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Abraham Lincoln
Date:
April, 1865
Object Number:
PR.011.10
Medium:
Albumen print, carte-de-visite photograph

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Box
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1991-2000
Thimble/ beverages
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain Isaac Hull Naval Medal
1816-1885
Top of the Six's
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
2011
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Medal
1909
Cup
1875-1925
Jenny Lind Doll
1850-1880
Cake board
1780-1830
The Jolly Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Perfume Bottle
1940-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1930-1950
Advertising sign
1900-1930
Button
1984
Allied Artists of America Medal
1927
The Great Game of Pharaoh's Frogs
1891
Button: w/photograghs of Pres.Mckinley and his cabinet 1900
Fragment from the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
ca. 1887
Child's plate
1825-1875
Coachman's overcoat
ca. 1925
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pen
1930-1950
Button
1952-1956
Medallion: Centennial of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
1925
Book-shaped wooden piece of Merrimac
1863
Pin-back button
2016
Fragment from the USS "Revenge"
1776
Apple parer
1800-1830
Wallpaper fragment from Mount Vernon
1780-1790
Dragoon helmet
1800-1825
Still bank
ca. 1881
Medicine
1930-1960
Souvenir token
1836
Tobacco premium
1900-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Cane
Joseph Florimond Loubat Medal
1910
Tobacco jar and cover
1890-1900
Walking-stick
1790-1840
Bottle w/label: Dr. Moyle's Inhaler & Catarrhal Douche
1871-1885
Fish Pond
1909
Button
1970-1980
Tin/ Candy
1906-1930
Glass cutter
1900-1940
Sign/ liquor
1920-1940
Pencil
1940-1960
Franklin Institute Plaquette
1938
Serendipity 3
We want F.D.R. again
Dr. Jekyll of Hyde Park
Butterfield dial and case
1685-1715
Waist belt with cartridge box
1860-1865
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1953-1960
Coaster
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1880
O!Dwyer /FOR/ U.S.SENATE
1974
Pair of men's shoes with shoe bags
Powder flask
1840-1870
Turkish flintlock rifle
1780-1820
Bottle w/label: Osgood's India Cholagogue New York
1840-1860
Apothecary jar with cover
1830-1890
Links (2) of the Fort Montgomery Chain in box
1776-1777
CombinationTiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
Ashtray
ca. 1930
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Bar Tray
1914-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Harlem Globetrotters Game
1971
Doll corset
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
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
Coin in box: half dollar: Bridgeport Conn.Centennial, 1936
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
Benjamin Franklin Medal
1784
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
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
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
Memorial token
1865
Lapel clip
Badge w/pin
Inkstand
1810-1900
Officer's dress coat
1898
Paperweight
1900-1920
Pins
1890-1920
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
Sesterius in envelope: face w/Caracalla
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
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
Parasol: black
1870-1900
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
New York for Ike 1956
1956
Home on the Range
ca. 1960-1980
Letter opener
ca. 1890
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Howard Military Medal
after 1830
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
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
Pocket book: woven geometric design
1740-1790
Walking-stick
1820-1840
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
Coin: Silver Quarter, Washington, 1932
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
Commercial Credit Company Medal
1937
Hotel St. Regis
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
Miniature bottle
1875-1900
Holster
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
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
Coin: half dollar, Illinois State Centennial
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
Medal in Box: Battle of Bennington...1777-1927
1927
Indian relic: Ax head
1500-1700
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
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
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
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
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
Pilgrim Fathers Medal
1920
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
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
Buttons
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
Artes Ad Astra: President's Medal of the National Academy of Design
1929
Oak Room
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising datebook
1901
Halliday Medal
1850-1880
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
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
Tailcoat
1900-1920
Walking-stick
1884
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
Centennial of the Battle of Fort Washington, No. 7 Medal
1876
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
Match safe
1913
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1860
The Rendez-vous of the Plaza
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
Charge plate
ca. 1960
Modeling tool
1850-1900
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
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
Ribbon
1883
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
Token: Borden's Econo-way Service 1 1/2 cent
1938-1939
Game of Authors
ca. 1890
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
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
Thread winder
1875-1900
Badge
Badge: NY Veteran Fireman's Assn...Oct. 3, 1888
1888
Miniature mold
1900-1920
Epaulet
1900-1930
Paperweight
1920-1940
Box/ watch
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1989
Pin
Nippon Club
ca. 1960-1989
Bobbin
1780-1820
Coin:...1642
Marble board game w/2 marbles
1800-1900
Grater
1875-1925
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
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
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

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