Willkie

Button

1928

Medallion: Herbert C. Hoover for President 1928

Pin: NY Taft

Campaign Button: Roosevelt No more Just Forget it

Collection of Campaign Buttons: Hoover (pin)

Campaign button: Papa they won't let me resign

Campaign button: w/felt flower: Lardon GOP Knox

Campaign button: Papa I wont to be a captain too

Badge: Volunteers firemens Assoc New London, Conn.

1880-1920

Campaign button: For President Wendell L. Willkie

Campaign button: If I were 21 I'd vote for Willkie

Collection of 7 fences, 23 plants, 5 structures, 8 creatures

1875-1925

Tray

1890-1930

Collection of mounted photographs

Miniature shovels (3)

1900-1930

Miniature cleavers (2)

1900-1930

Miniature container

1875-1925

Fragment of deck of U.S.S. Missouri

1935-1950

Portable game board set

1845

Doll's coat

1900-1940

Doll's dress

1870-1930

Doll house furniture: round table

1920-1940

Doll house furniture: spindle bed w/mattress

1920-1940

Doll jacket: embroidered

ca. 1895

Doll's nightgown

1870-1920

Doll's frock

1890-1940

Adirondack Mountain Landscape, Elizabethtown, New York

c. 1848

Five Portraits of North American Indians

1859

Necklace

1880-1914

Maria Willcocks Ellis (1781-?)

1808

Model of 100,000 Barrel Tanker

1936

Portrait of Augusta Beekman (1849-1917) in Her Costume for the Bradley Martin Fancy Dress Ball

1897

Pair of Side Chairs

1815-1825

Plate: Steamboat

Barn Builders

1836

Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)

1827

Chain Link

Goblet

ca. 1907

Mirror: Capt. Charles Lindbergh

1927

Plate: bust of Lafayette

ca. 1824

Badge Commemorating the Centennial of George Washington's Inauguration

Plaque in Envelope w/Docu: Bartholdi Statue

1885-1890

Knife

1750-1820

Fork

1859

Needlework bookmark: God Bless Our Home

1850-1900

Coffin plate

1852

Coffin plate

1825

Collection of shells (13) in bag

1850-1930

Portfolio: monogram w/intials - ?

1872-1900

Flower from Henry Clay's coffin

1852

Ring

1900-1945

Collection of campaign buttons: Landon

Collection of Campaign buttons: Roosevelt

Collection of Campaign buttons/clips: Roosevelt

Button

1920

Campaign Button: Out! Stealing Third

Campaign Button: Our Next President Roosevelt

Badge/Pin

Campaign Button: If I where 21 I'd vote for Willkie

Campaign Button: Papa I want to be Captain too

Sure I'll Vote for Roosevelt ha ha ha ha ha

Campaign button: Eleanor Start Packing ...

Campaign button: My Friends,But Not My Subjects

Campaign button: Roosevelt No More Just Forget It

Campaign button: Two Good Terms Deserve Another

East Side West Side Wants Willkie

Button

ca. 1932-1944

Campaign button:For President Wendell L.Wilkie

Campaign button: Don't Be a Jackass Follow the Eagle

Campaign button: Wendell Will ... For Prosterity

Ribbon Badge:We morn Protection 5 Engine Co...

1850-1900

Collection of campaign buttons: Wilkie

Collection of campaign buttons: Wilkie Worker

Document

Doll's hat w/ostrich plume

1870-1920

Doll's hat: w/pink hat pin

1875-1950

Doll: boy in ethnic dress

1900-1950

Doll: carved wood

1800-1850

Doll: man

1850-1900

Doll: maroon dress w/lace trim

1850-1900

Winston Churchill

1950-1970

Dollhouse furn.: 2 drawer dresser

1920-1940

Dollhouse furn.: bird in birdcage

1920-1940

Miniature chamberstick and candle

1920-1940

Miniature garden set (3 pieces)

1920-1940

Miniature rake

1920-1940

Dollhouse furn: armoire

1920-1940

Dollhouse furn: baby grand piano

1920-1940

Dollhouse furn: bathtub

1920-1940

Miniature umbrella

1900-1940

Miniature mantle clock

1910-1930

Miniature goblets (4)

1920-1940

Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey

1852

Chain Link

Washboard

1900-1950

Pedestal for sculpture "Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"

ca. 1885

Coming to the Point, a sequel to Bargaining for a Horse

1854

Dr. Endicott Peabody (1857-1944)

1949

Gaiters (pair)

1915-1945

Sauce ladle

ca. 1840

Daniel Boone (1723-1820)

c. 1838

Ring

1830-1860

Bergen County Courthouse, Hackensack, New Jersey; verso: sketch of indeterminate location

1936

Washington Allston (1767-1843)

1839

1800-1900

ca. 1900

1889-1900

ca. 1875

1800-1900

Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal

1847

Hudson River Landscape: West Point from Garrison's Landing

Badge in case

1850-1930

Dog tag

1918

Badge medal: India 1857-1858

Button: Labor's Candidate...Edward J. Gavegan

1884

Ribbon w/photo: Grover Cleveland (?)

Ribbon with Photo of Woman

late 19th century

Pin w/photo

Campaign button: Blaine and Logan

Campaign button: Cleveland and Hendricks

Lapel button: B. and L., 1884

1884

Ribbon: red, white and blue stripes

Campaign pin

1868

Pin: for President, Horatio Seymour 1868

Pin w/photo: Grant

Pin w/photo: U.S. Grant

Pin w/photo: photo of Grant

Saddle belt

1850-1925

Dollhouse furn: lounge

1920-1940

Dollhouse furn: medicine cabinet

1920-1940

Miniature pitcher

1900-1920

Dollhouse furn: settee

1920-1940

Dollhouse furn: table

1920-1940

Miniature urn

1910-1940

Dollhouse furn: wash stand

1920-1940

Miniature rug

1920-1940

Miniature plate with grapes

1920-1940

Fan w/floral design

1850-1900

Figurine

1790-1810

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