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Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6

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Pinback button
1896-1910
Harlem Globetrotters Game
1971
Doll corset
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Rabbit plane
1850-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1785
ca. 1960
Prescription scale and set of weights in case
1830-1880
Magnet
1999
Candle holder
1910-1930
Fan
1900-1930
Shoe horn/ hotel
1980-2000
Pinback button
1944
Office supply
1940-1960
Medal: The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
ca. 1900
Gilmore's Steak House
U.S. Grant
Needle case
1790-1830
Tavern Sign
ca. 1785
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Token
1900-1930
Placemat
1980-2000
Thimble/ shoes
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Coin
Tower Suite
ca. 1960-1980
Autoperipatetikos
ca. 1862
Model for elevated railroad 1871
1871
Copperplate for House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Havell Plate no. 83, from John J. Audubon's series "Birds of America"
1830
Apothecary bottle
1850-1900
Waist belt
1860-1875
Game of Luck
1909
Ashtray
1930-1970
Salt shaker
1940
Tobacco
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (3)
1833
Ribbon
ca. 1926
Matchbook
1941
Decorative box:inlaid
1800-1830
Ribbon
ca. 1906
Toy omnibus: Broadway 4th Avenue
ca. 1872
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Match Holder
1888
Fan
1932
Ashtray/ coin plate
1940-1960
Button or stud
1898
Restaurant token
1930-1960
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
Souvenir pin-ball game
ca. 1968
Lapel clip
Badge w/pin
Inkstand
1810-1900
Officer's dress coat
1898
Paperweight
1900-1920
Pins
1890-1920
Medal: relief of Lincoln
1868-1895
Shopping bag
1998
Travel/ pen
1980-2000
Tobacco
1910-1930
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1818-1885
Hotel Macklowe
ca. 1987-1995
Mitt Romney candy dispenser
2012
'Round the World Joe
ca. 1890
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Pipe rack
1800-1850
Saddle
1860-1865
The Sawyer Sunday Blocks
ca. 1890
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1946
Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
"Bryan Money" One Silver Dollar
1896
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Spoon
1840-1862
Apple parer
1863
Bayonet, early 19th C. U.S.
1800-1830
Wood fragment from Abraham Lincoln's log cabin
ca. 1809
Puzzle
1750-1800
U.S. OUT of Middle East/Bring the Troops Home/Coalistion to Stop U.S. Intervention in the Middle East
1990-1995
Fan
1920-1940
Dental floss
1940-1960
Sign
1890-1910
Utensil
1940-1960
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Political button
1976?
Doll dress
Lock plate assembly and hammer for percussion rifle
1862
Carved horse
1850-1900
Ax head excavated at a Revolutionary War military hut
1760-1783
Ross Perot for President '92
1992
Fan
1908
Cup
1980-2000
Coin
1943
Medal
1896-1920
Advertising ribbon
ca. 1909
New York for Ike 1956
1956
Home on the Range
ca. 1960-1980
Letter opener
ca. 1890
Miniature nutcracker
1890-1920
Cane
1840-1860
Mold: cookie board
1780-1830
Inauguration ticket
1961
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Pen
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Cigar box
1920-1950
Civil War token
1863
Medal: Restauration of Europe, 1808
ca. 1808
Knife
mid 20th Century
Walking-stick
ca. 1883
Sash w/badge in case: Order of the Crown of Belgium
Powder flask
1840-1870
Memo holder
1890-1920
Rifle
1780-1800
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Lid
1890-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Bust
1940-1950
Ruler
1880-1900
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medal
1824
Pin-back button
Shopping bag
ca. 2008
Coin: half dollar, Illinois State Centennial, 1918
Miniature plates (7)
1880-1900
Pitcher (4) excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1740-1760
Fire helment frontpiece
ca. 1982
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Toy
1950-1960
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin
1890-1920
Memorial candles (2)
1970
Ribbon
ca. 1875
Oyster shucking knife
1850-1910
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
2 babies in carraige
1860-1900
Calendar gauge and compass
1870-1900
Komical Konversation Kards: A Kuriously Kontrived Kaptivating Kuriosity
1893
Bottle
1880-1910
Teapot
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Souvenir
1950-1960
Zachary Taylor Indian Peace Medal
After 1860
Commercial Credit Company Medal
1937
Hotel St. Regis
Collection of 6 coins in envelope, 2 medals, 41 medallion
Pin: 3 year
Necktie
1935-1945
Astrolabe
1850-1910
Apple parer
ca. 1853
Paperweight
1892-1893
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Portrait
1914
Tobacco tin
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1779-1863
KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT
1960
Bottle: Pine Tree Tar Cordial Phil A 1859
1860-1875
Hat
1942
Gasoline truck
1920-1940
Wooden box made from the bed of Robert Burns
1800-1860
Tiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
Cap
1915-1920
Box
1890-1920
Tobacco pipe
1900-1960
Insignia
1890-1920
Coin
1851
Doll handkerchief
1870-1880
Souvenir cane
ca. 1901
Parasol: black
1870-1900
Die
1800-1838
Pull toy: locomotive
1900-1910
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Button
2000
Cosmetic Jar
1880-1910
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
RYAN
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
The White Turkeys
Epaulet
ca. 1777
Shingle from Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh
1750-1775
Marquis de Lafayette Medal
ca. 1789 or later
Box
1800-1840
Fragment- nutcracker
1750-1850
Paperweight
1920-1940
Tin/ Food
1912-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Badge
Bouley Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
Centennial
1875-1885
Forks
1790-1825
Miniature Furniture, "Butler's" Tray Table
ca. 1983
Windup toy: musician and dancer
1900-1930
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Drawings Made Easy for the Kindergarten
1897
Pin-back button
ca. 1985
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Store display
ca. 1890
Pinback button
1890-1920
Token
1850-1900
Timothy D. Sullivan Association Annual Outing Member Badge
1911
Matchbook
1940-1945
Walking-stick
1820-1840
Collection of carved sheep (16)
1850-1925
Top
ca. 1875
Seal (facsimile)
ca. 1892
Cup or dipper
ca. 1750-1800
Box
1900-1930
Bottle/ food
1910-1940
Paperweight
1950-1960
Desk clock
ca. 2000
Pin
1940
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Medal
1920
Clip w/Chain on Ring
ca. 1850
Token: One cent, Steam-Boat Company 1815
ca. 1815
Miniature food mold
1900-1940
Slant-front desk
1777-1794
Paperweight
1981
Fan/ invitation
1988
Medal: Lincoln and Hamilton 1861
1861 or later
Sign
1950
Postcard
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Andrew Jackson Military Medal
1822-1885
Chevy's
ca. 1987-1997
Gay Men's Health Crisis handout
1986
Authors
ca. 1890
Toy: locomotive
1850-1900
Le Gai Violiniste
1897
Seal impression
1854
Game of Old Maid
ca. 1900
Collar Pins
1890-1920
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 1990
Civil War tokens (2)
ca. 1863
Political souvenir
1916
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
The Game of Jack Straws
ca. 1888
Apple parer
ca. 1853
Eibar spanish cartridge pistol
Purse
1770-1776
Hat
1864
Hair Grooming
1960-1990
Trade sign
1890-1920
Letter opener
1920-1940
Pinback button
1995
Press badge: Fire lines
1910-1940
Political button
1968
Doll skirt
Dollhouse furn.: bird in birdcage
1920-1940
Squeak toy (girl and nest with eggs)
1875-1900
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1900-1920
Apothecary jar with lid
1850-1900
Tin/ Candy
1970-2000
Hardware/ household
1900-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Medallion: ...America
Artes Ad Astra: President's Medal of the National Academy of Design
1929
Oak Room
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising datebook
1901
Miniature carriage
1875-1910
Dollhouse furn: desk w/shell decoration inside
1920-1940
Child's whistle
1850-1950
Prize Mother Goose Pictures Dissected
1884
Paperweight
1880-1920
Bank
1950-1980
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Plaque
1910-1940
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
Help Little Joe
1930-1950
Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
1837
Badge
Game pieces (132)
1850-1900
Printing press
ca. 1882
Bandage roller
1861-1865
Paperweight
1882-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Bottle/ Food
1962-1990
Untitled
2001
Food spear
1950-1990
Horatio C. Burchard Mint and Treasury Medal
1879-1885
Medal
ca. 1911
Pen
1968
Token/coin: Lucky Penny Pocket Piece, Pan-Amer. Expo.1901
1936-1943
Miniature rug
1920-1940
Delftware tile fragments (2) excavated at the Blue Bell Tavern
1750-1783
Coin: California Gold, Octagonal
Button
2001
Hardware/ household
1949
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Pincushion
1800-1900
Political ribbon
1889-1893
Box of crayons
1910-1940
Dollhouse furn: bed
1920-1940
Doll in brown velvet dress
1850-1910
Jacknife excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
The Improved Fish Pond Game
1888
Bottle
1890-1920
Calendar/ thermometer
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Store display
1930-1950
Coin in box: half dollar: Bridgeport Conn.Centennial, 1936
Match safe
1913
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1860
The Rendez-vous of the Plaza
Henry R. Linderman Mint and Treasury Medal
1872
The American Way With Willkie
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920
Blacking bottle
1850-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1863
Paperweight
1890-1930
Pinback button
1918
Medicine tin
1900-1930
Sign
1950-1960
Pinback button
1980-2000
George Washington Bicentennial Medal
1932
I am a friend of Cast Iron Architecture
Bottle: Rheumatic Syrup 1882
1885-1910
James A. Garfield Presidential Medal
1881
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Clothespin
1750-1850
ABC Cubes
ca. 1885
Sewing Supplies
1940-1970
Tissues
1954
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Sash
1910-1920
Pair of child's shoes
ca. 1904
Commemorative cane
ca. 1855
Buttons
Snuff box w/stickers
1800-1850
Sword cane
1780-1820
Comb
1780-1810
Game of Mail Express and Accommodation or Interstate Commerce
1895
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Box/ Candy
1906-1930
Sewing
1940-1960
Souvenir token
1836
Office supply
1920-1940
The New York Public Library Medal
1961
Zucca's
William Starling Powder Horn
1760
Medallion in box: Haviland...
1926
Reception Committee Hughes Meeting Yonkers, N.Y. November 3, '16
1916
Washington Irving Plaquette
1912
Box
1800-1870
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
1863-1866
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Clip/ food
1950-1970
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1990
President Nixon
Fonda La Paloma
Nutcracker
1800-1875
Holster
1860-1870
Fire helmet
1900-1920
Horse pull toy with foal
1860-1890
Case
1850-1900
Ribbon badge:...No.3 Plattsburgh...Firemen's Assn...Aug. 20-23 1889
1889
Medicine
1930-1950
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1913
Pinback button
1896-1910
Athletic medal
1948
Ribbon
ca. 1861
Campaign cane
ca. 1884
Walking-stick
1884
breast plate
1855-1863
Lady's costume: 1806
ca. 1968
Jigsaw puzzle
1950-1960
Priming horn
1755-1825
Box
1950-1970
Pocket watch
1894-1910
Sewing Supplies
1894
Plate
1840-1860
Clothing hanger
1910-1940
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Copain Restaurant
Badge
Badge: NY Veteran Fireman's Assn...Oct. 3, 1888
1888
Miniature mold
1900-1920
Epaulet
1900-1930
Paperweight
1920-1940
Marquis de Lafayette Medal
1789
Box/ watch
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1989
Pin
Nippon Club
ca. 1960-1989
Bobbin
1780-1820
Miniature cat figurine
1910-1940
Marble board game w/2 marbles
1800-1900
Grater
1875-1925
Model of steam fire engine
ca. 1900
Bradley's Toy Village Fire Deparment Set
1909
Lithograph Stone
1890-1920
Souvenir ash tray
1901
Transportation token
1930-1960
Swizzle Stick
1940-1970
Hard Times token
1837
Campaign ribbon
1876
Badge of the Veterans, Seventh Regiment New York National Guard
1899
Winchester Single Shot Rifle (Highwall Standard Model)
1885-1910
Apple parer
1881
Road roller
ca. 1927
Ribbon from Society of the Cincinnati badge
1785
Officer's cap
1870-1892
Plaque
1843-1900
Comic Book
1897
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1910
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Medal: Rockefeller Center
ca. 1934
Political button
1966
Doll apron
Dollhouse furn: medicine cabinet
1920-1940
Miniature book box
1910-1940
Chapeau bras with case
ca. 1898
Civil War token
1863
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
The World Says No to War Feb 15 NYC
2003
Coin:U.S. Trade Dollar, 1876
Pinback button
1896-1910
George Washington "Letter to Hamilton" Medal
1864
One, if by Land Two, if by Sea
ca. 1960-1980
Glove stretcher
ca. 1900-1920
Soldiers (pair)
1880-1920
Lace pillow
1730-1780
Photoscope
1930-1940
Game of India
ca. 1890
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Token
1920-1940
Medicine
1930-1960
Stand
1940-1960
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
The Bughouse
1930-1950
Spoon
1650-1750
More than Ever I Like Ike
Doll: girl in white dress w/peach ribbons and hat
ca. 1894
Glove
ca. 1824
Coat
1940-1945
Button
1968
Button
ca. 1980
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin
1920
Souvenir
1920-1950
Medal in box: Armory Seventh Regt....
1877
Two Garden pins and box
Shopping bag
Ribbon fragment
After 1848
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Medallion: Bruce Crane
1902
1867 Silver Dollar box cover
1870-1900
Hair Grooming
1890-1920
Medallion
1904-1930
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pinback button
1944
Fugio cent
1787
Box of crayons
1905-1940
Miniature jar
1910-1940
Gentleman's costume: 1690
ca. 1967
Phonograph record box
1902
The New Pretty Village Boathouse Set
1897
United Nations Outlaw Nuclear Weapons!
1975-1985
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Coin: half dollar, Ulysses Grant, 1822-1922
Medallion
1879
Commodore Matthew C. Perry Presentation Medal
1856
Hotel Pierre
Collection of 10 coins (roman) in envelope
Button
ca. 1896
Medal: Maj. Gen. George McClellan
ca. 1870
Child's plate
1825-1875
Apple parer (knife-fragment)
1800-1830
Campaign pin
1864
Box/ Food
1906-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1992
Button
ca. 1974
Aero Club of America Medal
1917
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Glass
1964-1965
Blow horn noise maker
probably 1960s

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