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The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper

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Hardware/ household
1920-1960
Button
1968
Pin
1896-1920
Information kit
1940-1960
Ribbon
1879 or later
Box of crayons
ca. 1915
Dollhouse furn.: upright piano "ritz playerette"
1920-1940
Miniature Furniture, Winthrop Desk
ca. 1983
Sword guard excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Little Folks Color Kit
ca. 1890
Bottle
1910-1930
Napkin
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Lighter
1910-1930
American Friends of Lafayette Commemorative Medal
1934
Cafe Pierre
Coin: lll
Roosevelt and Relief Wilkie and Work
Abraham Lincoln Medal
1864
Doll's bassinet and bedding
1880-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1863
Souvenir letter opener
1985
Pinback button
1919
Medicine
1870-1890
U.S. OUT of Salvador/ Cispes
1980-1992
Pinback button
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1908
Save Grand Central: No more bited out of the Big Apple!
Coat
1915-1945
The Society of Medalists 3rd Issue
1931
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1925
Grenadier cap
1740-1770
The World's Educator
1887
Sewing Supplies
1990-2000
Makeup tissues
1930-1950
Trade sign
1900-1930
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Horatio Gates Military Medal
1787
Girl Scout badges
2001
Cane
ca. 1918
Cake mold
1850-1900
Rifle
1894
Cartridge belt
1918
Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune
ca. 1882
Button
1960-1970
Box/ Food
1980-2000
Playing card
1940-1960
Coffee mill
1880-1910
Case
ca. 1890
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
Asti
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1796
World War I Medals
Prudential Insurance Company of America 50th Anniversary Medal
1925
Noah's ark
1850-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Pendant
1896
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Tin/ food
1900-1930
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Pin-back button
2000-2002
Orient Insurance Co. advertisement, 1886
1866
Stamp
1890-1910
Miniature Furniture; Inlaid Drum Table
ca. 1980
Wood fragment from building in which the Declaration of Independence was signed
1750-1800
Shoe form
1800-1850
Medicine bottle
1840-1895
Glove buttons in box
1900-1930
Baseball tickets (3)
2000
Medicine
1940-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Badge
ca. 1916
Campaign cane
ca. 1868
Doll's toilet set
1890-1930
Lady's costume: 1797
ca. 1962
Sewing book
1840-1880
Tobaco Container w/lid
ca. 1886
Box
1950-1970
Watch movement
1890-1930
Sewing Supplies
1880-1890
Bottle
1930-1960
Clothing hanger
1920-1940
World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Medal
1893
Le Moal
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
National Day of Mourning Abraham Lincoln Ribbons
1865
Civilian medicinal canteen with document (SHOULD BE REMOVED AND STORED WITH SILVER COLLECTION)
1940-1960
Cobbler's bench
1825-1860
Cut Fowler,percussion musket
1800-1830
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medallion
1889
Nakagawa
ca. 1980-1995
Bobbin
1780-1820
Doll: boy in waist coat
1930-1940
Independence Hall Tower
1870-1880
Happy Harry Ring Toss
ca. 1920
Fire helmet frontpiece: Morrisania, 1
1850-1900
Game of To the North Pole By Airship
1897
Lithograph stone
1890-1900
Cup and Saucer
1920-1950
Hair Grooming
1833-1990
Pouring spout/ liquor
1940-1960
Civil War token
1863
Ribbon
1900
Matchbooks (2)
ca. 1960
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Band wagon
1919-1926
Dinner fork
ca. 1950
Sword belt (2)
1860-1865
Tray
1900-1940
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Tip tray/ coin tray
1890-1920
Plate
1909
Shoe horn
ca. 1970
Prince Henry of Prussia commemorative medal
1902
Political button
1972
Doll body suit
Zachary Taylor Rosette Badge
ca. 1848
Lapel button: B. and L., 1884
1884
Anvils (6)
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne)
ca. 1886
Button
1984
Packet/ Candy
1990-2000
Food bag
1998
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
When women work - sparks fly!!!
ca. 1956
MARION'S CONTINENTAL
ca. 1960-1980
Razor and case
1870-1875
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Medal
1905
Miniature skillet
1875-1920
Rocking horse
1800-1850
Bobbins
1800-1840
The Game of Auction
1893
Tobacco Tin
1880-1910
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Medicine box
1880-1920
Bank
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
The Lucky Horseshoe Puzzle
ca. 1930
Collection of 10 coins in envelope
Let's back Ike
Doll chest
1850-1900
Parasol with detachable handle
1870-1900
Hat
1861-1865
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1921
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1920-1940
Pencil
1940-1960
Bayonne Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Pin-back button
Shopping bag
Walking-stick
ca. 1876
Clock
1860-1880
Sand toy
ca. 1850
Gavel: ...Pioneers of Alaska...
1900-1907
Blow Bill Blow
1992
Hair Grooming
1890-1930
Medallion
1920-1950
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pinback button
1940
Fugio cent
1787
Box of crayons
ca. 1940
Dollhouse furn: easy chair
1920-1940
Gentleman's costume: 1855
ca. 1963
Commemorative glass in case.
ca. 1901
Phonograph record in box: "Much Obliged to You"
1904
The Great American Centennial Exhibition Puzzle Blocks
1875
Button
1984
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Insignia
1910-1950
Pencil
1950-1960
Joseph Florimond Loubat Medal
1910
Chateau Madrid
Denarius in envelope: S?? Severus
Button
Spurs: pair
1900-1940
Storage bin
1850-1900
Mortar
1800-1850
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1912-1916
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1994
U.S.A. NEEDS NEW YORK
ca. 1975
Medallion: American Public Health Ass'n ... Stephen Smith
1922
World's Fair Souvenir Scarf
1964
Tambourine noise maker
probably 1960s
Fragment from the USS "Revenge"
1776
Pull toy (roosters)
1850-1900
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Shako
1918-1931
Soldier
1880-1920
Medicine
1930-1960
Shopping bag
1997
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back button
Yellow Ribbon
ca. 1900
Cane
ca. 1930
Carved horse
1850-1900
Lady's costume: 1660
ca. 1964
Needle case
19th Century
Hill's Alphabet Blocks
ca. 1875
Watch Face
1880-1940
Advertising sign
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940
Button
1960-1970
Society of Colonial Wars Plaquette
1909
THE GINGER MAN
Medal: Abraham Lincoln for the president of the US
1860
Ribbon fragment
late 19th - early 20th century
Officer's dress
1942-1946
Yoke
1750-1850
Trousers
1942
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Advertising
1946-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
All I Have Left Is A Vote for Willkie
Bookmark
1890
Butter board
ca. 1758
World Trade Center dust
2001
Turkish flintlock rifle
1780-1820
Doll: in long white dress
1890-1910
Funnel
1850-1900
Sword, Scabbard and Sash
1862
Peter Coddle
ca. 1900
Tip tray
1910-1930
Ribbon/ bookmark
1892
Bar Tray
1940-1950
Pin
1890-1930
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1844
Campaign cane
ca. 1900
Ankle shackles
1800-1900
Dollhouse chair w/painted flora and sticker: Tynie Toys
1920-1940
English history game
1850-1860
Pin-back button
1960-1970
Paperweight
1890-1920
Washing supplies
1900-1930
Plaque/ coin tray
1904
Pinback button
1930-1948
New York Post First Annual Liberty Medal
2002
We're Fore Ike and Dick
1956
Le Marmiton
Herbert Hoover Medal
1928
Tammany Hall Committee of Arrangements Mass Meeting Ribbon
1884
Powder horn
1780-1840
Vacuum cleaner
1880-1910
Hall stand
1920-1960
Cup
1920-1950
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ furnace
1900-1940
Pin
1896-1920
LBJ for the USA
c. 1964
Nirvana
ca. 1984-1998
Ell measure
ca. 1800-1850
Doll
1840-1880
Authors Improved
ca. 1890
Bowling set
1800-1900
Fireman's belt
1850-1900
Uncle Sam's Family
1876
Button
1972-1973
Spring
Tobacco
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Brothel token
Dexterity game
1942
Coffee grinder
ca. 1850
Costume figurine
1950-1970
Buttons mounted on card
1860-1865
Spoon bowl
1760-1783
Printer's Block
1845
Fan
1880-1910
Optical
1945
License plate
1969
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
cultural button
Ribbon
1852
Limberjack
1900-1950
Folding Rulers (2) that belonged to John Ramage
1775-1795
Flint-lock rifle w/ bayonet mounted on wood plaque
1765-1775
I Love USA
Fan
1900-1940
Toy
1993-2000
Ornament
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1920
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 10th Issue
1914
Spring Street Natural Restaurant & Bar
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising beer foam scraper
1910-1912
Coin in box: half dollar: New Rochelle 250th Birthday, 1938
Doll house furniture: chest on chest
1920-1940
Doll
1820-1850
Fire helmet
1885-1900
The Doctors and the Quack: A Game
ca. 1887
Reduce Crime! Jail the Nixon Team!
1972-1973
Tile
1890-1930
Button hook
1890-1930
Radiant Baby
1986
Civil War token
1863
Doll's necklace
1870-1880
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Stamped Metal Circle
1850-1900
Mortar
1800-1850
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Ship's clock
1860-1880
Gorget
1855-1870
Button
1992
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Box
1890-1920
Food spear
1950-1990
Golf tees
1956
Pin-back button
ca. 1974
River Club
1981
Walrus tusk carved w/cribbage board & sea mammals
1850-1900
Stamp
1850-1880
Ship models (2)
1900-1915
Sword, scabbard and belt in case: U.S.N., goes with "Ide" uniform
ca. 1940
Oak tree shilling
1652
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Fan
1940-1950
Travel
1940-1960
Commemorative token
1920-1950
Wm. McKinley
1900
Yama
ca. 1960-1980
"Dynatomic" radio
ca. 1946
Dollhouse furn: table
1920-1940
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
Doll
ca. 1880
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Button
1992
Box
1890-1920
Tin/ food
1980-2000
Food spear
1940-1960
Store display/ tobacco
1890-1930
foot warmer
1850-1900
American Institute Medal
ca. 1867
Matchbook
ca. 1941-1945
Sestertius in envelope
Ribbon
1888
Presentation sword and scabbard
ca. 1815-1816
Ballot box
ca. 1857
Palette knife
1850-1900
Lapel stud
1892
Watch Face
1880-1940
Trade sign
1880-1920
Bar Tray
1930-1950
vietnam moratorium
ca. 1969
Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885
New York City souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Pocket book: woven geometric design
1740-1790
Medal w/ribbon: Grant and Colfax
Fragment of the floor of Audubon's house
ca. 1841
Tobacco box
1770-1790
Bottle: Rheumatic Syrup 1882
1885-1910
Vase
1892
Puzzle
1880-1900
Travel
1940-1960
Pin
1890-1920
39 paintsticks or tools
2002
Button
Souvenir cane
ca. 1989
Miniature ewer
1900-1930
Walking-stick
1780-1820
Spectacles
1830-1840
The Cash Boy
ca. 1885
Tin
1898
Clothing hanger
1970-1990
Pen
1970-2000
Store display
1890-1930
Pencil
1900-1930
Buenos Aires Medal
1880
Camelot
Medal with steamboat
1900-1910
Roosevelt
Rutherford B. Hayes Indian Peace Medal
1879
Surveyor's instruments in case
1867-1880
Tape loom
1750-1825
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Display cabinet
1890-1920
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1991
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1849
Bank
ca. 1930
Pastry jagger/crimper
ca. 1775-1850
Miniature plate
1875-1900
Holster
1860-1875
Pill box
ca. 1863
Apothecary bottle with cap
1875-1925
Apothecaries' weight excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Badge: Arrangement Committee
1880-1920
Sewing Supplies
1876
Lotion tube/box
1912
Fire Engine, Lady Washington Engine Co. No.1 Morrisania, N.Y.
1851
Pinback button
1920-1930
Token
ca. 1863
Doll's shift
1870-1880
Campaign cane
ca. 1936
Doll
1870-1900
Lady's costume: 1665
ca. 1961
Set of plastic buildings and cast metal wrench
1920-1960
Teaspoon
ca. 1950
Box
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1980-2000
Playing card
1940-1960
Advertising token
1958-1960
Ribbon
1900-1920
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Medal
1928
Alfredo
Coin: California Gold, circular
Ribbon badge
1888
Sword
1750-1775
Fork excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Mechanical pen/pencil
1860-1865
Paperweight
1890-1920
Fan
1910-1940
Box
1940-1960
Button
1980-1992
Pinback button
1896-1910
General Daniel Morgan Military Medal
1975
American Stanhope
ca. 1960-1980
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
$10 Eagle
1799
Commemorative ribbon
1948
Ribbon fragment
1800-1900
Copying machine
1850-1910
Epaulets (pair) with storage box
1854-1857
Paperweight
1890-1930
AIDS lapel ribbon
1990
Sewing kit
1980-2000
Sign/ periodical
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
For President William B. Borah
ca. 1936
Buffalo Roadhouse
ca. 1960-1980
Nutmeg grater/tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Bottle
1840-1880
The Lightning Dart Wheel: The Pet Game of the Day
1874
Medicine bottle
1880-1890
Lantern
ca. 1840-90
Improved Historical Cards
1884
Medicine
1906-1920
Cup
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1910
Pin
1995-2000
U.S. Merchant token
1866
Political souvenir: reception badge
1848
Cartridge box badge
1760-1783
Snuff box: portrait relief
1800-1850
Wind-up toy: horse-drawn buggy
ca. 1870
Pewter object excavated at a Revolutionary War site
1760-1783
Tape measure
1860-1865
Box
1935
Pin-back button
1956-1968
Cue stick
License plate
1955
Token
1900-1920
Dedication of Ulysses S. Grant Tomb Commemorative Medal
1897
Seal press
Button
Miniature face powder canister
1900-1930
Foot warmer
1850-1918
Dress hat
ca. 1900
Civil War token
1863
Key
1890-1930
Token
1890-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Button
1983
"The Washington Elm" Cambridge Centennial Medal
1875
Nishl
ca. 1960-1980
ATREVETE INSCRIBETE Y VOTA, COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO
1950-2000
Coin: half dollar, Panama-Pacific Expos. 1915
Top
1850-1900
Pedlar doll
1820-1850
Lantern with portrait of Lincoln and Union Flag.
1864
Map of the United States Puzzle: Each State Cut Separate
1894
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Biscuit tin
1900-1930
Pinback button
1991
Civil War token
1863

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