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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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UNITED IN UOPWA
1930-1940
Miniature armoire
1875-1900
Miniature sewing machine
1960-1980
Ox shoe excavated at a Revolutionary War camp in New York
1760-1783
Anagrams: A Prize game
ca. 1900
Shaving mug
1900-1930
Pen
1970-2000
Box
1886-1906
Bottle opener
1940-1950
Hard Times token
1833
Mimic War
1890-1900
Token
ca. 1783
Nobel Peace Medal
1912
Compliments of "Famous" St. Louis
ca. 1920
Seals of the State of New York (2)
1810-1860
Spinning top
ca.1875
Page marking device
1930-1950
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Medal w/ribbon: Cleveland Hendricks...March 4,1885
String holder
1900-1930
Advertising token
1900-1930
World's Columbian Exposition Advertising Medal
1893
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Coin: Georgious Vd. G. Britt. Onr: Rex F. Dl 1931; 1,2,3,4,
Music stand
1800-1900
Ax head excavated at a Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Demijohn or carboy bottle fragment
1770-1810
Mortar and pestle
ca. 1850
Button
1969
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ food
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
National Arts Club commemorative plaquette
ca. 1904
Miniature books (2)
1875-1900
Set of toy soldiers (3)
1880-1920
J'aime Ike
Marigold
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
ca. 2004
Seal impression in box
1815-1850
The Improved Game of Star Authors
1886
Hair trimmer
1907
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Box w/hinged lid: image of Madonna and child
1560-1570
Medicine
1922-1940
Coffee tin
1890-1920
Civil War token
1863
French Red Cross Plaquette
1914-1919
Cocktail stirrers (2)
William Henry Harrison Presidential Medal
1886
Typewriter
1895-1910
Spoon
1861
Paperweight
1880-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1996
Box
1940-1960
James K. Polk Indian Peace Medal
1846
Game of the District Messenger Boy or Merit Rewarded
ca. 1886
Coin: U.S.:One Cent, 1851
Flowers and leaves from Lincoln's casket
1865
Magnet
2016
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Snuffbox and lid
1800-1850
Snuffbox with lid
ca. 1815-1824
Medicine/Bottle
1980-2000
Ashtray
1940-1960
Wm. H. Taft
1908
Section of water pipe
1770-1805
Campaign thimble
1924
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Badge
ca. 1890
Pin-back campaign button
2010
Squeak toy (rooster)
1875-1900
Kakelorum
1750-1800
Tobacco box filled with matches and bags of tobacco
ca. 1909
Komikal Konversation Kards
ca. 1890
Sewing Needles
1910-1930
Packet/ food
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Match safe
1883-1910
Belt plate
Corkscrew
1800-1899
Georges Clemenceau Medallion
1929 or later
The Towers
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Wool card
ca. 1820-1850
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Fan
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Lapel pin
1990
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1888
Vote/ LaGuardia /American Labor
1937
Bottle: Brant's Indian Balsam
1850-1880
Miniature tilt top table
1986
Flintlock fowling piece
1750-1770
Butter mold
ca. 1758
Ribbons
1856-1866
Ashtray
1930-1960
Sign
1889
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Scoop/ladle
ca. 1750-1850
Spherical puzzle
1800-1900
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Centennial ribbon
1876
Commemorative cane
ca. 1913
Flax
1700-1800
The Great Game Uncle Sam at War with Spain
1898
Ashtray/ coin plate
1930-1960
Fan
1890-1940
Transportation Token : Long Beach Bus Co. Inc.
1900-1940
Calendar
1917
Pinback button
1944
Pin cushion
2003
Campaign medal
1948
Act II
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Diorama of Charter Oak made from fragments of said tree
ca. 1856
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Medal
1905
Riding breeches: NY coaching club
ca. 1900
Bottle/Can Opener
1920-1950
Button
1973
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1890-1900
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Doll
1920-1950
Volunteer Dewey Warren I'm on the team
New York Mitsukoshi
ca. 1960-1980
Butter mold
1800-1850
Fragments of cocked hat (14) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
The T. A. Snider Diamond Puzzle
ca. 1890
Senator Goodell
ca. 1975
Toy
1955-1990
Ribbon
1910
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1841
Doll hat
1870-1880
Matchbook
1940-1945
Kitchen tool: pot stand
ca. 1800-1860
Table
1920-1940
Needle case
1800-1875
Set of tea caddies in box
1750-1810
Match Holder
1900-1930
Washing supplies
1890-1930
Coin dish/
1920-1950
Pinback button
1908-1912
Toy model
1890-1910
Model of 100,000 Barrel Tanker
1936
Civil War token: Army and Navy/Federal Union
1863
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Medal
1904
"Obama' 08"
2008
Miniature notepad and pencil
1900-1930
Dress hat
1943-1945
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Stereoscope
1870-1880
Commemorative glass in case.
ca. 1901
Label
1980-2000
Travel/ pen
1994
Pinback button
1896-1920
Pin
ca. 1952
Twenty Twenty
ca. 1960-1990
Pin-back button
1971
Doll
1830-1860
Lady of 1850
ca. 1961
Chapeau bras
1829-1837
The Improved Game of Fish Pond
1890
Sewing Supplies
1892-1930
Toy
1890-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Brandreth Columbian ABC for the Little Ones
1876
Pair of gloves
1850-1900
William M. Evarts Senate Campaign Ribbon
1885
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Ship's clock
1878-1900
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Button
1985
Fan
1890-1920
Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal
1801 or later
Box with tin
1930-1950
Sign
1890-1910
Box/ music
1920-1940
The Official Civil War Centennial Commission Commemorative Medallion
1961
Political button
1974
Doll handbag
Still bank
After 1893
Set of toy benches (5)
1875-1900
Lady's costume: 1730
ca. 1967
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Civil War token
1863
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Souvenir milk can
ca. 1920
Fabric samples
1930-1950
Westway Will Never Be Built
1978
Miniature lampshades (pair)
1920-1940
Miniature furniture
1960-75
Badge in case
Open the gates of prosperity with Wendell Willkie
ca. 1940
Chiaki
ca. 1960-1980
Surveyor transit on stand
1940-1960
Key to tower of North Dutch Church
ca. 1767
Pin w. ribbon
1895
Paperweight/ plaque
1890-1910
Token
1920-1940
Chest with drawers
1800-1850
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Cigar box
1950-1960
Button
ca. 1970
Frederick Samuel Tallmadge Medal
1905
Foxhunt Puzzle
1930-1950
U.S. Navy Tag
ca. 1940
Steamship fixture
1850-1900
British officer's Fusil, flint lock musket: inscribed
1765-1780
Paperweight
ca. 1870-1920
Pinback button
1970-2000
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Advertising sign
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
International Philatelic Exhibition Souvenir Medal
1913
Medicine bottle
1880-1910
Nicholas Roerich Medal
1929
Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal
1870-1892
Campaign button
Pin-back button
2016-2017
Brick from Walton House
1750-1752
Campaign hat
1919-1920
Board and rollers (2) for making noodles
ca. 1920
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Dewey & Bricker
Stock ticker machine and printing mechanism stand
1890
Puzzle
1890-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Military Insignia
1890-1920
Pin-back button
Ribbon
ca. 1928
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Pinfold's Metronome
ca.1890
Lady's costume: 1785
ca. 1967
Framed anchor made from the "Merrimac"
1900-1925
Bottle
1900-1930
Mug
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Calendar
1996
Centennial of George Washington Inauguration Medal
1889
Fork
1790-1825
Medal: Panorama de Paris 1878
ca. 1878
The Town House
Presentation cannon
1860
Apple parer
ca. 1856
Paperweight
1900-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1930
Collection
1880-1900
Button
1972-1975
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain James Biddle Naval Medal
1820-1885
STEVENSON
1956
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Miniature Furniture, Roll Top Desk
ca. 1983
Bottle
1850-1925
Hat cover
ca. 1944
Games of John Gilpin, Rainbow Backgammon and Bewildered Travelers
ca. 1875
Cup
1890-1920
Tray
1890-1920
Tobacco
1920-1940
Insignia
1860-1900
Swift: Expandable yarn tree w/stand
1840-1870
Men on horseback on accordion rack
1840-60
Button w/pin
Token
1856-1900
Doll's pocket watch
1870-1880
Souvenir cane
ca. 1939
Needle case
1820-1850
Fighting with the Boers
1902-1910
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Token
1937-1943
Box/ Food
1962-1990
Playing card
1940-1960
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Button
Card of buttons
1960-1990
Top of the Sixes
John Ericsson Medal
After 1889
Flax wheel
1750-1850
Coin in box: half dollar: New Rochelle 250th Birthday, 1938
Apple parer
1800-1830
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tassel
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pull toy: dog
1860-1890
Jumping jack in box: acrobat
ca. 1876
INV.13710.3
Japonica
ca. 1960-1980
Paddy and the Pig
1882-1890
Cannon worm
1760-1783
Dominoes
ca. 1875
Medicine
1906-1920
Republican League Ribbon
ca. 1900
Lotion bottle
1890-1920
Lamp/ hotel
1920-1940
Pinback button
1890-1920
Hard Times token
1837
Rosette with streamers
ca. 1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1820s-1830s
Waffle iron with base
ca. 1895
Doll
1830-1870
Needle case
1875-1900
Powder horn
1775-1850
Box
1930-1950
Pinback button
1925-1935
Paperweight/ medallion
1983
Hat box
1890-1910
Tub
1800-1830
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1930
Medicine box
1820-1870
Powder horn
1776
Box
1862-1900
Pinback button
1940-1960
Paperweight
1949
Store display
1930-1950
Miniature mantle clock
1910-1930
Coin:...16??
Pin
1940
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Shopping Bag
2009
Miniature coal bucket with lid
1875-1900
Model 1816 U.S. Flintlock Musket
1832
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Souv: Western & Southern Tour, President Cleveland
1887
Coaster
1940-1970
Beverages
1990-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Badge and case
1850-1917
Metropolis Cafe
ca. 1980-1999
Faux driver's license from Mitt Romney campaign
2012
Sideboard
1920-1940
Miniature bathroom set (5 pieces)
1960-1980
Drumsticks
1860-1865
The North Atlantic Squadron Picture Puzzle
1898
Bottle
1910-1930
Pencil
1970-2000
Box/ Candy
1896
Pinback button
1930-1950
Waist belt (2)
1860-1870
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1913
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Purse
1780-1785
Belt holster
1917
Hair Grooming
1860-1900
New-York Historical Society centennial medal
1904
Pinback button
1941
Hardware/ household
1890
Tin
1920-1950
Clip
1930-1950
Medal: Kings County HS ...1911
1911
Political button
1948
Smith & Wesson Model Number Three Second Model Single Action Revolver
1872-1874
Barbie doll
1961-1962
Squeak toy (chicken)
1875-1900
Medal Honoring Washington, Kosciusko and Lafayette
Dress hat
1895-1898
Civil War token
1863
Box/ Candy
1940-1970
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Thimble/ food
1900-1940
War is not healthy for children and other living things
1972
Miniature pitcher
1875-1925
Caissons (2) and wagon
1870-1910
Badge in case
Medallion:Sept.6,1881 Cent. of the Battle of Groton Heights
1881
Chefs Cuisiners Club
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising blotter paper
Framed set of buttons and coin (75) excavated at West Point
1810-1830
Sliced Birds: A Companion of Sliced Animals
ca. 1885
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Food spear
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Musical recording
1910-1920
New York Post First Annual Liberty Medal (r)
2002
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
The Covered Wagon
1930-1950
For President Wendell L. Wilke
Die
1800-1838
Civilian Bag
1850-1900
Paperweight
1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Measuring scoop/ food
1950-1960
Advertising pocket mirror
1910-1920
Lieutenant William Burrows Naval Medal
1817-1880
Coin: Massachusetts,1787, Common Wealth
Campaign handkerchief
1952
New England Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1871
Rudy Giuliani button
2008
Shopping bag
ca. 2001
Miniature toilet seat
1920-1940
Snuffbox
1800-1850
Pin-back campaign button
2000
Pin-back button
1970-1975
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 1983
Jack Banning's Putt-Pins
ca. 1950-1960
Box of crayons
ca. 1933
Miniature chamberstick
1880-1920
Jim Crow
1850-1900
Ribbon with mount
ca. 1887
Campaign necktie
1940
The Whirlpool Game
ca. 1899
Bottle
1890-1920
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Society of Tammany Badge
1908
cannon
1775-1800
Pen
1980-2000
1844 Nimes Scientific Congress Medal
1844
Trader Vic's
Apothecary bottle
1870-1920
Shoulder knots (pair) in box
1855-1865
Paperweight
1880-1930
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Button
1972-1973
Shopping bag
1997
Captain William Bainbridge Naval Medal
1841-1885
Envelope
1923
Die
1800-1838
Medicine bottle
1840-1870
Drummer bear toy
20th century
Snuffbox
ca. 1816
Clothespin
1750-1850
Medicine
1900-1930
Washing supplies
1900-1940
Box/ collar
1866-1910
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hoop game
1850-1900
Miniature side chair
1920-1940
Badges w/ribbons
1902
Chewing gum
ca. 1940
Ribbon pin
ca. 1883
Commemorative cane
2003
Needle case
1830-1880
The Game of Dont's and Old Maid
1905
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Watch Face
1880-1940
Souvenir
1876
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Office supply
1950-1960
Winemaking Plaquette
1902
ORIGINAL BILL'S GAY NINETIES CAFE & RESTAURANT
Medal
1925
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
Coin: half dollar, Panama-Pacific Expos. 1915
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
Woman's coat
1943-1946
Paperweight
1890-1920
Pinback button
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Transportation token
1930-1960
Miniature whisk
1900-1930
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Andrew Johnson Indian Peace Medal
1866
Royal Bus Line keywind bus
ca. 1920's
Writing case with accessories
ca. 1862
Elevated railway sign
1900-1950
Dinner fork
ca. 1950
Game of the Spider's Web
1898
Ashtray
1930-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1921
Fireman's belt: ocean hose
1850-1900
Walking-stick
1840-1850
Abraham Lincoln National Day of Mourning Ribbons
1865
Pincushion
1840-1870
American Eagle Educational Series: Geography
ca. 1890
Packet
1950-1980
Watch fob
1890-1910
Sewing Needles
1890-1920
Plate
1917
Tabouret that belonged to Asher B. Durand
1815-1850

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