Collection Highlights

Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard

SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.

DONATE TODAY

collections > Historical Artifacts

Museum Collections

back

Historical Artifacts

Pages

view paged
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Tinderbox
1816-1830
Brooklyn Bridge Plaza Association Commemorative Medal
1928
McCain Button
2009
Music box
1850-1900
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1911
Sliced Flowers
ca. 1880
Major General Alexander Macomb Military Medal
1824-1885
Painting
1900-1940
Watch Face
1880-1940
Coaster/ Food
1920-1950
Coin:...1647
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medal in Box: Bedford 1680-1930 ...
1930
Jewel of India
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
2012
Nightstick
1835-1850
Twenty-five Soldiers on Parade
ca. 1900
Pin-back campaign button
1992
Doll chest
1850-1900
Hair Grooming
1890-1930
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Shopping bag
1997
Mounted soldiers (3)
1880-1920
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Campaign ribbon
1896
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Miniature tea set and pitcher
1875-1925
Sword belt
1850-1870
Presentation medal
1854
Button
1980-1985
Match box
1890-1920
Tin
1890-1930
Cleaning supplies
1950-1970
Pin
1995
Commemorative medalet
1876
Political button
1950s-1970s
Model 1840 U.S. Flintlock Musket
1842
Burnishing tools (2)
1775-1795
Paperweight
1890-1920
Battle of Marne Medal
1915-1919
Soldiers on accordion rack
1840-60
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
The Society of Medalists 12th Issue
1935
Pinback button
1917-1918
Medicine
1930-1950
Button
1991
Historioscope
1865-1900
General George Washington Military Medal
1843-1861
Daniel
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising calendar
1918
The Amusing Game of Innocence Abroad
ca. 1888
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1675-1775
Medicine
1890-1930
Spurs: pair
1900-1940
Badge/ medal
1910-1911
Pinback button
1896-1910
Skin Cream Tin
1900-1930
Civil War token
1863
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 1st Issue
1909
Rose Bush
1930-1950
Peddler's cart and horses
1930-1940
Cartridge box and belt (2)
1855-1862
Purse
1790-1840
Ashtray
1920-1940
Butter mold
ca. 1815-1850
Plate
1910
Pinback button
1992
Playing card
1940-1960
Railway and Steamship Sound Money Club Ribbon
1896
Tailcoat
Ca. 1850
Powder flask
1840-1870
Food spear
1940-1960
Eisenhower Peace and Prosperity Medal
1960
Barack Obama button
2008
Pendant
1968
Miniature drawknife
1890-1920
Paperweight
ca. 1910
Peter Coddles Esq. and his Trip to New York
1883-1895
Coin in envelope: Iberian Dupondius- middle?
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Coll.of 7 coins: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1783
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Corkscrew
1900-1940
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Salad plate
Souvenir doily
1876
Box of crayons
1920-1940
Small white horse with black carriage and driver
1860-1870
Portrait Authors
1873-1876
Incense burner
ca. 1890-1940
Officer's dress
1942-1946
Tip tray
1900-1920
Medicine
1890-1910
Pouring spout/ liquor
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Match safe
1900-1920
New York State Chamber of Commerce Rapid Transit Commission Medal
1904
Eden Roc Club
Pin
Model 1757 Marine Militia Musket
1757-1765
Gloves
1850-1863
Paperweight/ Pin Cushion
1895-1930
Plate
1911
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pinback button
1980-2000
Ribbon
ca. 1916
Gold Clam Shell
Sash in box
1855-1865
Baluster
1889
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Soda mug
1900-1920
Play Family Sesame Street
1975-1978
Mirror
1900-1920
Information kit
1940-1960
Token
1890-1930
Doll's petticoat and knickers
1860-1890
Sash
1910-1920
Baby shoe
ca. 1903
Commemorative cane
2003
Coin: half dollar, Rhode Island 1636-1936
Miniature cutting tray
1920-1940
Game of Frog Pond
1890
Framed set of objects (36) excavated at West Point
1744-1788
Button
1972-1973
Powder horn
1780-1840
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Pen
1970-2000
Office supply
1931
James J. Walker Plaquette
1929
Chandler's Restaurant
Rack of spools
1820-1860
Paper dolls and costumes (44 pieces)
1890-1900
Ribbon
ca. 1909
Every buddy U.S for Willkie
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Pinback button
1890-1920
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Button
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Buttonhole ornament
1936
Overland circus cage wagon
ca. 1900-1910
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Dress hat
1858-1865
Clockwork toy
1874-1900
Time for a change
2000
Fan
1890-1930
Miniature stand
1875-1925
Costume figurine
1950-1970
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1928
Campaign cane
ca. 1888
Gentleman's costume: 1860
ca. 1961
Excursion to Coney Island
1875-1900
Spectacles and case
1830-1840
George Washington Souvenir Medal
1876
Carved bird
Sewing Supplies
1896-1920
Salesman's sample kit
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
United States Centennial Commemorative Medal
1874
Le Vert-galant
Pistol holster
1855-1870
Medicine chest
1840-1880
Pin-back political button
1988
Badge
Coin:...1622
Ink stand
1881-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Whale's tooth
1880 - 1890
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Youth wants Roosevelt
Visage
ca. 1980-1995
Belt buckle excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
American Wizard Instructor
ca. 1870
New Jersey copper
1786
Bobbin
1780-1820
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Squeak toy (duck)
1875-1900
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1912-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
Tray
1920-1950
Miniature high chair
1960-1980
Hard times token
1837
Click with Dick
ca. 1960
Pen
2005
Needlecase:cylinder shaped, orange
1800-1840
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Magnifying glass and case
1800-1830
Bottle
1910-1940
Pin
1910-1940
Pinback button
1940
Packet/ food
1980-2000
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medallion
1909
Political button
1940s
Ax head
1500-1700
Washtub
1700-1800
Frank H. Lahey Memorial Award Medallion
ca. 1960
Paperweight
1880-1930
Collection of 3 coins: English 1/2 pennies George ll
Travel/ medallion
1930-1950
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Watch Face
1880-1940
Hotel key
1897-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Medal
1909
Bar Lui
ca. 1960-1980
Pencil holder
ca. 1900-1920
Cartridge-box badge
1777-1783
Spedem Auto Race Game
1929
Snuffbox
1830-1870
Glass cup
1953
Presentation sword and scabbard
ca. 1815-1816
Photographic equipment
1890-1910
Pinback button
1995-2000
Panorama
1939
SUPPORT THE UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT
ca. 1981
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Gentleman's costume: 1812
ca. 1960
Officer's cap
ca. 1862
Handkerchief box
1840-1880
Holster with belt
1910-1920
Tin
1898
Badge/ tag
1910-1930
Fan
1890-1920
Button
1940
Miniature bottle
1875-1900
Souvenir
1940-1960
Erie Canal Celebration Medallion
1826
Insignia
ca. 1860s
Shopping bag
ca. 2008
Sections of the Atlantic telegraph cable (930) in original packing crates (8)
1850-1860
Miniature mold
1900-1930
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Sectional Animals
1900-1920
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
Ca. 1870
Doll dress
Hats off to the USA
2001-2002
1900 Paris International Exposition Medal
1900
Button
1972-1973
Napkin
1980-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
Jones' Prepared Paper for the Million
ca. 1868
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Games of Cats and Mice, Gantalope and Lost Diamond
ca. 1875
Fire helmet: chief engineer M.J.B.
ca. 1864
Box of crayons
ca. 1930
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Rutherford B. Hayes Indian Peace Medal
1879
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Toy
1955-1990
Women for Cuomo '94
1994
Peace of Versailles Medal
1919
Pinball machine panel "Sink The Japs"
ca. 1941-1945
Butter mold
1825-1850
Looking glass
1850-1865
Fanny Gray
1854
Box
1890-1920
Badge/ medal
1920-1930
Washing supplies
1890-1900
Soap dish/ hotel
1920-1950
Lapel button
Button
ca. 1966
Campaign ribbon
1900
1964-1965 World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Model of Delaware and Hudson canal boat
1950-1951
Block from Seaman's Retreat
1850-1860
Indian relic: Ax head
1500-1700
Blow horn noise maker
probably 1960s
General U.S. Grant Presidential Campaign Medal
1868
John James Audubon Commemorative Medal
1962
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Doll with Native American costume
ca. 1939
Medallion: Andrew Jackson
1866
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pen
2003
Ribbon
2002
Commemorative cane
2005
Dollhouse furn: stool legs
1920-1940
Soldier Ten-Pins
ca. 1890
Die and (2) impressions in box
1850-1900
Medicine
1906-1920
Sword
1750-1775
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944-48
Ball
1980-2000
Button
1967-1972
Thomas Robbins Commemorative Medal
1906
Bowl
ca. 1750-1850
Child's plate
1825-1875
Decorative box:inlaid
1800-1830
KABUKI Restaurant
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Button
ca. 1970
Relic
1890-1920
Fan
1890-1920
Ribbon or badge
1900
Tin
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1892
Pastry jagger
1840-1860
Helmet and (2) armbands
1942-1945
Handle to engraving tool
1850-1900
Civil War token
1863
Fork
1890-1930
Miniature iron
1890-1920
Balancing Horse on Cart
1870-1880
Button
1968
Gloves
1994-2000
Medal
1953
Ribbon
ca. 1882
Doll: red coat and hat
ca. 1877
The Game of Tiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
Flint projectile points (2) excavated at Fort Ticonderoga
1600-1783
Campaign cane
ca. 1904
Washington, D.C. Lucky Penny
1927
Toy armchair
1850-1900
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Plate
1825-1850
Food spear
1940-1960
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Token
1920-1940
Button
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Souvenir Medal
1876
La Fonda Del Sol
Apple parer
ca. 1882
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1950
Sure I'll Vote for Roosevelt ha ha ha ha ha
Spoon
1840-1862
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Pinback button
1927
Trade Sign
1880-1920
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Pin
1890-1910
Roosevelt Truman
1944
New York New York
ca. 1973-1990
Sword w/scabbard: U.S.N.
1852-1863
Cycling: A Fascination Game
ca. 1900
Die
1900-1930
Half dime
1800
Box
1920-1940
Doll
1925-1975
Toy slant-front desk
1850-1900
Travel
1900-1940
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Doll
1950-1970
Toy
1950-1960
Hard Times token
1836
Prohibition token
1855
Buckle
1775-1783
Ash can w/hinged lid
1875-1915
Bullet mold
ca. 1776
Skein of linen thread
1750-1825
Cosmetic Bottle
1890-1920
Gas mask
1940-1945
Playing card
1940-1960
Coffee mill
1880-1910
Beer mug
1908
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
New York Commercial Tercentenary Plaquette
1914
Tailcoat
1895-1898
Bandbox
1775-1810
Walking-stick
ca. 1883
Keith Haring button
Paperweight
1892-1910
Happy Families Card Game
ca. 1880
Tobacco
1970-2000
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Trade sign/ printer's block
1880-1910
Pinback button
1896-1920
Ribbon
Omen
ca. 1960-1980
Drafting triangle
ca. 1900
Nightstick
1840-1860
The Railroad Game
ca. 1900
The Golden ABC
ca. 1875
Button
1992
Fire helmet: President NY Exempt Assn., LF
1854-1880
Tobacco
1880-1890
Pin
1920-1930
Relic
1939
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Captain's Badge
1904
Soldiers (12)
1880-1920
Waist belt with pouch (2)
1914-1918
Ship models (2)
1900-1915
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Bootjack
early 19th century
Pin-back button
1970-1980
Iron
1880-1920
Charge plate
ca. 1960
Spoon
1950-1990
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
Tennis racket head cover
1973
Chapeau (bicorne)
1835-1860
Doll's cape
1870-1940
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Seal in box
ca. 1909
Collection of 6 coins in envelope, 2 medals, 41 medallion
Toy airplane
1920s
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Coin: Ancient w/Arabic-like Symbols
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Campaign pin
1896
Bolo
ca. 1960-1980
Apothecary bottle
1850-1900
When My Ship Comes In
ca. 1888
Fire bucket
1837
U.S. Navy flight jacket
ca. 1963
Lotto
ca. 1890
Tray
1910-1930
I'm for Nixon and Lodge
Cosmetic Jar
1880-1910
Button
1962
Lotion bottle
1970-2000
Token
ca. 1860
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
ca. 1892
Knitting needles
ca. 1941 - 1945
Ribbons
1880-1930
Groom's Overcoat
1914
Fan with box
ca. 1891
Medallions/Coffee
1910-1940
Plate
1909
Calendar/ Food
1945
Paperweight/ medallion
1983
Button
Button
ca. 1963
Japanese Embassy Commemorative Medal
After 1861
Coat
1912
Carved horse
1850-1900
Game of Authors
ca. 1890
1964-1965 World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Bell noise maker
probably 1960s
Miniature Bottle
1920-1950
Maria Spatz
Mid-19th century
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Token: Major Gen. H.G. Berry
1863-1900
Coaster
1940-1970
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
General Daniel Morgan Military Medal
1839
Ribbon Pin
ca. 1900
Advertising cane
ca. 1950's
Child's first writing
1840-1900
Chiromagica or the Hand of Fate
1901
Earthenware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1740-1783
Lens cloth
after 1962
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Cigar box
1940-1950
Pen
1970-2000
Ribbon
1909
Friedrich Wöhler Eightieth Birthday Medallion
1880
Household implement
ca. 1750-1850
Badge
1784
The Roundtable
Badge in case
1870-1950
Model
1920-1950
Badge/ pin
1909
Pinback button
1935-1940
Trade Sign
1992
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Pinback button
1985-2000
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Gavel from the Chamber of Commerce
1918
Printing plate in envelope
1867-1893
Shoulder straps (pair)
1863-1865
Framed pieces of the wood from the "Lawrence" and from flagstaff at Erie, PA
1796-1910
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Button
1968-1973
Wrapper/ Candy
Miniature standing cup
1900-1925
Steam pumper
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Civil War tokens (2)
ca. 1863
Doll: pink dress
1860-1900
Gypsy-Lore Fortune Telling Cards
1932
Yardstick with case
1850-1900
Ribbon
ca. 1900

Pages

Creative: Tronvig Group