Collection Highlights

Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding

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We Women Want Willkie
I'm for Nixon and Lodge
Medicine chest
1840-1880
Officer's coat
1898
Pin-back button
1972
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1952-1956
Coaster
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1888
PAUL/ CURRAN/ FOR/ GOVERNOR
1982
Paper doll
1830-1860
Forage cap
1860-1880
Medicine bottle
1850-1900
Cup excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1740-1783
Lotto
ca. 1890
Ashtray
1940
Shopping bag
1985
Bar Tray
1900-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
The Game of Phoebe Snow
1909
Doll hat
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1897
Pipe
1880-1920
Toy train
1900-1910
Tape measure
1840-1880
The Improved Game: Peter Coddle And His Latest Trip to New York
1875-1900
Candle holder
1900-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pinback button
1944
Office supply
1940-1960
Card of buttons
1940-1980
FRANKIE and JOHNNIE'S Restaurant
Halliday Medal
1850-1880
Badge w/ribbon & pin
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
Rotary knife cleaner
1854-1900
Mortar
ca. 1750-1850
Coin: half dollar, Texas Independ. Centennial, 1934
Bottle opener
1920-1960
Token
1900-1930
Wrapper
1980-2000
Thimble/ furnace
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
NBC Tenth Anniversary Medal
1936
The Saloon
ca. 1960-1980
Cookie cutter
1850-1900
Garrison cap
1940-1945
Bottle: Brant's Indian Pulmonary Balsam...
1840-1860
Fireman's belt
1868-1900
Ribbons
1890
Ashtray
1940-1970
Salt and pepper shaker
1939
Novelty fan
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
William H. Harrison Presidential Campaign Medal
1840
Matchbook
1940-1945
Tailcoat
1900-1920
Apple parer
1800-1830
Steam pumper
1890-1920
Stamp with display stand
1770-1820
Powder horn
1756
Figurine
1910-1940
Fan
1948
Ashtray/ coin plate
1920-1940
Button or stud
1898
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
The Commercial Tercentenary of New York Medal
1914
"1964-1965 New York World's Fair Daily Dime Bank"
1964-1965
Centennial of the Battle of Fort Washington, No. 7 Medal
1876
Lock of hair of Tadeusz Kosciuszko
1861
Miniature candlesticks (pair)
1900-1925
Pigs in the Clover
ca. 1875
Paperweight
1890-1920
Advertising tray
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Sword case
ca. 1816
Travel
1989-1992
Match case
1890-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
The Palm Court
ca. 1960-1988
Thimble of Lydia Lewis
ca. 1860-1880
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Doll: Spanish dancer in yellow dress on base
1890-1920
Ribbon
1844
Dissected Pucture Puzzle Series No. 2
ca. 1880
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1890-1910
Medicine
1930-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civl War token
1863
Montreal & Lachine Railroad Company Third-Class Transportation Token
1947
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Modeling tool
1850-1900
Wood scrap
1850-1900
Medal: likeness of George Washington
Lath from General Varnum House
ca. 1770
Basket
1880-1940
Stop Nuclear Power!/Demonstrate at Shoreham June 3/SHAD Alliance
1979
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1890-1910
Utensil
1940-1960
Cyrus Field Medal
1858
Political button
July 10, 1976
Doll handbag
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Officer's field jacket
1860-1865
Bowl made of wood from Charter Oak
ca.1688
Lady's costume: 1700
ca. 1968
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Monopoly
copyright 1936
Goatscape
2001
Calendar
1938
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Pin-back button
1980
Shun Lee Palace
ca. 1960-1980
Shaving kit that belonged to John Pintard
ca. 1817
Toy rocking chair
1900-1925
Miniature armoire
1960-1980
Printing roller
1780-1830
Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Pen
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Plate
1900-1920
Civil War token
1863
Aero Club of America Medal
ca. 1908
Spoon
mid 20th Century
Token: Borden's Econo-way Service 1 1/2 cent
1938-1939
Sash w/badge & plaque in case:Portugal,Grand Cross of the...
Powder horn
1780-1840
Tea caddy
1820-1850
Collection box:...Victims of War, Debt to France
ca. 1914-1918
Paperweight
Jar/ Food
1950-1990
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Tin
1890-1920
Ruler
1910-1930
1924 New York City National Democratic Convention Commemorative Medal
1924
Badge
Mason jar
Umbrella: brown w/carved handle
1880-1910
Coin: half dollar, Charter of Albany 1686, 1936
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Campaign hat
1898
Sestertius in envelope: Roman w/Hadrian on face
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Campaign button: No Third Term
Puzzle
1952
Personal item
1990-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Token from peep shows
ca. 1995
Ribbon
ca. 1910
Advertising paperweight
1893
Dollhouse chair
1920-1940
Coal wagon
1900-1925
Knitting sheath
1775-1825
Scarf pin
1860-1865
Beer bottle
1890-1910
Cork
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Ruler
1948
Fulton National Bank Medal
1909
Golden Jubilee, Hotel Astor
Coin:...1642
Pin
Cape
1855-1875
Mortar and pestle
1750-1800
Holster
1860-1875
Paperweight
1890-1910
Tin/ Food
1906-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Canister
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medal: General Lafayette
1876
AFL-CIO COPE/FOR LBJ & HHH
1974
Bottle: Dr D.Jayne's Alternative...
1850-1860
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
After 1880
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1910
Shako with pompon
ca. 1865
The ABC of Feathers and Songs
ca. 1890
Clock part
1871
Box
1890-1920
Tobacco pipe
1900-1960
Insignia
1890-1920
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Pair of doll gloves
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1892
Miniature bowl
1900-1930
Walking-stick
ca. 1840
Needle case
1800-1850
Stirrer
1950-1980
Jar
1884-1920
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medal
1983
Pin-back button
1972
Medal: NY and Brooklyn ...
1883
Tête-à-tête
Souvenir: Prince of Wales, Victoria & Albert (w/ribbon)
ca. 1850
Button w/ribbons: ribbon-PENNA; button-Wm. McKinley
Campaign button: Roosevelt Laborer's Choice
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III
1770-1776
Coin : half dollar, Stone Mountain Memorial 1925
Dress coat
1912
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Transportation token
1970-1978
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1928
Central Falls
ca. 1960-1980
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Miniature Furniture, Large Corner Cabinet
ca. 1983
Yellow dog w/basket with star cart
1860-1890
Grapeshot (52) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Checker taxi cab
1982
Button
ca. 1975
Sewing supply
1910-1940
Advertising clock
1890-1900
Pinback button
1890-1920
Memorial Mass Program: Robert Kennedy
1970
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
ca. 1900
Matchbook
1940-1945
Collection of buildings: 3
1870-1910
Lady of 1875
1950-1970
Seal
1840-1850
Scoop
ca. 1775-1850
Pin tray
1890-1920
Bottle/ food
1962-1990
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medallion
1930
Stereoscope
ca. 1858
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Medal
1909
Coll. of 7 tokens: Talbot, Allum & Lee, One Cent, 1794
Button
Collection of coins in box
1780-1820
Miniature food mold
1900-1940
Percussion musket
1840-1860
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Captain James Lawrence Naval Medal
1868-1885
Cocktail shaker
1940-1960
Postcard
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1910
5 loose buttons
1920-1970
China Club
ca. 1980-1997
Pin-back button
1970-1980
Doll's shoulder head
1840-1870
Mechanical box: organ grinder
ca. 1850
Fireman's belt: ocean engine
1850-1900
Game of Trip 'Round the World
1897
Button
1972-1973
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Henry Hudson Commemorative Medal
1909
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Fork
1790-1825
Apple parer
1820-1850
Pipe tomahawk
1790-1820
Ceramics (3) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and camp
1760-1783
Model 1763 French Infantry Musket
1763-1766
Hair Grooming
1890-1920
Wallet/ Food
1960-1990
Trade sign
1880-1900
Ribbon/ medal
1900-1940
Pinback button
1994
Original box for electric iron
1946-1954
Political button
1968
Doll shoes (pair)
Beam fragment from Dutch church
1700-1800
Winston Churchill
1950-1970
Squeak toy (swan and cygnets)
1875-1900
Lady's costume: Bride of 1946
ca. 1964
Chapeau bras
1825-1842
Apothecary jars with lid
1850-1900
Plaque
1890-1930
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Sign
ca. 1940
Hayato
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising notepad
1910
Doll
1860-1900
Walking-stick
1870-1890
Stamp
1840-1870
The Premium Game of Logomachy or War of Words
1889
Edge piece from unidentified fire vehicle
Inkwell
1890-1920
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Gumball machine
1920-1940
Civil War token
ca. 1860
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 1st Issue
1909
Cootie Game
1930-1950
Hard Times token: Walsh's General Store, Lansingburgh N.Y. 1835
1835
Reception Ribbon
1800-1900
Section of water pipe
1800-1840
Garrison cap
1940-1945
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Watch Face
1880-1940
Measuring Cup/ food
1910-1930
Plate
1911
French Medal won by Anna Attas
1922
Great Seal Centennial Commemorative Medal
1882
Marechal Foch Medal
1918
Viewfinder key chain
1968
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Coin: half dollar, Long Island Tercentennial 1936
Pieces of a picture game (2)
1890-1910
Hat
1942-1946
FDNY badge with purple bunting
Button
1978
Game of Leap Frog
ca. 1890
Hardware/ household
1920-1960
Button
1968
Pin
1896-1920
Information kit
1940-1960
Ribbon
1879 or later
Box of crayons
ca. 1915
Dollhouse furn.: upright piano "ritz playerette"
1920-1940
Miniature Furniture, Winthrop Desk
ca. 1983
Sword guard excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Little Folks Color Kit
ca. 1890
Bottle
1910-1930
Napkin
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Lighter
1910-1930
American Friends of Lafayette Commemorative Medal
1934
Cafe Pierre
Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal
1855
Roosevelt and Relief Wilkie and Work
Abraham Lincoln Medal
1864
Doll's bassinet and bedding
1880-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1863
Souvenir letter opener
1985
Pinback button
1919
Medicine
1870-1890
U.S. OUT of Salvador/ Cispes
1980-1992
Pinback button
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1908
Save Grand Central: No more bited out of the Big Apple!
The Society of Medalists 3rd Issue
1931
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1925
Grenadier cap
1740-1770
The World's Educator
1887
Sewing Supplies
1990-2000
Makeup tissues
1930-1950
Trade sign
1900-1930
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Horatio Gates Military Medal
1787
Girl Scout badges
2001
Cane
ca. 1918
Cake mold
1850-1900
Rifle
1894
Cartridge belt
1918
Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune
ca. 1882
Button
1960-1970
Box/ Food
1980-2000
Playing card
1940-1960
Coffee mill
1880-1910
Case
ca. 1890
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
Asti
British and French War Commissions Visit to New York City Medal
1917
World War I Medals
Prudential Insurance Company of America 50th Anniversary Medal
1925
2 medals in envelope: Opening Ritz Carlton Hotel 1910,
1910
Noah's ark
1850-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Pendant
1896
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Tin/ food
1900-1930
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Coin: lll
Stereoscope
ca. 1878
Fulton Trust Company Plaquette
1915
Brigadier General Eleazer W. Ripley Military Medal
1880-1890
Box
1780-1830
Shoulder straps (4)
1863-1866
Pin-back campaign button
1900
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Box/ food
1940-1960
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1995-2000
Vote for President Richard Nixon
Advertisement for Radway’s Ready Relief
1860
Geometrical lathe
1823
Model: subway car for the New York City "E" Line
ca. 1960
Cart
1860-1890
Framed set of objects (35) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Badge w/button & ribbon:...Vol. Firemen's Assn.,...1904
1904
Medicine
1940-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Pin badge with card
ca. 1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1880
Soldier
1880-1920
Lady's costume: 1610
ca. 1858
Comb
1785-1810
Powder horn
ca. 1760
Box
1950-1970
Pocket watch
1890-1930
Sewing Supplies
1890-1920
Bottle
1930-1960
Clothing hanger
1920-1940
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Souvenir Medal
1876
L'Etoile
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1796
Pin w/tag: Portrait mounted from ribbon,
Pitcher
ca. 1750-1850
Sketch: Lobinia Seated On Rock: barked & covered w/mylar
1800-1820
Dolls' house sofa
1920-1960
Paperweight
1897
Key to tower of North Dutch Church
ca. 1767
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
2000
George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medallion
1889
The Rainbow Room
ca. 1960-1990
Bobbin
1780-1820
Costume figurine
1900-1950
Doll w/brown lace dress
1820-1850
Fire helmet frontpiece: 20
1850-1900
The Game of Commercial Traveler
ca. 1895
Tailor's chalk
ca. 1930
Souvenir tray
1933
Transportation token
1930-1960
Swizzle Stick
1940-1970
Hard Time tokens (2)
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pin-back campaign button
2009
Cape
1785-1790
Butter mold
ca. 1800-1825
Dump cart
ca. 1900
Fragments of wood (2) from the keel of the "Clermont"
1807
Coat
1861-1863
Tray
1900-1930
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1910
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Grant's Tomb Commemorative Medal
1897 or later
Political button
1970s-1990s
Doll dress
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
Campaign medal w/pin
1872
Dollhouse furn: lounge
1920-1940
LeMat Two-Barrel (10-Shot Percussion) Revolver, First Model
1862
Frame
1775-1795
Celts (4)
1500-1700
Pin-back button
1996
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
1968 Republican National Convention Miami Beach
1968
The Grand Ticino
ca. 1960-1980
Buttons (selection of six)
ca. 1910-1930
Giraffe on wheels
1850-1900
Riding toy (horse)
1800-1900
Doorstop
1830-1860
Game of Uncle Josh's Trip
1906
Tobacco Tin
ca. 1912
Shopping bag
1997
Medicine
1900-1930
Seal embosser
1890-1910
Civil War Token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
Baseball
1930-1950
Spoon
ca. 1780-1820
I Like Ike
Doll house furniture: ribbon
1875-1925
Doll's wig in box
1850-1925
Trousers
1940-1946
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Button
ca. 1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Button
1970-1975
Pen
1990-2000
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Pin-back button
Shopping bag
American Institute Medal
ca. 1852
Powder horn
1750-1800
Whirligig
1800-1850
Wick pick
1840-1900
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1981
Checker and backgammon board
ca. 1875
Hair Grooming
1890-1930

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