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The Draft Riots in New York- The Battle in Second Avenue
Date:
1863
Object Number:
PR.020.100.4
Medium:
Wood Engraving

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Toy
1920-1940
Liquor
1940-1960
Squeak toy (bird in cage)
1875-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
Note from Mrs. John James Audubon (1787-1874)
"God Bless America!" WWII radio toy
1942
Medicine bottle
1840-1895
The New Pretty Village
ca. 1897
Wine glass fragment
1760-1783
Universal ring dial
1600-1700
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Fan
1890-1920
Optical
1880-1920
Trade sign
1890-1910
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Badge in case
1853-1930
Lady's costume: 1797
ca. 1962
poitical button
Train set
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Tweezers
1775-1795
Forage cap
1895-1902
Time for a change
2000
Fan
1890-1930
Toy
1993-2000
Set of 3 golf balls
2001-2002
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Major General Jacob Brown Military Medal
ca. 1885
Rocky's
ca. 1960-1980
Beer foam scraper
ca. 1900-1920
Civilian medicinal canteen with document (SHOULD BE REMOVED AND STORED WITH SILVER COLLECTION)
1940-1960
Collection of draft cards (framed)
1863-1865
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1880
Still bank
1880-1900
Sewing Supplies
1896-1920
Tile
1890-1930
Button hook
1890-1930
Political pocket mirror
1952-1956
Civil War token
1863
Doll lorgnette
1870-1880
Independence Hall Tower
1870-1880
Scull's Golden Blend Coffee
ca. 1920
Badge in case
Ship's clock
1850-1880
Sewing box
1830-1840
Pin-back political button
1988
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Whetstone holder
1834
Plate
1908
Food spear
1950-1990
Golf tees
1956
John McCain
2008
Bond International
Band wagon
1919-1926
Dress hat
ca. 1899
New Jersey copper
1786
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Souvenir
1901
Travel
1940-1960
Campaign token
1853
Pin-back button
Ciaobella
ca. 1960-1980
Lapel button: B. and L., 1884
1884
"Transitone" radio
ca. 1941
Printing block
1770-1820
Fabric samples
1941-1945
Bottle
1910-1940
Tin/ food
1940-1960
Food spear
1940-1960
Powder horn
1759
Doll house furniture: side chair
1920-1940
Musical recording
1910-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 2002
John Trumbull Medal
1849
Matchbook
ca. 1941-1945
Rocking horse
1800-1850
Child's plate
1818-1846
Sewing box
1830-1840
Medal: Comite Lafayette
1918
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Paperweight
1880-1930
Pinback button
1916
Trade Sign
1946
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Political pin-back button
ca. 1968
Campaign medal
ca. 1884-1892
Doll chest
1850-1900
New York City souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Tobacco box
1757-1790
Snuffbox
1830-1870
Glass cup
1953
Medallion
1909
Travel
1890-1940
Pin
1890-1920
Gavel
Ribbon
ca. 1883
Souvenir cane
ca. 1990's
Clock
1860-1880
Sand toy
ca. 1850
Storage box for epaulets
1866-1887
The Card Game of United States History
1900
Epaulets (pair) in original box
ca. 1861
Tin
1898
Cleaning supplies
1962-1990
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Mourning
1900-1930
Washington Irving Plaquette
1912
Dagger: U.S.
1850-1860
Gentleman's costume: 1855
ca. 1963
Max Loew's Viennese Lantern
Coin : half dollar, Stone Mountain Memorial 1925
Lady's costume: 1730
ca. 1967
Badge w/ribbon & pin
1899
Microscope in case with accessories
1885-1920
O G Molding
1850-1900
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Trade sign
1890-1920
Coin: Gold, 1852
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain Johnston Blakeley Naval Medal
1820
Game
1920
Pastry jagger/crimper
ca. 1775-1850
Spurs: pair
1900-1940
Token: Rockefeller Center N.Y.C.
1934-1936
Comb excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Badge: Reception Committee Exempt Firemen's Son's Assn. 1909
ca. 1909
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Lotion tube/box
1911
Tobacco
1980-2000
Pinback button
1920-1930
Civil War token
1863
Doll's petticoat
1870-1880
Campaign cane
ca. 1932
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Pincushion
1840-1880
Teaspoon
ca. 1950
Box
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1992
Playing card
1940-1960
Souvenir ashtray in box: Holland Society of N.Y.
1880-1910
Advertising token
1890-1920
Badge/ medal
1930-1940
Card of buttons
1950-1990
Mamma Leone's
Lady's costume: 1660
ca. 1964
Captain James Lawrence Naval Medal
1868-1885
Stock ticker machine and printing mechanism stand
1890
Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
Shotgun
1835-1850
Ribbon
1899
General U.S. Grant Presidential Campaign Medal
1868
Fan
1900-1930
Coaster
1940-1970
Advertising pocket mirror
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
John Tyler Indian Peace Medal
1843
Officer's dress
1942-1946
Stephen's
ca. 1960-1990
Cookie cutter
1850-1900
Coin:...1623
Pencil in box
1840-1880
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
1888
Medicine
1906-1920
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Photographic equipment
1890-1910
Indian Stone ax head or adze
Late Woodland period
Pin
1995-2000
U.S. Merchant token: Theodore Bollenhagen & Company
ca. 1855
Convention ribbon with envelope
1840
Badge
1760-1783
Funnel
1850-1900
Box of silk cocoons from Centennial Exhibition
1875-1876
Learn to Write Scroll Game
ca. 1900
1195 ‎Nègre
1880-1920
Button
ca. 1970
Pinback button
1938
Cue stick
License plate
1916-1946
Charge plate
1930-1950
Tercentenary of Connecticut Commemorative Medal
1935
Key
1948
Dollhouse chair w/painted flora and sticker: Tynie Toys
1920-1940
Ribbon
ca. 1861
Miniature irons (pair)
1850-1860
Epaulets (pair)
1816-1848
Civil War token
1863
Fork
1890-1930
Token
1890-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Centennial of Harlem Plains Battle, No. 4 Medal
1876
Tennessee Mountain
ca. 1960-1980
MAILER FOR MAYOR
1969
Powder horn
1780-1840
Harness bit
1875-1950
Jack the Giant Killer
1895
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Bank souvenir
1970-1990
Pinback button
1985-1990
Civil War token
1863
The Improved Game of Snap
1889
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Bowling set
1800-1900
FDR
Umbrella: brown w/carved whale bone handle
ca. 1850
Burside Carbine, Fourth Model
1863-1864
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1950
Pinback button
1980-2000
Hardware/ household
1940-1960
Ship's clock
1890-1910
Badge/ medal
1926
Historical memorabilia
1940-1960
Breckinridge campaign medal
c. 1856
Political button
Aerial camera
Costume figurine
1950-1970
Forage cap
ca. 1860
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Half dime
1800
Box
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ food
1900-1960
Ticket Stub
2001
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
ca. 1802
Limberjack
1900-1950
America
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
2011
Cake board
1825-1835
Mother Goose's Party or the Merry Game of Old Maid
1887
Cosmetic Bottle
1890-1920
Token
1863
Gorget
1796-1825
Top
1850-1900
Medicine/ bottle
1880-1900
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1950-1960
Battle of Lake George Medal
1903
Psychology of the Hand
1919
Doll
1820-1850
Child's cup
1820-1850
Tools (8)
"Wood's Series" Washington Monument Medal
1876
Ribbon
1800-1900
Paperweight
1892-1910
Fan
1890-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Tin advertising figure
1890-1920
Pencil
1930-1960
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Framed image of Nelson's death with wood fragment from flagship Victory
1800-1900
Deck of playing cards
2016
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Tobacco box
late 18th century
The Golden ABC
ca. 1875
Button
1992
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Tobacco bag
1902
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Souvenir
2001-2002
Campaign cane
ca. 1888
Stamp
1850-1880
Ship models (2)
1900-1915
Perfume bottle
1840-1880
Dry Land Fish Pond game
ca. 1880
Pin-back button
1970-1980
Box/ Candy
1970-1990
Advertising kerchief
1910-1940
Sign/ liquor
1950-1970
Pencil
1940-1960
Spoon, scoop
ca. 1750-1850
Miniature book box
1910-1940
Joseph Hodges Choate Commemorative Medal
1922
Beatrice Inn
2 medals in envelope: Opening Ritz Carlton Hotel 1910,
1910
Lady's costume: 1790
ca. 1964
Doll
ca. 1880
Ribbon badge
1885-1897
Camera
1902-1906
Hetchel
19th century
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Master Commandant Jesse D. Elliott Naval Medal
1820-1866
Thermometer
1890-1930
Coaster
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1888
LABOR/ FOR/ CAREY
1974
Nutmeg grater/tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Presentation sword and scabbard
ca. 1815-1816
Fan
1900-1920
Saucer
1740-1783
Lotto
ca. 1890
Tray
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Bar tray
1900-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States - 440 yard Relay
1950
Doll hat
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Fragment of the floor of Audubon's house
ca. 1841
Tape measure
1840-1880
Rough Rider Ten-Pins
ca. 1898
Medallions/Coffee
1910-1940
Fan
1890-1940
Nutmeg grater/ tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pinback button
1944
Office supply
1940-1960
Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association Medal
1920
Pen & Pencil
Walking-stick
1780-1820
Key to the powder magazine of Fort William and Mary
1750-1800
iron
Globe
1800-1850
Spoon rack
ca. 1800-1875
National Day of Mourning Abraham Lincoln Ribbons
1865
Miniature Bottle
1920-1950
Token
1890-1920
Wrapper
1980-2000
Tobacco
1880-1920
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Buffalo Historical Society George Washington Indian Peace Medal
1902
Berkshire Place
ca. 1960-1980
Spoon
1825-1875
Rutherford B. Hayes Indian Peace Medal
1879
Coin:V USA 1883
1883
Sword and scabbard
1780-1790
Coin (twenty dollars)
1857
Lens cloth
after 1962
Souvenir
1939
Needle wax
1840-1880
Novelty fan
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (4)
1837
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Campaign Badge
1904
Cartridge box badge
1760-1783
Apothecary bottle with cap
1875-1925
Needle case
1830-1870
Sword belt and buckle
1855-1865
Model
1920-1950
Watch movement
1890-1930
Tip tray/ coin plate
1920-1940
Sign: Gallery of the Fine Arts
1930-1960
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
Bed W/ mattress
1920-1940
Free Academy of the City of New York Award Medal
1853 or later
"Official New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Perpetual Calendar"
1964-1965
Lady's costume: 1665
ca. 1961
Stamp: NY ... Mutual Assurance Co
ca. 1800-1809
Miniature pot with lid
1900-1920
Whale's tooth
Early 19th century
Button
1968-1973
Wrapper/ Candy
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel
1989-1992
Tobacco
1890-1920
Pin
ca. 1952
Waldorf-Astoria Peacock Alley
ca. 1960-2001
Matchsafe of Francis Lewis (1837-1878)
ca. 1870
Sword
1750-1775
Spurs and case
ca. 1900
Grandmama's Improved Game of Riddles
1887
Game of Black Cat
ca. 1885
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Puzzle
1880-1900
Medicine
1930-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Chalice
2002
Quill pen made from a Bald Eagle feather, used by John James Audubon
c. 1820-1850
Merritt Haviland Smith Medal
1926
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Rum bottle
1750-1770
Ribbon w/pin & photograph: of Grant
Lath from Nelson House, Yorktown, VA
ca. 1770
Basket w/lid
1880-1920
Leather Samples
1958
Fan
1900-1930
Badge: ...Engine Co. No.3, Mt. Vernon, NY, Aug. 6, 1904
1904
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1890-1940
Utensil
1940-1960
Major General Ulysses S.Grant Military Medallion
1865
Political button
1964
Doll hat
Balancing Horse on Cart
1870-1880
Walking-stick
1910-1918
Pit
Button
1980-1995
Calendar
1939
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Premium
1900-1930
Car plate
ca. 1936
Paul & Jimmy's
ca. 1960-1980
Child's tea set
ca. 1750
Plate
1825-1850
Printing roller
1780-1830
The New Game of Pictorial Authors
1889
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Pencil
1980-2000
Parasol: black w/carved handle w/floral motif
1850-1880
Doll w/cape and ribbon
1930-1960
Button hook
1890-1930
Plate
1965
U.S. Merchant token
1850
Holland Society Plaquette
1913
Salad fork
mid 20th Century
Doll's outfit (6)
1875-1925
Container
1850-1890
Tercentenary of Landing at Plymouth Rock
1920
No Franklin The First
Tooth brush: Margaret A. Babcock
1850-1900
Civil War Token
1863
Box/ Food
1900-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Tin
1910-1940
Ruler
1910-1930
Single blade chopping knife
1770-1870
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medallion
1909
Navy badge
Mason jar
Toy slant-front desk
1850-1900
Campaign hat
1898
Collection of 2 coins: Philippine 1 peso and 50 cts.1947
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Puzzle
1952
Personal item
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Fan
1911-1914
Ribbon
ca. 1907
Advertising paperweight
1882-1900
Abraham Lincoln mourning ribbon
1865
Pills in original packaging
1850-1900
Humidor with tobacco press
1860-1890
Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
1883
Box with tin
1900-1930
Mug
1996-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Sign
1900-1940
Machine gun stock grip
1945-1955
Panorama of the Visit of Santa Claus to the Happy Children
ca. 1880
Captain John Ericsson 121st Birthday Anniversary Plaquette
1924
Hotel Astor
Coin: half dollar, Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial, 1925
Jigsaw puzzle
1890-1920
Pedlar doll
1850-1890
Ribbon
1888
Makeup kit
ca. 1887
Sewing clamp
1800-1850
Paperweight
1900-1940
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Coin: US. Twenty cents, 1875
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Canister
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Lieutenant-colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
1880
HUMPHREY
1968
Medicine bottle
1880-1890
Fire helmet: President NY Exempt Assn., LF
1854-1880
Hat
1700-1800
Little Pet's Picture Blocks
ca. 1885
Clock part
1871
Souvenir token
1939
Tobacco pipe
1900-1960
Insignia
1890-1920
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Doll purse
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1892
Carnegie Corporation Medallion
1936
Pull toy (boat)
ca. 1820-1840
Needle case
1875-1900
Card game
ca. 1900
Jar
ca. 1870
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Dollhouse furn.: 4 drawer dresser in box; leta's
1920-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medal
1983
Button
Queens subway system commemorative medal
1913
IMPERIALE RESTAURANT
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Brigadier General James Miller Military Medal
1824-1885
Game of Where Do You Live?
ca. 1890
Indian woman
1850-1875
Die
1880-1930
Trousers
1895-1900
Paperweight/Game
1890-1920
Tailor's chalk
ca. 1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1939
Pinback button
1896-1910
Smith of President

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