Button
Classification:
Date:
1888-1898
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Dome-shaped brass button stamped on front with eagle grasping banner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Anna P. Osmers
Object Number:
1935.99q
Marks:
stamped: front: "NATIONAL UNION/STATE SOVEREIGNTY"; back: "WORK BROS. & CO./CHICAGO"
Gallery Label:
This uniform button was collected by the donor during her service as a nurse in the Spanish-American War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
19000
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hat
Classification:
Date:
1942
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 8 1/2 x 8 in. ( 10.2 x 21.6 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Light blue cotton duck (lightweight twill-woven canvas) United States Navy fatigue sailor's hat with soft, gored crown and upright brim.
Credit Line:
Gift of H. Maxson Holloway
Object Number:
1946.44c
Marks:
stenciled: inside brim: "HOLLOWAY H. M."
Gallery Label:
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, New York mobilized for war, and the New-York Historical Society was no exception. As the city braced for possible enemy attack, the New-York Historical Society took precautions to protect the collection as its staff members departed for the Armed Forces and defense factories. Nine New-York Historical Society staff members saw active duty during WWII. H. Maxson Holloway served in the Navy. Following the war, some of these men, such as Holloway, donated their uniforms to the museum.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1942
eMuseum Object ID:
18955
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shoulder belt
Classification:
Date:
1900-1938
Medium:
Leather, brass, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 3 1/4 x 2 in. ( 83.8 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Stitched brown leather belt with two ends that fasten at brass buckle in center, and bottom that terminates in hollow, cylindrical holder.
Object Number:
INV.8048
Marks:
written: belt interior: "WOMEN'S LEAGUE/FOR THE/PROTECTION/OF/RIVERSIDE PARK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1938
eMuseum Object ID:
18937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Belt
Classification:
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 63.8 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Leather and brass belt; black leather with cylindrical container riveted and sewn to V-shaped frog, and rectangular brass buckle at left end of belt that fastens to holes on right.
Object Number:
INV.8047
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
18934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Buttons
Classification:
Date:
1893-1898
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Dome-shaped brass buttons stamped on front with eagle grasping branch in one talon, and arrows in other talon, with shield on breast.
Credit Line:
Gift of Anna P. Osmers
Object Number:
1935.99e-p
Marks:
stamped: back of buttons: "HORSTMANN/PHILADA"
Gallery Label:
These uniform buttons were collected by the donor during her service as a nurse in the Spanish-American War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
18878
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dress helmet ornament (fragment)
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Brass base plate for dress helmet ornament; domed, octagonal form with incurving sides, molded with oak leaf and acorn pattern; circular hole in center top, with four small elliptical piercings surrounding.
Object Number:
INV.11369
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18757
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Epaulet box
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 6 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 17.5 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Metal box painted black with hinges and front catch; oval plate on top with inscription; interior with one horizontal divider.
Object Number:
INV.5786
Marks:
engraved: on brass plate, top: "RIDABOCK 1 CT/- 1 · 12 -/FOURTH AVE/NEW YORK"
written: on round paper sticker affixed to lid: "CAPT./DE KAY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18592
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Officer's cape
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall (unfolded): 2 1/2 x 111 x 46 in. (6.4 x 281.9 x 116.8 cm)
Overall (partially folded): 4 3/4 x 28 x 46 in. (12.1
Description:
Dark blue wool officer's dress cape with dark blue velvet closed double collar (1 hook and eye), with Turk's knot frog closure near the collar, lined with dark blue wool, with horizontal slit pocket at the inside left breast; when unfolded, the cape is a full half-circle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Jorge R. André
Object Number:
1948.137
Marks:
printed: on maker's label inside breast pocket: "BROOKS BROTHERS, / BROADWAY, / NEW YORK. / DATE / NO."
handwritten: on maker's label inside breast pocket: "Staff / Maj Gen C. Webb / 5-14-98 / 25986"
Gallery Label:
This dress cape was worn by Major General G. Creighton Webb in 1898.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
18582
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Forage cap
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Wool, other textile, leather, cord, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 10 x 7 1/8 in. ( 8.9 x 25.4 x 18.1 cm )
Description:
"Chasseur pattern" dark blue wool felt forage cap; black patent leather visor which is flat and somewhat rectangular; soft crown with circular, countersunk top; embroidered front insignia with "32 / GAR" between curved laurel branches; chin strap made of knotted gold cord secured at either side by a gilded metal button embossed with monogram "GAR"; brown leather sweatband and brown textile lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. C. M. Furnier
Object Number:
1961.57d
Marks:
maker's mark: inside top of crown: lion and unicorn flanking shield inscribed "HON[I] SOIT . . . MAL . . . [P]ENSE," with banner inscribed "CURA E . . . INDUSTRIA" below
embroidered: on front of cap: "32 / GAR"
embossed: on buttons: "GAR"
Gallery Label:
This cap was worn as part of the uniform of the Grand Army of the Republic. Other parts of the uniform, as well as a sword and scabbard, were also given by the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
18579
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Belt, buckle and clips
Classification:
Medium:
metal, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 24 x 11 in. ( 7.6 x 61 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Bess Haring
Object Number:
1953.195h-i
Gallery Label:
This belt was worn by First Lieutenant Abram P. Haring, who served in the Civil War with Company G, 132nd New York Volunteers, from 1862-1865.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
18578
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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