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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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Squeak toy (baby in cradle)
1875-1900
Doll: girl in red plaid dress
1830-1860
Linch pin
1775-1783
The Mansion of Happiness
1895
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Advertising token
1925-1950
Medicine
1900-1930
Pinback button
1942
Button
ca. 2000
Doll hat
1870-1880
Dexterity games
1930-1950
Game of India
ca. 1895
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Miniature table
1915-1935
Bow
1895-1901
Worcester table knife
ca. 1751-1783
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1910
Button
1977
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Cup
1911
Coin : half dollar, Columbian Expos. Chicago 1893
Ruler
1940-1960
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1962
Pin-back button
1960
Shopping bag
Frag. of flag flown at masthead of U.S.S. Brooklyn in Battle of Santiago, 1898
ca. 1898
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Chess set
1875-1900
Forage cap
ca. 1863
Badge
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1930
Calendar
1902
Thimble/ periodical
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
1844
Cafe Iguana
ca. 1960-1980
Box of crayons
1925-1950
Child's plate
1830-1880
Miniature playpen
1960-1980
Campaign sign
1940
The Popular Game of Tiddledy Winks
1897
Tag
1975-1985
Medallion
1922
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
Token
ca. 1860
John S. Pershing Medal
1919
Spool of ribbon
1945-1959
Coin ... Fait LaForce 5 cents
1884
Button
Still bank
ca. 1934
Child's plate
1830-1880
Playing cards (52)
1800-1850
Lapel Stud
ca. 1884-1892
Tin/ Medicine
1920-1950
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tin
1881-1920
3 Ribbons
16 to One
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Great Battlefields: A Parlor Game
1886-1888
We like Ike
Still bank
1870-1890
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
measuring device
1750-1850
Pin-back button
2000
Box/ Food
1920-1950
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tin
1881-1920
Token
1855
Pin-back button
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Glass
1964-1965
Captain James Lawrence Naval Medal
1868-1885
Bell noise maker
probably 1960s
Grover Cleveland Presidential Campaign Medalet
1888
Toy armchair
1875-1900
Walrus tusk
1860-1900
Pin-back button
1976
Ashtray
1920-1960
Souvenir coin
1853
Travel/ pin
1890-1920
Insignia
1890-1910
Pin-back button
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2007
Stereoscope
1873-1880
Walking-stick
1880-1900
Needle case
1750-1800
Grandmama's Sunday Game of Bible Questions: New Testament
1887
Ashtray
1930-1960
Fan
1900-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Button
1966
Medal in box:...Peru...Elihu Root
1906
PAPA LOU'S
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Railway and Steamship Sound Money Club Ribbon
1896
Lion and Two Monkeys
ca. 1883
Calipers
1750-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Soap
1950-1960
Tobacco
1900-1930
Lady's costume: Bride of 1946
ca. 1964
Pinback button
1896-1910
Rotten eggs with Roosevelt Omlettes with Willkie
Bookmark
1893
Spoon
1700-1800
Mechanical box: boy and girl on seesaw
ca. 1850
Miniature potted plants (4)
1910-1940
Shoe sole excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Nine Men Morris, Man in the Moon
ca. 1900
Pin
ca. 1990
Jigsaw Puzzle
1988
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1860-1900
Athletic medal
1951
Ribbon
1800-1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1908
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Toy train
1900-1910
Needle case
1790-1830
Flight bag
1950-1975
FF Kevin M. O'Rourke FDNY Rescue 2
2002
Wrapper/ Food
1990-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Token
1880-1900
Button
Doll's cape
1870-1880
Mario's Villa d'este
Napoleon III Medal
1850-1870
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Push toy
ca. 1900
Novelty Bank
ca. 1873
Dolls' house sofa table
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Travel/ medallion
1934
Button
1890-1910
Pin-back button
1936
Game of Leap Frog
ca. 1890
Coffee mill
Music box
1850-1900
Ship model: Waterline Recognition; USS Kongo
1944-1946
Delftware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1750-1783
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
Bottle/Medicine
1930-1950
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1990-2000
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Unit insignia
1775-1783
Parasol: peach lace w/bamboo motif handle
1850-1880
Miniature Furniture, Settee
ca. 1983
Spontoon blade
1760-1783
Bleeding bowl
1840-1860
Cascabel
1760-1783
Button
1970
Pie Tin/ Food
1920-1950
Cue stick
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
World's Fair Souvenir Plate
1960s
Token: Webster Credit Currency, 1841
Button
Society of Tammany or Columbian Order Ribbon
1887
Scale
ca. 1876
Model 1816 U.S. Flintlock Musket
1831
Pin-back button
1964-1976
Tongs
1900-1930
Trade sign
1950-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
John Barry Commemorative medal
ca. 1903
Il Cantinori
ca. 1960-1980
MNESTY FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS OF SPAIN, AFLCIO LOCAL 64 UNION MADE
1975-1980
Katherine of Aragon
1950-1970
Bottle
1800-1830
Boots (pair)
1910-1919
The Game of Politics or the Race for the Presidency
1889
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1998
Button
ca. 1970
United States Centennial Medal
1877
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Pie crimper
ca.1800-1850
Chapeau bras
1850-1870
United States Military Academy Sesquicentennial
1952
Steam whistle
1877-1880
Butter churn, cover, and dasher
ca. 1825-1850
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1917
Box/ Bottle
1890-1930
Trade sign
1900-1930
2 medals in envelope: Opening Ritz Carlton Hotel 1910,
1910
Box
1890-1920
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Medal: Penn's Treaty 1682 (in box)
ca. 1882
Political button
Bobby Riggs signature printing gel
1973
Whale's tooth
1880 - 1890
Collec. of 3 coins:2 Rosa Americana(Perry)1822-23; 1 twopens
1822-1823
Mechanical toy (chicken)
1825-1875
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Swipe card instructions
ca. 2001
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Paint Samples
1950-1970
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
The Orchid Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
WTC 2011 ID Badge of Louis DiGeronimo
2001
Dollhouse furn: victrola
ca.1924
Thimble
1825-1850
Cake board
1825-1835
Game of District Messenger Boy or Merit Rewarded
1886
Bottle/Liquor
1920-1930
Box
1874-1900
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1951
Political novelty
1997
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Medal
1945
1943 Steel cents (70)
1943
Collection of 7 coins in envelope
Button: Viva McGovern/Shriver
ca. 1972
Hall's Excelsior
1869
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Pastry sleeve
1800-1880
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1930-1950
Box
1963-1972
Knife
1880-1900
3 loose buttons
ca. 1940
Key to the powder magazine of Fort William and Mary
1750-1800
Medal
ca. 1912
Matchbook
ca. 1965
Whirligig
1875-1900
Daguerreotype camera
ca. 1850
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Butter mold
ca. 1800-1850
Transit Not Westway
1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Liquor
1950-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
After 1863
Schenectady Sunday School Celebration Ribbon
1800-1850
Cane
ca. 1880's
Children's scroll: children and animal pattern
1870-1930
Gentleman's costume: 1907
ca. 1964
Sewing case
ca. 1818
Jim Crow Ten Pins
1890-1910
World Peace through Nuclear Disarmament
1981
Token
1890-1920
Handkerchief
1893
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Badge
1906
William Pitt Medal
1766
Cavaliere
Coin: Africa
Button
1940
Helmet
ca. 1918
Altimeter
1890-1920
Coat
1915-1918
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1939-1945
Medicine
1920-1950
Coin: 1619
Store dispenser
1890-1910
We Still Have A Dream/Jobs/Peace/Freedom/March on Washington/August 27, 1983
1983
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Silk ribbon from the Erie Canal celebration, New York City
1825
Sugar nips
1750-1850
Toy chest of drawers
1825-1875
Chiromagica
ca. 1870
Z.243a-f
1880-1930
The Game of Tri-Bang
1888
Medicine
1900-1920
Box
1950-1970
Photographic equipment
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1920
Hard Times token: Phalons Hair Cutting, 1837
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1930
Campaign cane
ca. 1964
Rake
ca. 1850
2 compartment box w/handle containing collection of marbles
1840-1900
Centennial Castanets
ca. 1876
Miniature street light
1930-1940
Box
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing card
1940-1960
Pitcher
1890-1910
Office supply
1890-1920
Badge: Delegate firemans Ass. NY 1907
ca.1907
Danny's Hide-A-Way
Medal: Robert Weeks DeForest... 1872-1922
1922
Lapel button
George Washington Seasons Medal
1798
Mechanical bank: Hall's Excelsior
1869
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1675-1775
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco canister
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940
Badge with photo and tassle
ca. 1868
Model 1903 Springfield Rifle
1922
Peter Luger
ca. 1960-1980
Sugar nips
1790-1840
Mechanical bank: Jumbo the Elephant
1880-1900
Horse pulling red "Pure Milk" Cart with driver
1860-1890
Pothook excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1776-1783
The Game of Penny Post
1892
Thomason's Erie Canal Medal
1825
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel
1890-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Token
ca. 1860
Ribbon
1904
Cartridge box badge
1760-1783
Round box in box (possibly snuff box)
ca. 1820-1880
Snuffbox
1800-1850
Doll: girl w/fur trimmed coat and velvet hat on stand
ca. 1893
Set of (5) weights or measuring tools
1830-1880
Box
1906-1940
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Plate
1910
Stereograph viewer
1860-1880
Myron T.Herrick Commemorative Medal
ca. 1929
Postage Cent
The Society of Medalists 2nd Issue
1930
Ribbon or badge
1900
Campaign button w/image of unidentified politician
Shovel
1804-1824
Forage cap
1860-1890
Badge/tag: No Third Term
1940
Box/ Candy
Clothing accessories
1940-1960
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Pinback button
1988
Button
1912
Garvin's
ca. 1980-2000
UNITED ELECTRICAL RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, C.I.O., U.E. MEMBER
1940-1950
Pull toy (horse and cart)
1875-1900
Bottle
1830-1850
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
Anagrams Double Eagle: A Prize Game
ca. 1890
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Medicine
1940-1960
Thermometer/ liquor
1940-1960
Hard Times token
1834-1835
Convention ribbon
1892
Buy Star Soap
ca. 1920
Miniature Furniture; Three-Shelved Corner Table
ca. 1983
Curling iron
1775-1795
Pillow w/textile case pinned to outside
1875-1915
Brisé fan
ca. 1800
Block puzzle
ca.1890
Bookbinding supplies
1920-1950
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Coin: half dollar, Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial, 1925
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Jug
1880-1910
Souvenir token
1920-1950
American Centennial Souvenir Medal
1876
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Ribbon
Dr. Steven Jewett's Strengthening Plaster
1850-1900
Dress hat
1930-1940
Scranton for President
ca. 1964
Fan
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Isidor Memorial Award of the National Academy of Design Medal
1907
La Cote Basque
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
ca. 1980
Miniature armoire
1875-1900
Miniature sewing machine
1960-1980
Magnifying glass
1830-1880
The Game Vignette of Authors
ca. 1890
Bottle Set
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
Comedie Francaise Medal
1955
Ruler
ca. 1950
Coin: Columbian half dollar, Chicago Expo. 1893
Badge & plaque in case
Mimic War
1890-1900
Case
1825-1900
Hog yoke
1800-1900
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ Bottle
1906-1920
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Pencil
1990-2000
Brigadier General James Miller Military Medal
1824-1885
Badge in case
1848-1870
Militia jacket
ca. 1861
Tote bag
2016
Coin: Georgious Vd. G. Britt. Onr: Rex F. Dl 1931; 1,2,3,4,
Spike mounted on wood block w/plate
ca. 1819
Framed set of British military buttons (4)
1770-1783
Pin-back campaign button
1960
Medicine
1990-2000
Coaster
1940-1960
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
The Transport of Memory
1999
Pen
2003
Lapel pin
ca. 2010
Miniature books (2)
1875-1900
Set of toy soldiers (3)
1880-1920
Knitting sheath
1785
Schley at Santiago Bay
1899
Box
1908-1930
Pencil/ Food
1940-1960
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Match box
1880-1910
Pilgrim Fathers Medal
1920
The Princeton Club of New York
Medal: Louisiana Purchase Exposition
1904
Campaign button: Image of Roosevelt F.D.R.
William Henry Harrison Presidential Medal
1886
Ice wagon
1900-1920
Niddy noddy
1750-1850
Paperweight
1876
Fan
1910-1930
Lucky Lindbergh Coin
1927
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin
IN NEW YORK/VOTE/CONSERVATIVE/IN NOVEMBER
1965
Button
James K. Polk Indian Peace Medal
1846
Game of the District Messenger Boy or Merit Rewarded
ca. 1886
Naval officer's sword, scabbard and belt
1852-1865
Toonin Radio Game
ca. 1926
Ashtray
1930-1960
Ring
1939
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2003
Squeak toy (rooster)
1875-1900
Kakelorum
1750-1800
Horse blanket
1898-1938
The Game of Politics or the Race for the Presidency
1887
Box
1900-1930
Fan
1890-1920
Ribbon/ politcal/ jewelry
1884
Pinback button
1944
Dog sweater
2003
Campaign medal
1948
The Cortile
Medal w/ribbon: ...Causas Melius
late 19th - early 20th century
Button
Belt plate
Indian man
ca. 1850-70
Jodhpurs
1915-1945
Lipstick
1930-1960
Medallion
1920-1950
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1900-1940
Box/ candy
1920-1950
The Game of Fish Pond
1899
Pin-back button
1952
Four Seasons Hotel
ca. 1960-1980
Jack-in-the-box
1870-1900
Miniature tilt top table
1986
Flintlock fowling piece
1750-1770
Fireman's belt
1850-1900
Ferrilude or Game of Beasts
1873
Vote Reform/Kassal/for Congress
ca. 1975
Toy
1955-1990
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1834-1834
Dogopoly
2002
Matchbook
1940-1945
Sword cane
1780-1793
Scoop/ladle
ca. 1750-1850
Spherical puzzle
1800-1900
Bobbins in container
1840-1880
Waist belt (2)
1870-1875
Printer's Plate
1920-35

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