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A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104

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Advertising notepad
1901
Miniature wall sconce and candle
1900-1930
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Stamp
1675-1724
Prize Animals
1883
Souvenir token
1964
Ruler
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Musical recording
1910-1920
Button
ca. 1994
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 8th Issue
1913
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Tub
1800-1830
Hat, full brim; WWI officer's campaign hat
1917-1918
Die
1800-1838
Puzzle
ca. 1869
Paperweight
1880-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Bottle/ food
1950-1960
Tin
1900-1930
Fish trap
1825-1900
Seal w/tag: Argencia Commercial del Ymperio Mexicano
ca. 1867
Political novelty
1952-1956
Ulysses S. Grant Indian Peace Medal
1871-1879
Pin-back button
2008
Pin-back button
1968
Collec. of 2 coins: Autori Connec. Inde et Lib, 1787
Miniature pine tree in pot
1920-1940
Tailcoat
1870-1877
Coin: Sing Sing Prison. Ten
1900-1943
Button
1970
Joseph Francis Life Saving Medallion
1890
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Thimble/ political
1948
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Ashtray
ca. 1990
Shoe button hook
ca. 1897-1914
Box of crayons
ca. 1946
Presidential two-headed campaign coin
1908
Soldier
1880-1920
Trade sign
1850-1900
Checker board
ca. 1875
Bottle Set
1920-1940
Stork Club "Lucky Penny"
1945-1960
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Platter
1925-1950
Ribbon
ca. 1845
Match safe
1905-1915
400th Anniversary of Discovery of the Americas Medal
1892
'Copter Club
Ornament with likeness of George Washington
Coffin plate
1813-1814
Apple parer
ca. 1882
Paperweight
1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Button
1972-1975
Pinback button
1980-2000
Lieutenant Robert Henley Naval Medal
After 1878
Standing Driver
c.1880
Walking-stick
1780-1820
Milk carton
ca. 1937
Miniature Furniture, Semi-Circular Chest with Inlaid Top
1980
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1910
Snuffbox
1800-1815
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother
ca. 1888
Medicine
1930-1960
Tissues
1954
Pin-back button
1960-1970
Pinback button
1896-1910
Miniature pitcher
1875-1925
Sash
1910-1920
Pair of ear pendants
ca. 1904
Commemorative cane
2004
Doll in original box
1920-1930
Needle case fragment
1720-1800
Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game
1887
Sewing Needles
1890-1920
Coin in box: half dollar, California Diamond Jubilee, 1925
Watch Face
1880-1940
Souvenir
1876
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Office supply
1890-1920
Badge
ca. 1872
THE STOCK YARDS
Button
1940
Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton Presidential Campaign Medal
1888
Magic lantern
1880-1890
Waist belt
1861-1865
Paperweight
1890-1920
Wood Printer's Blocks
1880-1910
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Transportation token
1930-1960
Glengarry (folding hat)
ca. 1861
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Nixon/Lodge
Royal circus cage wagon
ca. 1910
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Camera with case and accessories
1913-1930
Horse pull toy
1860-1890
Bayonet
1760-1783
Romany: The New Fortune Telling Game
1899
Paperweight
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1841
Ribbon
ca. 1928
Campaign cane
ca. 1888
Miniature chamberstick
1880-1920
Marble: "w/ incrusted squirrel"
1850-1920
Box with reticule and seashells
ca. 1870
Little Goldenlocks & the Three Bears: A Pleasing Game
1890
Powder Box
1880-1910
Hard Times token
ca. 1837
Sewing Supplies
1940-1960
Plate
1910-1930
Souv: Western & Southern Tour, President Cleveland
1887
Ribbon
1888
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Le Madrigal
Cornelius Vanderbilt Presentation Medal
1865-1874
Box with writing instruments
1800-1830
Box
1720-1790
Paperweight
1890-1930
Purse
1930-1940
Utensil
1940-1960
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Pin-back button
Kodama
ca. 1982-2007
U.S. Civil War bayonet
1840-1875
Bobbin
1780-1820
Marionette
1800-1820
Figurine
1825-1875
Model: hand-pulled Empire firehose reel
1843-1870
Goody Two Shoes Spelling Game
ca. 1880
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Paperweight
1901
Pin
2002
Hoop game
1850-1900
Hard Times token
1837
William McKinley Inauguration Souvenir Badge
1897
Badge with lanyard
2009
Walking-stick
1875-1900
Miter with case
1850-1900
Bale seal
1760-1783
Commemorative Plaque
1928
Medal Honoring Washington, Kosciusko and Lafayette
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1900-1920
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
1940s
Bust
Doll bathing suit
Miniature urn
1910-1940
250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States Medal
1905
Calipers (3)
1775-1795
Axe
1700-1800; 20th century
Pin-back campaign button
1952-1956
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
Button
2003
United States Centennial Commission Medal
1876
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medal: B'klyn Union League
1912
Il Cortile
ca. 1960-1980
Lady's shoehorn
ca. 1920
Soldiers on accordion rack
1880-1920
Bottle
1770-1785
Framed set of ceramics (26)
1740-1800
Game of India
ca. 1890
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Token
1880-1910
Medicine
1910-1930
Stop the Cruise Missile
1975-1985
Button
ca. 1995
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 3rd Issue
1911
Fireman's belt: ocean hose
1850-1900
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Miniature potted plant
1920-1950
Pair of gloves
1880-1900
Coat
1917-1918
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1910
Button
ca. 1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Store display jar
1890-1930
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
2 ribbons
Souvenir
1917-1920
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Medal
1878
Insignia
ca. 1860s
Shopping bag
Pin: Americna Legion Auxilary on card
Panorama
1784-1815
Card game
1850-1900
The Society of Medalists 1st Issue
1930
$10 Eagle
1799
Hair Grooming
1907-1930
Swizzle stick
1940-1970
Thimble/ insurance
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1844
Mounted Animal specimen: Bat
1849
General Anthony Wayne Military Medal
ca. 1889
Box of crayons
ca. 1925
Miniature high chest
1960-1980
Campaign necktie
1952
The Game of Dr. Busby
1843
Button
1978
Blotter
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Badge on block in envelope: President...
1870-1910
Insignia
1910-1950
5-4 is not a mandate
2003
Allied Relief Medal
After 1916
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Captain Isaac Hull Naval Medal
1816-1880
Child's plate
1804-1830
Case
1896
George B. McClellan Presidential Campaign Medal
1864
Box/ Food
1970-2000
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tin
1881-1920
Political novelty
1980-2000
Bryan and Silver
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Badge
Bell
probably 1960s
Medal: Manhattan Club Reception June 12,1907,Sammy Tilden...
1877
Rocking horse toy
1875-1900
Shako with pompon
ca. 1914
Pin-back button
2000
Ashtray
1950-1980
Souvenir token
1939
Tobacco
1940-1960
Plate
1800-1850
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back button
2003
Doll
ca.1904
Commemorative cane
2005
Gentleman's costume: 1875
ca. 1968
Dagger
1855-1870
Field mirror in case
1890-1910
Coin: half dollar, Panama-Pacific Expos. 1915
Ashtray
1937
Fan
1890-1920
Coin purse
1940-1960
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Button
ca. 1969
Amerigo Vespucci Commemorative Plaquette
1903
Demorcrats for Dwight D. Eisenhower
BARBETTA
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Dried flowers from the funeral car of Abraham Lincoln
1865
Hook and chain
1750-1840
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
The Life Saving Benevolent Association Of New York Inc. 1849
ca. 1903
Toy high chair
1900-1925
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1863
Gas lighter
ca. 1910
Storekeeper's desk
1820-1880
Miniature condiment caddy
1920-1950
Framed set of objects (24) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Pike's Peak or Bust
1895
Button
ca. 1985
Game board
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
New York Chapter Knights of Columbus
1954
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Telescope
1775-1825
Campaign cane
ca. 1904
Toy train
1900-1910
Needle case
1830-1870
Simple Simon and other Rhymes
1906
Inkwell
1900-1930
Telephone Directory/ Food
1940-1950
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
John Allan Commemorative Medal
ca. 1859
Button
1936
Pinback button
1944
Button
World's Columbian Exposition Award Medal
1893
El Toro Marisqueria
The Home History Game
1909
Milestone
ca. 1822-23
Nightstick with holster belt
1850-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1934
Pin
1890-1910
We Want F.D.R. Again
The Rainbow Room
ca. 1960-1990
Bowl
1750-1825
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Miniature mold
1900-1930
Still bank
1875-1900
Gavel
1830-1840
The Newport Yacht Race
ca. 1891
RE-ELECT/BERNSTEIN/SENATOR
ca. 1975
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Campaign ribbon
1888
Buckle
1775-1783
Sleigh
1920-1930
Still bank
1870-1880
Framed set of jewels and links (98)
1760-1783
The Pretty Village
1890
Printer's Block
1901
Seal tag/ Food
1940-1970
Paperweight
1940-1990
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Ribbon Pin
1909
Keith Haring
Agriculture and Forestry Exhibition Medal
1866
Marble pieces (2)
1775-1795
Toy cupboard with pewter dishes (14)
1850-1900
Button
1945
Handle/ tool
1880-1920
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Transportation Tokens: Rochester Lines School Fare
1927-1938
Pinback button
1896-1920
Campaign ribbon
1876
Zinno
ca. 1960-1980
Parallel rule
ca. 1900
High-back chair w/ribbon
1920-1940
Doll w/white dress
1820-1860
Escape map
1942
The Checkered Game of Life
ca. 1910
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Novelty
1994-1995
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Civil War token
ca. 1860
United States Centennial Medal
1877
Fire bucket
ca. 1806
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Dollhouse furn: bed w/spring
1920-1940
Fan
1915-1930
U.S. Bolo (1912), machete and sheath
1912-1913
Win what? with Wilkie
1940
Toy/ Food
1940-1970
Trade sign
1900-1920
Canteen, painted blue - bound with iron straps
1861
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative medal
1947
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
Sugar Daddy printing gel
1973
With Willkie We Won't Need Relief
Physician's saddlebag with medicine containers
1850-1870
Dress hat
1895-1915
Fugio cents (5)
1787
Pattern quarter
1792
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1920-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Smith for President
1928
Coin: Hilus
Musical table lighter
1940s
Cane
1875-1925
Die in box
1850-1900
Button
1996
Bottle/Chemical
1890-1920
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Coin: Rexivba
Tatany
ca. 1960-1980
Fruit knives (6) in leather case
1940s
Walking-stick
1840-1870
French coin excavated at West Point
1773
Badge
1899
Bottle/Liquor
1995
Box/ jewelry
1930-1950
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Pipe bowl
1850-1900
Plate
1912
Political novelty
1991
Oliver C. Bosbyshell Mint and Treasury Medal
1891
The Lone Ranger Series - No. 2
1930-1950
Lady's costume: 1770
ca. 1959
Child's cup
1820-1850
Sewing box
1850-1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box/ Food
1890-1910
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Pin/ badge
1947
Medallion: Avla Nass Ovica
1896
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Medal
1902
Mallet noise maker
probably 1960s
Ribbon
ca. 1906
Piece of wood from the frigate "Constitution"
1800-1812
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Coin: half dollar, State Of Alabama Centennial, 1919
Identification card
2001
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Miniature pot and coffeepot
1875-1900
Sample/ clothes
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
after 1840
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Advertising cane
ca. 1880's
Boy Doll
ca. 1880
Souvenir "Carver" armchair
1920-1940
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
1882
Coin: half dollar, Huguenot-walloon Tercentenary, 1924
Pin-back button
1975-1985
Cleaning supplies
1940-1960
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Tin
1920-1950
Button
2003
American Institute Medal
ca. 1886
Plaque in case: Simon Bolivar
The Left Bank
Sansom Washington Commission Resigned, Presidency Relinquished Medal, 1797
1859
ABC & Picture Blocks: The House That Jack Built
1897
Coat
1880-1920
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1939-1945
Medicine
1920-1950
Wood fragment from the "Merrimac" w/document
ca. 1862
Travel/ medallion
1970-1995
Pinback button
1980-2000
Medal: General Lafayette 1777-1824
1824
Barack Obama
2008
Whetstone holder
1830-1840
Animal bone
ca. 1734
Bottle base: 18 century English
1760-1780
Hub cap
1850-1900
Game of the Diamond Heart
1902
Medicine
1880-1910
Makeup Tin
1930-1960
Photographic equipment
1900-1920
Pinback button
1890-1920
Hard Times tokens (2)
1833, 1836
Miniature coal bucket
1900-1930
Ribbon
ca. 1844
Commemorative cane
2005
Still bank
1880-1930
Needle case
1800-1850
Brooklyn Bridge Block Ball Puzzle
1883-1900
Box
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing card
1940-1960
Captain William Bainbridge Naval Medal
1817
Pin
1868
Commemorative t-shirt
2001
Collar Clip
1940-1945
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Al and Dick
Ribbon
ca. 1876
Mechanical bank
1880-1890
Bootjack
1870-1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco canister
1860-1890
Pinback button
1972
Medallion
ca. 1840
Chapeau (reproduction)
ca. 1900
Au Troquet
ca. 1960-1980
Automatic Waltzer
ca. 1890-1910
Card case
1870-1875
Milk Cart W/horse Man (2) Milk cans
1860-1890
National Academy of Design award medal
1830-1870
Familiar Quotations
ca. 1890
Box
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Chewing gum vending machine
1902-1910
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Civil War token
1863
Adolf Werner Plaquette
1907
Belt plate
1760-1783
moulding plane
1875-1900
Girl on tricycle
1860-1910
Set of (6) weights or measuring tools
1830-1880
Marbles (16)
1850-1920
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Hair Grooming
1960-1990
Comic book
1897
Cue stick

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