Collection Highlights

Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55

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Pull toy (bird)
1850-1875
Pull toy (ram)
1850-1900
Snuffbox
1800-1840
Necktie
1972
Ashtray/Coin plate
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Transportation token
1995-2003
Ribbon header
1905-6
Commemorative cane
2009
Trade sign
1810-1850
Snuffbox
1750-1825
Lady's costume: 1928
ca. 1962
Criss Cross Spelling Slips: Dog & Goose
ca. 1890
Hill's Spelling Blocks
1869
Ashtray
1940-1970
Fan
1876
Advertising cap
1980-2000
Pinback button
1940
VACUUM HOOVER
1928-1932
William Windom Mint and Treasury Medal
1890
General Horatio Gates Military Medal
After 1840
Ernie's
Improved History Cards
1884
Ribbon
Canteen
1860-1861
Bell from the ferryboat "Elizabeth"
ca. 1904
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
ca. 1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Printing
1868-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Third International Third Reich Third Term???
1940
Bookmark
1892
Clothespin
1750-1850
Fireman's belt: asst. foreman
1850-1900
Medicine bottle
1850-1900
Sword, scabbard and holster fragment
1862
Ribbon
1860-1920
Button
ca. 1985
Handkerchief
1893
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
1837
Ribbon pin
ca. 1881
Campaign cane
ca. 1898
Pair of child's gloves
ca. 1879
Pipe cleaner: soldier figure
1825-1875
Miniature table
1915-1935
Needle case
1840-1880
Self-Winding Stock Ticker
1923
Paperweight
1890-1920
Washing supplies
1910-1940
Coin tray
1900-1920
Pinback button
1930-1948
Button
Croton Aqueduct commemorative medal
1842
Le Bistro
Badge
ca. 1893
Waist belt (2)
1860-1870
Pliers (4)
1775-1795
Dolls' house chest
1920-1960
Jug
1920-1950
Medal: Christophorus Colomb.
ca. 1819
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1878
Pin
1890-1910
Roosevelt ILGWU
Cadillac Bar
ca. 1986-1999
Pastry jagger
1840-1860
Lady's costume: 1880
ca. 1959
Model hand pump fire fighting cart
1874
Table croquet q/box w/docu
1880-1910
Pearlware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
ca. 1890
SAVE CUNY/STOP THE ENROLLMENT REDUCTION TEST (ALIAS-THE 2YR. TEST/WE MUST ORGANIZE
1975-1985
Toy
1955-1990
Tobacco
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back campaign button
1968
Prohibition token
1855
Shoe buckle
1775-1783
Political flyer: Truman Barkley...
1948
Coffee grinder
1860-1900
Costume figurine
1950-1970
Hose carriage
1890-1900
Hook
1760-1783
Printer's Block
1880-1920
Token
1900-1930
Paperweight
1890-1920
Sign
1930-1960
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1947 or later
Token
ca. 2000
Music box
1870-1890
Chisels and punches (36)
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne) with box
1862-1869
February 6, 2002
2002
Mirror
1900-1940
Carton
1980-2000
Magnet
2001-2002
Chateau de Ramezay Medal
After 1896
Pinback button
1896-1920
Centenary of the Establishment of the Diocese of New York Medal
1908
The Black Sheep
ca. 1960-1980
iPod Shuffle
2005
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Doll house furniture: side chair
1920-1940
Toy cannon
ca. 1900
Fire helmet
1854-1880
The Comical Game of Who?
ca. 1910
Button
1981
Figurine
1920-1950
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Subway token
1995-2003
Civil War token
1863
Ribbon
1906
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Major General Alexander Macomb Military Medal
1824-1885
Fireman's belt: Hudson hose
1850-1900
High wheel bicycle
1883
Ship's clock
1840-1860
Table game
ca. 1894
Willkie for president of commonwealth and southern
1940
Advertising sign
1907-1930
Tin
1920-1940
Sign
1890-1940
Food spear
1950-1990
Sew it Up for Nixon-Lodge
1960
I was There ,2009 Inauguration, Obama, Biden
2009
Manhattan Project pin
1945-1950
Roosevelt, He's Good Enough for My Buck
Block from Seaman's Retreat
1858
Shako with plume
1880-1910
Connecticut copper
1787
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Lapel stud
Top of the Tower
ca. 1960-1980
Portable electric sewing machine, model 128-23
ca. 1952
Miniature potted holly bush
1920-1940
Gentleman's costume: 1775
ca. 1968
Which are You?
1875-1925
Shoulder patches
1940-1965
Sewing Needles
1940-1970
Beer Supply
1906-1920
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
Plate
1911
U.S. Merchant token
ca. 1860
American Institute Medal
ca. 1856
Heart charms on chain
ca. 1941 - 1945
Battle of Marne Medal
1915-1919
Pin in box: American Red Cross...
Spoon
1800-1900
Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
Canteen w/strap
1860-1865
Paperweight
1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pie Tin/ Food
1920-1950
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Button
1963
Lieutenant Edward R. McCall Naval Medal
1820-1885
New York World's Fair souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Miniature warming pan
1900-1940
Service cap
1917-1918
Dominoes
1950-1970
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Sign
1880-1920
Travel
1930-1960
New York City souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Medal in box: Britannian 1797 2 pence
1797
Baluster fragment from Dutch church
1700-1800
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Home Games for Little Girls
ca. 1870
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1900-1940
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
General Nathaniel Greene Military Medal
ca. 1890
Fugio cent
1787
Advertising cane
2000
Sand caster
1770-1800
Souvenir ashtray in box: Holland Society of N.Y.
1880-1910
Collection of five toy tents w/flags
1870-1910
Spectacles and case
1790-1800
Schuetzen rifle
1850-1865
Powder Box
1920-1940
Cleaning supplies
1962-1980
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Game
ca. 1985
Ribbon
1903
Medal
1906
Herbert Hoover Presidential Medal
1929
Peacock Alley, The Waldorf-Astoria
Sestertius in envelope: Trajan on face
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Benjamin Harrison Indian Peace Medal
1890-1900
Octant in case
1850-1870
Trousers
1941-1946
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1920-1940
Condom tin
1931-1940
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1985-2000
Lieutenant-Colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
1880
Seal press with New York Chamber of Commerce seal
ca. 1770, ca. 1850
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
ca. 1867
Indian Stone ax head or adze
Late Woodland period
Medicine bottle with stopper
1860-1890
Pistol balls (7) excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Ashtray
1901
Medicine tin
1880-1910
Pill box
1940-1960
Tobacco
1940-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Civil War token
1863
Ribbon
1885
Commemorative cane
2005
Oval container
ca. 1900
1195 ‎Nègre
1880-1920
Colllection of marbles in box
1800-1920
Needle case
late 18th-early 19th Century
Cartridge Pouch
1830-1850
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1997
Playing card
1940-1960
Bottle
1930-1960
Campaign token
1936-1940
Medal: Kings County HS 1911
1911 or later
The Rainbow Grill
Seal: good fellowship
ca.1911
Ribbon
1856
Sewing box
1860-1900
Merrill Carbine, Second Type
1863
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1930-1960
Coin/ periodical
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1997
National Arts Club
ca. 1960-1980
Nutmeg grater/tobbaco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Gentleman's costume: 1685
ca. 1963
The Improved Game of Snap
1889
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Gavel:...Edwd. H. Kent...
1881
The Commander of Our Forces: A Game for Old and Young
1863
Medicine
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Trade sign
1934-1940
Pinback button
1995-2000
VIETNAM PROTEST WASHINGTON EASTER 65 SPU
1965
Button
1899-1901
Belt plate
1760-1783
Gavel
1800-1850
Ship's clock
1890-1910
Toy towel stand
1860-1880
Sewing box
1840-1880
Lantern slides (12)
1880-1890
Box
1947
Pinback button
1956-1968
Cue stick
License plate
1964
Bottle
1880-1905
Laying of the First Trans-Atlantic Telegraphic Cable Commemorative Medal
1858
New York Sun
ca. 2000
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
1928
Calipers
1850-1870
Dress coat
1891-1906
Wax seal in box
ca. 1900
Box/ Food
Token
1934
Coin: US. 2 cents, 1867, (Bronze)
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 1986
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Ristorante Arqua
1980-1990
A I
1980-2000
clock
1840-1860
Top
1850-1900
Doll: female
1880-1910
Framed set of buttons and sleeve-links (41) excavated at Sneeden's Landing
1770-1783
Setto: Game of Syllables
1882
Mug/Shaving
1911
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Tin
1989
Bottle/ can opener
1901-1920
Hard Times token
1832-1835
Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Medal
ca. 1873
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Coat and trousers
1850-1900
Fragments of wooden clamp (2)
1775-1795
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Parasol: black w/tassel
1880-1910
Ballard Carbine
1862-1865
Tammany Delegate Badge
1904
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Trade sample
1943-1950
Bottle/ food
1910-1940
Commemorative token
1919
General Robert E. Lee Medal
ca. 1900
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Needle case
1840-1880
Jack-in-the-box
1850-1900
Walrus tusk
1850-1880
Capitol Dominoes
1950-1970
Box
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Thimble/ beverages
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General William Henry Harrison Military Medal
1824-1885
65 Irving Place
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
ca. 2000
Miniature book box
1910-1940
Fortune-telling doll
1825-1875
Needle case
1750-1780
The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
1897
Perfume Bottle
1960-1990
Shopping bag
1998
Coin: half dollar, Rhode Island 1636-1936
Bottle/ medicine
1930-1950
Advertising sign
1930-1950
Button
1993
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Plaquette
1909
Miraculum!
1920-1929
General U.S. Grant Commemorative Medal
1868
Badge in case
1850-1930
Saddle
Mechanical toy (three chickens in a coop)
1825-1875
Container: Spoon box
ca. 1723
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Advertising sign
1880-1910
Political novelty
1940
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Wood fragment from battleship Niagara
ca. 1812
Pin-back button
2016
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Ribbon: Alliance of Neptune and Pan Union of Erie Canal...
ca. 1825
Dragoon helmet
1700-1800
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Medicine advertising sign
1890-1930
Commemorative token
1840-1880
Tobacco handbag
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
1890-1920
Cane
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1920
Nutmeg grater/ tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Side-wheel steamer pull toy
1850-1900
Box
1775-1825
Fish pond
ca. 1890
Button
1988
Candy tin
1900-1930
Shoe horn
1920-1950
Pipe
1890-1930
Pen
1962-1970
Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition Medal
1909
Saint Nicholas Society Medal
1903
Mormando Restaurant
Robert M. Patterson Mint and Treasury Medal
1839-1881
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1844
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Hetchel
ca. 1774
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1952-1956
Coaster
1930-1950
Ribbon
STANLEY SIMON/ THE BRONX
1984
NEW YORK'S FAMOUS IRISH RESTAURANTS
Needle wax
1840-1880
Game of Steeplechase
1880-1920
Cutlass and Scabbard
1862
O'Grady's Goat: A Merry Game
ca. 1895
Ashtray
1931
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Store display/ bottle
1880-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Women For Clinton Gore Light The Way For Change
Doll bustle
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1884
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Bed W/ mattress
1920-1940
Doll: girl in pink gown w/violets
1880-1900
Needle case
1750-1800
Medal: U.S. Coast Guard Baroque Eagle
2000
Ashtray/ coin plate
1953
Fan
1900-1930
Napkin
1980-2000
Pinback button
1944
Pin
1960-1975
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Manny Wolf's Chop House
For Good Roads
Dagger and Scabbard
1855-1870
Buffs for daguerreotype plates (2)
1840-1860
Mortar and pestle
1750-1850
Corkscrew
1900-1940
Token
1878-1900
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1940-1960
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
United Nations
ca. 1960-1980
Girl on tricycle
1860-1910
Marie Depage and Edith Cavell Medal
1919
Quill pen made from a Bald Eagle feather, used by John James Audubon
c. 1820-1850
Druggist's jar and cover
1830-1880
Gavel made from deck of the U.S.S. Niagara
ca. 1813
Wyhoo: A Game for Old and Young
1906
Ashtray
1920-1960
Pen
1893
Tobacco
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times Token
1837
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Matchbook
1940-1945
Framed set of military buttons (17)
1770-1783
Badge: ...Engine Co. No.3, Mt. Vernon, NY, Aug. 6, 1904
1904
Clockwork toy: seated musician
1900-1930
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Butter mold
ca. 1815-1875
Match Holder
1894
Fan
1920-1950
Ashtray/ coin plate
1920-1940
Button or stud
1898-1900
Clothing hanger
1940-1960
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
Puzzle
1960-1970
Ribbon
ca. 1889
Tag: ...Hempstead...1915
1915
Miniature mold
1900-1920
Remington Model 1863 Percussion Contract Rifle
1862-1865
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Hotel Association of New York City 75th Anniversary Medal
1953
Shopping bag
1970-2000
Travel/ pencil
1940-1960
Tobacco
1910-1930
Zachary Taylor Presidential Medal
1850
Le Bernardin
ca. 1986-2007
Obama Presidential Playing Cards
2012
Game of Peter Coddles
1883-1895
Doll w/cape and ribbon
1930-1960
Miniature doll
1890-1920
Ship's starboard lantern
1850-1900
The Sectional Steamer & Hose Puzzle
ca. 1885
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1999
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War tokens
1863
Major General Jacob Brown Military Medal
ca. 1880
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fork
1790-1825
Single blade chopping knife
1770-1870
Jointed sheet metal figure
1775-1825
Window glass fragments (3) from St. Paul's Chapel
1766
The New Pretty Village Church Set
1897
Button
1970
Fan
1930-1950
Packet
1940-1960
Sign
1885
Utensil
1940-1960
Badge in case
1868-1930
Political button
1976
Doll robe
For President Will-[hanging key]
1940
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Forage cap
1893-1899
Write in Dick Gregory President Peace and Freedom
ca. 1968
Fan
1910-1930
Lapel pin
2002
Coin
1943
Pin-back button
ca. 1970
Joseph Francis Life Saving Medallion
1890
All Those in Favor Say Ike
1953-1961
Chin Chin
ca. 1960-1980
Johnson Humphrey Vote Democratic
1964
Panorama of the Visit of Santa Claus to the Happy Children
ca. 1880
Cane
1850-1900
Boot ornament
1875-1910
Aiguillettes
1945-1965
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Commemorative token
1932
Button hook
1890-1930
Cigar box
1880-1890
Hard Times token
ca. 1837

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