Collection Highlights

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Date:
1916-1922
Object Number:
1954.164
Medium:
Painted plaster

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Coaster
1940-1970
Personal item
1920-1942
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medallion:Albany Bicentennial...1886
1886
Caffe Roma
ca. 1960-1980
Tin of mints
2012
Miniature strainer
1825-1900
Doll
1840-1870
Iron object excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Natural History Jingles
1880
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Pen
1970-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1990-2000
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Gentleman's costume: Father of the Bride 1946
ca. 1964
Wisk/beater
1800-1850
The Picture Alphabet
ca. 1875
Sewing kit
1840-1890
Dress hat
1858-1865
Hair Grooming
1960-1990
Pinback button
1935-1940
Trade Sign
1992
Women's Encampment for Peace & Justice
1983
Pin
1996
Medal: Lt.General T.J Stonewall Jackson 1821-1863
1863 or later
Political button
1950s-1970s
Doll panty hose
Scoop/spoon
ca. 1775-1850
Ribbon
ca. 1876
Dollhouse furn: armoire
1920-1940
Squeak toy (dog)
1875-1900
Arrowhead
1500-1700
Button
1988
Box/ Candy
1900-1930
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Stop U.S. Economic Slavery/$/Laissez-Faire
1972
Captain Jacob Jones Naval Medal
1821-1885
Anche Vivolo and Vivilo
ca. 1960-1980
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
Groom's overcoat
1925
Bracelet
1968 or 1972
Hat, full brim; WWI officer's campaign hat
1917-1918
Model of New York World's Fair, 1939
ca.1939
Die
1800-1838
Puzzle
ca. 1869
Paperweight
1880-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Bottle/ food
1950-1960
Tin
1900-1930
Political novelty
1952-1956
Ulysses S. Grant Indian Peace Medal
1871-1879
Pin-back button
2008
Pin-back button
1968
Kings County Historical Society Souvenir Medal
1911
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
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
Parrot in cage
1850-1900
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
Match safe
1905-1915
400th Anniversary of Discovery of the Americas Medal
1892
'Copter Club
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
Campaign ribbon
1901
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
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
Sash
1910-1920
Pair of ear pendants
ca. 1904
Commemorative cane
2004
Coin: half dollar, Maine Centennial, 1820-1920
Plate buffer
1840-1860
Doll in original box
1920-1930
Needle case fragment
1720-1800
Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game
1887
Sewing Needles
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Souvenir
1876
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Office supply
1890-1920
Badge
ca. 1872
THE STOCK YARDS
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Medal
1878
Hoover Lucky Pocket Piece
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
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
Collection of fragments and two spools (6)
1775-1850
Marble: "w/ incrusted squirrel"
1850-1920
General Horatio Gates Military Medal
After 1840
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
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Le Madrigal
Token: Bank Token One Penny, 1837
Bust
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
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
Hard Times token
1837
William McKinley Inauguration Souvenir Badge
1897
Badge with lanyard
2009
Pipe bowl
ca. 1810
Model for elevated railroad 1871
1871
Albany Cutter
ca. 1830
Walking-stick
1875-1900
Miter with case
1850-1900
Bale seal
1760-1783
Commemorative Plaque
1928
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
Doll bathing suit
Token: Weighed in the Balance and Found...1840
Buttons
Miniature urn
1910-1940
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
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
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Die
1800-1838
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Miniature potted plant
1920-1950
'Round the World Joe
ca. 1890
Pair of gloves
1880-1900
Coat
1917-1918
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1910
Button
ca. 1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Store display jar
1890-1930
Souvenir
1917-1920
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Medal
1878
Insignia
ca. 1860s
Shopping bag
1892 Italian-American Exposition Medal
1892
Pin: Americna Legion Auxilary on card
Panorama
1784-1815
Card game
1850-1900
The Society of Medalists 1st Issue
1930
Hair Grooming
1907-1930
Swizzle stick
1940-1970
Thimble/ insurance
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1844
Mounted Animal specimen: Bat
1849
Box of crayons
ca. 1925
Dollhouse furn: pedestal to sink
1920-1940
Miniature high chest
1960-1980
Campaign necktie
1952
The Game of Dr. Busby
1843
Button
1978
Blotter
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
5-4 is not a mandate
2003
Allied Relief Medal
After 1916
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Coin: Thames + Seven Canal
Button
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
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
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back button
2003
Doll
ca.1904
Commemorative cane
2005
George Washington Seasons Medal
1798
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Gentleman's costume: 1875
ca. 1968
Dagger
1855-1870
Field mirror in case
1890-1910
Insignia
1860-1900
Ring
Doll
ca. 1904
Cane
2004
Reception and Entertainment Committee Ribbon
ca. 1896
Stereoscope
1860-1870
Gentleman's costume: 1845
ca. 1965
Wig: curly crest w/hairpin
1750-1800
Mansion of Happiness
1864
Ashtray
1937
Fan
1890-1920
Sock
1940-1960
Insignia
1910-1920
VIVA NICARAGUA LIBRE
ca. 1985
Daniel M. Fox Mint and Treasury Medal
1886-1892
ORSO
Daniel Webster Commemorative Medal
1852 or later
I am a Willkie Democrat
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Building blocks
1900-1910
Calipers
1750-1850
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
The Life Saving Benevolent Association Of New York Inc. 1849
ca. 1906
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1893
Chapeau (bicorne) with case
ca. 1899
Doll
1860-1880
Miniature coat rack
1930-1950
Framed set of musket and pistol balls (35) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
1760-1783
The Lively Game of Scramble
1896
Button
ca. 1990
Game of Yacht Race
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
Medal
1949
Bookmark
ca. 1879
Campaign cane
ca. 1908
2 horse team on platform w/wheels
1850-1900
Overcoat
1917-1918
Speaking Dog Bank
ca. 1885
Needle case
1800-1840
The Railroad ABC and Picture Blocks
1903
Capt. Timothy M. Stackpole FDNY Division 11
2002
Wrapper/ Food
1940-1960
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944
Button
1991
Sesquicentennial Exposition Souvenir Medal
1926
Trattoria
Saint George of England Medal
1941
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Tailcoat
1887
Cover (lid), photography accessory
1850-1870
Dolls' house candlestand
1920-1960
Paperweight
1887
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Travel/ medallion
1934
Pin
1890-1910
Roosevelt Can Win All American
American Festival Cafe
ca. 1984-1999
Mortar
1800-1850
Mold
1900-1930
Still bank
1875-1900
Fireman's belt: "exempt"
1850-1900
Cash: Honesty is the Best Policy
ca. 1890
Priscilla Ryan
1972
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times Token: Million for Defense, Not One Cent...
1837
Ribbon
1893
Buckle
1775-1783
Parasol: black w/carved handle w/floral motif
1850-1880
Miniature dog
1900-1920
Fire helmet: fireman 9?F?
1850-1880
Swan chariot
ca. 1887
Stamp
1850-1870
Combs (2)
1760-1783
Printer's Plate
1907
Seal tag/ Food
1940-1970
Paperweight/ medallion
1947
Button
1979
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
Bayonne Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Keith Haring button
Coin: Haf Dollar, Confederate States of America
1960-1961
Tobacco shop figure
ca. 1880-1910
Ribbon
1888
Miniature tureen
1900-1930
George Washington commemorative coat button
1811-32
Button
1968
Anti-temperance sign
1900-1920
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Pinback button
1896-1920
Ribbon
Capsouto Freres
ca. 1960-1980
Drafting tools in case
ca. 1900
High-back chair
1920-1940
Doll: in Spanish attire
1870-1900
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Game of Napoleon: The Little Corporal
1895
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tool
1890-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1989-2000
Civil War token
ca. 1860
United States Centennial Medal
1877
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Machine gun stock grip
1945-1955
Fire helmet: N.Y. Exempt Association V.D.
1854-1880
Native American pestle
1500-1700
Miniature fruit stand
1920-1940
Pocket Calendar w/ document
1841
Puzzle
ca. 1939
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1912
Packet/ Food
1980-2000
Trade sign
1900-1920
Badge/ medal
1902
Spoon
1950-1990
United States Centennial Commemorative Medal
1874
Political button
Sugar Daddy caricature printing gel
1973
Whale tooth
1910-1940
Badge
Bird
1900-1925
Forage cap
1899-1909
Pin-back button
ca. 1990
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1940-1960
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
No Third Term
ca. 1940
Tatany
ca. 1960-1980
Fruit knives (6) in leather case
1940s
Miniature luggage (3 pieces)
1920-1940
Walking-stick
1840-1870
French coin excavated at West Point
1773
Badge
1899
Bottle/Liquor
1995
Box/ jewelry
1930-1950
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1912
Political novelty
1991
Oliver C. Bosbyshell Mint and Treasury Medal
1891
The Lone Ranger Series - No. 2
1930-1950
Token: Williams Iowa Supply Iowa City IA 25c.
1900-1940
Veterans for McGovern
1972
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
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
Sample/ clothes
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
after 1840
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Advertising cane
ca. 1880's
Coin: half dollar, Rhode Island 1636-1936
hand cart
1850-1875
Boy Doll
ca. 1880
Souvenir "Carver" armchair
1920-1940
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
1882
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
The Left Bank
Jeton in envelope: Louis XV
Ell measure
1780-1820
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
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
Ribbon
ca. 1844
Commemorative cane
2005

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