Collection Highlights

Astor House
Date:
ca.1853-1859
Object Number:
PR.020.65.1
Medium:
Wood Engraving

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Ribbon
ca. 1921
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Needle work tool
1790-1830
Miniature Windsor side chair
1920-1940
Medal w/ribbon: Cleveland Hendricks...March 4,1885
Thimble case
1840-1880
Home Baseball Game
1900
Reba!
1999
Watch box
1940-1970
Ashtray
1900-1940
Plate
1926
Store display
1940-1960
Card of buttons
1940-1980
Voisin
Bust
Medal. Monogrammed initials on one face, scene with two figures and cross in background with nearly illegible inscription on other.
1800-1850
Draft wheel
ca. 1863
Dolls' house carpet
1920-1960
Letter Opener
1950-1970
Button Hook
1890-1930
Wrapper
1980-2000
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Eisenhower Nixon
Daikichi
ca. 1960-1980
Covered box
ca. 1775-1850
Miniature teapot with lid
1875-1925
Hose carriage
1890-1900
Fire helmet frontpiece: protection
1850-1900
Chopped Up Niggers: Puzzles to Put Together
ca. 1875
Tool
1880-1930
Paperweight/ plaque
1900-1940
Printing
1985-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1835
Willkie
ca. 1940
"A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM"
2008
Fireman's belt fragment: Columbia
1850-1900
Sword cane
1840-1860
Purse
1800-1850
Piece of wood from the British prison ship "Jersey"
1750-1780
Figurine
1900-1930
Coin: U.S.:One Cent, 1851
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1890-1910
Car attachment
1964
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
1970
Doll top
Ribbon
1800-1900
Delivery cart
1860-1880
Hammers (6)
1775-1795
Service cap
ca. 1918
Button
1952-1956
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1998
Travel
1953-1960
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Lapel stud
1888
Jerry's
ca. 1960-1980
Ostrich feather fan
ca. 1890-1910
Squeak toy (baby in cradle)
1830-1870
Doll
1830-1860
Plaque: Vermont line (heart-shaped)
1850-1900
Dissected Map of the United States
1887
Sewing Needles and Pins
1910-1930
Tote Bag
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1944-1948
Civil War token
1863
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 2nd Issue
1910
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Badge on block in envelope: N.Y.F.D. 25
1839-1865
Miniature lamp
1920-1940
The Game of Leap Frog
ca. 1870
Brick from Walton House
ca.1770
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Button
1994
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Store display
1890-1920
Souvenir
1930-1950
Societe des Architectes Medal
ca. 1907
Pin-back button
1988
William J. printing plate
1954-1960
Coin:...1647
Erie Canal Celebration Medallion
1826
Wallis's Improved Dissected Map of Ireland
1840-1860
Model 1903 Springfield Rifle
1911
Badge
ca. 1870
Charge plate
ca. 1960
Coin: half dollar, Ulysses Grant, 1822-1922
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1930
Coaster
1995-2000
Thimble/ periodical
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1844
Choshi
ca. 1960-1980
Box of crayons
ca. 1937
Plate
ca. 1850
Transportation Token : Long Beach Bus Co. Inc.
1900-1940
Bayonet
1760-1783
Fork
1760-1775
Box with percussion caps
1855-1862
Tin
1900-1930
Medallion
1962
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
Match tin
1900-1920
John S. Pershing Medal
1919
Uncle Sam shoe polish
1945-1959
We like Ike
Still bank
1870-1890
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
measuring device
1750-1850
Pin-back button
2000
Box/ Food
1920-1950
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tin
1881-1920
Token
1855
Pin-back button
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Glass
1964-1965
Bell noise maker
probably 1960s
Parasol: peach lace w/bamboo motif handle
1850-1880
Grover Cleveland Presidential Campaign Medalet
1888
Toy armchair
1875-1900
Walrus tusk
1860-1900
Pin-back button
1976
Ashtray
1920-1960
Souvenir coin
1853
Travel/ pin
1890-1920
Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
1892-1893
Insignia
1890-1910
Pin-back button
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2007
Stereoscope
1873-1880
Walking-stick
1880-1900
Needle case
1750-1800
Grandmama's Sunday Game of Bible Questions: New Testament
1887
Civil War token: Army and Navy/Federal Union
1863
Ashtray
1930-1960
Fan
1900-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Button
1966
Medal in box:...Peru...Elihu Root
1906
PAPA LOU'S
Railway and Steamship Sound Money Club Ribbon
1896
Lion and Two Monkeys
ca. 1883
Calipers
1750-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Soap
1950-1960
Tobacco
1900-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Rotten eggs with Roosevelt Omlettes with Willkie
Bookmark
1893
Spoon
1700-1800
Pie crimper
ca.1800-1850
Mechanical box: boy and girl on seesaw
ca. 1850
Miniature potted plants (4)
1910-1940
Shoe sole excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Nine Men Morris, Man in the Moon
ca. 1900
Pin
ca. 1990
Jigsaw Puzzle
1988
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1860-1900
Athletic medal
1951
Ribbon
1800-1900
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Campaign cane
ca. 1908
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal
1801 or later
Toy train
1900-1910
Needle case
1790-1830
Flight bag
1950-1975
FF Kevin M. O'Rourke FDNY Rescue 2
2002
Wrapper/ Food
1990-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Token
1880-1900
Button
Doll's cape
1870-1880
Mario's Villa d'este
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Push toy
ca. 1900
Novelty Bank
ca. 1873
Dolls' house sofa table
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Travel/ medallion
1934
Button
1890-1910
Pin-back button
1936
Coffee mill
Music box
1850-1900
Ship model: Waterline Recognition; USS Kongo
1944-1946
Delftware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1750-1783
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
Bottle/Medicine
1930-1950
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1990-2000
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Unit insignia
1775-1783
Miniature Furniture, Settee
ca. 1983
Spontoon blade
1760-1783
Bleeding bowl
1840-1860
Cascabel
1760-1783
Nicholas Roerich Medal
1929
Button
1970
Pie Tin/ Food
1920-1950
Cue stick
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
World's Fair Souvenir Plate
1960s
Button
Society of Tammany or Columbian Order Ribbon
1887
Scale
ca. 1876
Model 1816 U.S. Flintlock Musket
1831
Pin-back button
1964-1976
Tongs
1900-1930
Trade sign
1950-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
John Barry Commemorative medal
ca. 1903
Il Cantinori
ca. 1960-1980
MNESTY FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS OF SPAIN, AFLCIO LOCAL 64 UNION MADE
1975-1980
Katherine of Aragon
1950-1970
Bottle
1800-1830
Boots (pair)
1910-1919
The Game of Politics or the Race for the Presidency
1889
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1998
Button
ca. 1970
United States Centennial Medal
1877
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Chapeau bras
1850-1870
United States Military Academy Sesquicentennial
1952
Steam whistle
1877-1880
Butter churn, cover, and dasher
ca. 1825-1850
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1917
Box/ Bottle
1890-1930
Trade sign
1900-1930
Box
1890-1920
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Medal: Penn's Treaty 1682 (in box)
ca. 1882
Political button
Bobby Riggs signature printing gel
1973
Whale's tooth
1880 - 1890
Collec. of 3 coins:2 Rosa Americana(Perry)1822-23; 1 twopens
1822-1823
Mechanical toy (chicken)
1825-1875
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Capture of Carthagena Medal
1697
Swipe card instructions
ca. 2001
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Paint Samples
1950-1970
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
The Orchid Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
WTC 2011 ID Badge of Louis DiGeronimo
2001
Dollhouse furn: victrola
ca.1924
Token
1937-1943
Thimble
1825-1850
Cake board
1825-1835
Game of District Messenger Boy or Merit Rewarded
1886
Bottle/Liquor
1920-1930
Box
1874-1900
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1951
Political novelty
1997
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Medal
1945
1943 Steel cents (70)
1943
Button: Viva McGovern/Shriver
ca. 1972
Hall's Excelsior
1869
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Pastry sleeve
1800-1880
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1930-1950
Box
1963-1972
Knife
1880-1900
3 loose buttons
ca. 1940
Medal
ca. 1912
Matchbook
ca. 1965
Round box in box (possibly snuff box)
ca. 1820-1880
Whirligig
1875-1900
Daguerreotype camera
ca. 1850
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Butter mold
ca. 1800-1850
Transit Not Westway
1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Lady's costume: 1942
ca. 1963
Coin: Jamaica currency
Liquor
1950-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
After 1863
Schenectady Sunday School Celebration Ribbon
1800-1850
Cane
ca. 1880's
Children's scroll: children and animal pattern
1870-1930
Gentleman's costume: 1907
ca. 1964
Sewing case
ca. 1818
Jim Crow Ten Pins
1890-1910
Coin:...1639
World Peace through Nuclear Disarmament
1981
Token
1890-1920
Handkerchief
1893
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Badge
1906
William Pitt Medal
1766
Cavaliere
Button
1940
Helmet
ca. 1918
Altimeter
1890-1920
Coat
1915-1918
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1939-1945
Medicine
1920-1950
Store dispenser
1890-1910
We Still Have A Dream/Jobs/Peace/Freedom/March on Washington/August 27, 1983
1983
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Silk ribbon from the Erie Canal celebration, New York City
1825
Sugar nips
1750-1850
Miniature Furniture; Three-Shelved Corner Table
ca. 1983
Toy chest of drawers
1825-1875
Chiromagica
ca. 1870
Z.243a-f
1880-1930
The Game of Tri-Bang
1888
Medicine
1900-1920
Box
1950-1970
Photographic equipment
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1920
Hard Times token: Phalons Hair Cutting, 1837
1837
ceremonial ribbon: S.S. Levy
ca. 1943
Ribbon
ca. 1930
Campaign cane
ca. 1964
Rake
ca. 1850
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
2 compartment box w/handle containing collection of marbles
1840-1900
Centennial Castanets
ca. 1876
Miniature street light
1930-1940
Box
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing card
1940-1960
Pitcher
1890-1910
Office supply
1890-1920
Badge: Delegate firemans Ass. NY 1907
ca.1907
Danny's Hide-A-Way
Lapel button
George Washington Seasons Medal
1798
Mechanical bank: Hall's Excelsior
1869
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1675-1775
Plate
1910-1930
Office supply
1890-1920
Souvenir fireman's helmet
1900-1940
Gallagher's Steak House
Document: Grover Cleveland...Allan G. Thurman...
ca. 1885
Henry Clay Personal Medal
1851
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Coat with belt
1898-1900
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
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
Buttons in case
1861-1865
Jester on cart
1860-1900
Needle case
1800-1830
Coin: Massachusetts,1787, Common Wealth
Powder horn
1800-1840
Box
1906-1940
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Plate
1911
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Postage Cent
Button
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
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
Wood engraving tool
1850-1900
Child's plate
1804-1830
Shoulder belt
1865-1875
Puzzle
1890-1910
Bookbinding Supplies
1920-1950
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tin
1940-1960
Coin/ pendant
1923
Medallion in case: 50th Anniversary NY Public Library
1961
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Campaign ibbon
Stuffed cloth rooster
1900-1925
Forage cap
1885-1893
Coin: half dollar, Wisconsin Terr. Centennial, 1936
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
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
Badge case w/document
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
Herbert Hoover Presidential Campaign Medal
1928
G.B. McClellan pin
Pillow
2016
Sword cane
1830-1850
Collection of 10 coins
Miniature mantle clock
1930-1950
Bell crown cap
ca. 1833
Souvenir mug
2001
Medicine
1990-2000
Medallion
1920-1950
Lady's costume: 1790
ca. 1964
Easel
1850-1900
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Souvenir shot glass
2001
Card holder
2003
Lapel pin
ca. 2010
Collection of 3 beakers, 2 pitchers, coffee pot, teapot
1880-1920
Assortment of toy soldiers (10)
1880-1920
Frame
1775-1795
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
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
Ribbons
ca.1844
Chapeau (bicorne)
1880-1900
Hose carriage
ca. 1900
Trousers
1898
Paperweight
1876
Fan
1910-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920

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