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Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
Date:
1950
Object Number:
1956.7
Medium:
Oil on paper laid on board

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Miniature baby carriage
1960-1980
Phonograph record in box: Bill Simmons
1904
Young Folks Geographical Game
ca. 1890
Washington Vietnam March Nov. 27 For Peace
1965-1975
Bank
1940-1960
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
Medallion
1879
Samuel P. Avery Medal
1897
Cotillion Room
Collection of 10 coins in envelope
Button
Medal: Syracuse New York May 17-18 1899
1899
Child's plate
1825-1875
Apple parer (without knife)
ca. 1830-1860
George McClellan Presidential Campaign Medal
1864
Box/ Food
1906-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1992
Button
1962
Campaign ribbon
1896
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Blow horn noise maker
probably 1960s
Toy figurines: pioneer and infantrymen, rural life figures
1870-1910
Pull toy (horse)
1850-1900
Snuffbox
1800-1830
Pin-back button
2000
Ashtray/Coin plate
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Album
ca. 1944
Ribbon header
1905-6
Commemorative cane
2005
Snuff jar with cover
1850-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1850
ca. 1961
Spectacles
ca. 1840
The Meteor Game
ca. 1900
Gas mask
1940-1945
Ashtray
1930-1960
Fan
1890-1920
Advertising box
1880-1900
Pinback button
1940
Button
1960
Calvin Coolidge The Union League of Philadelphia Membership Medal
1927
Restaurant Nippon
Terrestrial globe
1542
Convention ribbon
1916
Powder horn
1709-1759
Safe
1750-1775
Greatcoat
1885-1905
Pin-back button
ca. 1980
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Printing
1905
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1892
Shoulder straps (pair)
1863-1865
Squeak toy (bird in cage)
1875-1900
Miniature goblets (pair)
1900-1940
Whistle
1875-1925
Hurdle Race: It is Great Sport
ca. 1905
Proud/UAW/Retiree
ca. 1990
Postcard set
1939
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1800-1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1915
Universal ring dial
1600-1700
Miniature easy chair
1920-1940
Automatic pen/pencil
1740-1795
Hunting figure w/moveable legs
1800-1900
Ashtray/ Coin Plate
1900-1930
Washing supplies
1910-1940
Paperweight
1940-1960
Bottle: Brant's Indian Balsam
1850-1880
Pinback button
1940
Button
Medallion in case: Holland Tunnel
1927
La Grande Cuisine de France Restaurants
General Horatio Gates Military Medal
1801-1879
Reception and House Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Billfold
1940-1945
Le Petit Architecte Parisien
1860-1900
Spoon
1700-1800
Jug
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1913
Pin
1890-1910
Go 4th to Win the War
China Club
ca. 1980-1997
Noggin
1850-1930
Still bank
1880-1900
Hat: bolero style, black
1900-1950
Rolling pin
ca. 1842
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
1888
Pin-back button
ca. 1985
Toy
1955-1990
Tobacco
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1834
Prohibition token
1855
Shoe buckle
1775-1783
Seal stamp: Tancanquiz...(?)
1775-1850
Whetstone holder
1834
Doll: on stand in black coat
ca. 1913
Snuff jar
1850-1900
Percussion cap pouch with belt fragment
1860-1865
Coll. of 3 coins: Nova Caesarea, 1787 (New Jersey)
Printer's Block
1901
Bookmark/ Food
1900-1930
Paperweight
1890-1920
Ribbon/ medal
1889
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
New York City Tercentennial Medallion
1953
Keith Haring button
Fulton Trust Company Plaquette
1915
Sand caster
1770-1800
Child's plate
1804-1830
Box with four forms and packet of gold leaf
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne) with case
ca. 1899
New York Philharmonic Stagebill for April 17-20, 2002
2002
Fan
1920-1950
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Proudly We Hail
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1920
Bibliographical Society Medal
1928
Toons
ca. 1960-1980
Protractor
ca. 1900
Doll house furniture: side chair
1920-1940
Still bank
1932-1934
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn, A.M.
1854-1880
The Game of What D'ye Buy
ca. 1895
Box/ Collar
1869-1910
Stickers
1987-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Button
ca. 1990
Civil War token
1863
Theodore Roosevelt Republican Campaign Badge
1904
Mercedes SS 1928
1928
Sailor
ca. 1850-60
Fire helmet: Chief
ca. 1873
Milestone
1822-23
Straight pin
1850-1900
Puzzle
1850-1900
Pin-back campaign button
1948
Toy/ Food
1940-1970
Collection
1910-1920
Game of Lost Heir
ca. 1885
Sign
1890-1940
Spoon
1950-1990
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Yes We Did
2009
Sugar Daddy tennis racket head cover
1973
Oval container
ca. 1900
Two Good Terms Deserve a Rest
Fragment of Washington's coffin
1799
Dress helmet
1880-1900
Virginia half penny
1773
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Protection Sound Money
Brasserie
ca. 1960-1980
World War II student identification tag
ca. 1942
Epaulets (pair) in original box
ca. 1861
Doll
1900-1930
Seal impression in box
1853-1880
Shoulder patches
1941-1945
Paperweight/ medallion
1925
Tobacco tin
ca. 1912
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1909
Hard Times token
1837
John Paul Jones Plaquette
1906
Handkerchief set in box
ca. 1941 - 1945
Coin:1 penny, 1861
1861
Badge w/tag
Spoon
1825-1875
Purse
1850-1900
Trousers
1940-1945
Paperweight
1900-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Plate/ Food
1920-1950
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Button
ca. 1964
Coast Survey (Bache) Life Saving Medal
After 1861
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
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
The Commercial Tercentenary of New York 1614 1914
1914
Powder Box
1920-1940
Cleaning supplies
1962-1980
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Game
ca. 1985
Ribbon
1903
Medal
1906
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
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
Magic trick
1880-1920
Bottle
1930-1960
Campaign token
1936-1940
Medal: Kings County HS 1911
1911 or later
The Rainbow Grill
Bicentennial of the City of Albany Commemorative Medal
1886
Seal: good fellowship
ca.1911
Ribbon
1856
Sewing box
1860-1900
Merrill Carbine, Second Type
1863
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
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
Collection of carved animals (7)
1850-1900
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
$10 Eagle
1801
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1920
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
1928
Calipers
1850-1870
Dress coat
1891-1906
Wax seal in box
ca. 1900
Box/ Food
Token
1934
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
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
Award medal: Van Wert, Paulding, and Williams
ca. 1930
Bottle/ food
1910-1940
Commemorative token
1919
General Robert E. Lee Medal
ca. 1900
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
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
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
Nutmeg grater/ tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Side-wheel steamer pull toy
1850-1900
Box
1775-1825
Coin in box: half dollar: Long Island Tercentenary 1936
Fish pond
ca. 1890
Button
1988
Candy tin
1900-1930
Shoe horn
1920-1950
Pipe
1890-1930
Pen
1962-1970
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
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
Medal: Abraham Lincoln for President 1864
1864
Napkin
1980-2000
Pinback button
1944
Pin
1960-1975
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Manny Wolf's Chop House
Major General Ulysses S.Grant Military Medallion
1865
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
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
John Quincy Adams Indian Peace Medal
After 1861
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
Coin: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1785
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
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
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
Edward Everett Bartlett Plaquette
1926
Packet
1940-1960
Sign
1885
Utensil
1940-1960
Badge in case
1868-1930
Political button
1976
Doll robe
Parasol: black and white w/carved leaf handle and tassel
1860-1890
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

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