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Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving

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Ribbon
1939
Cane
ca. 1916
Button w/ribbon
1901
Dog and elephant
1870-1910
Station Brougham, ca. 1896
ca. 1896
Protective spectacles and case
1880-1900
Peter Coddle's Trip
ca. 1905
Button
1975-1985
Box/ Candy
1906-1920
Tiptray/coin tray
1964-1965
Sign/ liquor
1950-1960
Tokens
1937-1942
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Joseph Pancoast Medal
1870
Al Schacht Restaurant
ca. 1960
Ezra Meeker Commemorative Plaquette
1930
Convention ribbon
1892
Spinette
1906
Hat cover
ca. 1944
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Shuttle
ca. 1880-1920
Paperweight
ca. 1892-1920
Pinback button
1918-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Painting
1900-1940
Coaster
1940-1970
Worst Public Administration
Kennedy/Cope
1960
Clothespin
1750-1850
Game of Star Authors
ca. 1890
Medicine bottle
1860-1890
Cap: Police Reserve, City of New York; c.1915
ca. 1915
Pillow-Dex Tennis
1897
Medicine
1906-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Daily Mirror N.Y. City/Dept of Parks/Olympic Sports Festival/Track
1951
Campaign ribbon
1904
Campaign cane
2008
Ashtray w/removable basin
ca. 1930
Toy side chair
1875-1915
Toy train
1900-1910
Card case in box
1850-1900
The Popular Game of Broadway
1917
Tea Strainer
1910-1940
Watch Face
1880-1940
Sewing Supplies
1900-1940
Measuring cup
1890-1930
Pencil box
1860-1880
Card of buttons
1930-1980
Scoop
Badge
Sword, scabbard and shoulder belt
ca. 1830
Box
1850-1900
Frock coat (riding coat)
ca. 1900
Indian relic: Ax head
1500-1700
Jug/Teapot
1920-1950
Pencil
1940-1960
Wrapper
1980-2000
Tobacco
1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Campaign pin
Two Eleven
ca. 1960-1980
Noggin
ca. 1750-1850
Key from New York State Prison
ca. 1796-1797
Bottle: Selden's Magic Fluid NY
1820-1850
Nightstick: carved torch top
1835-1842
A. D. T. Messenger Boy
ca. 1910
Optical
1930-1960
Tape measure
1901
Badge/ medal
1895
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Society of Tammany Ribbon
1887
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Spectacles
1825-1830
Fragment
1775-1825
Cart
1900-1920
Needle case
1800-1850
Revolver with case and accessories (7)
1860-1868
Packet
1910-1940
Figurine
1897
Tip tray/ coin plate
1900-1930
Plate
1915
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
"Harry's New York Bar"
McKinley & Roosevelt New York Press
Doll's shirt
1880-1920
Parade cap
1870-1892
Campaign souvenirs (2)
ca. 1973
Box/ Candy
Shopping bag
1994
Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial Award Medal
1957
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Button
1985
Button
1941
Cité
ca. 1992-2007
Flat graver
ca. 1900
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Harris/Anderson children on base
1920-30
Musket barrel fragment excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1760-1783
Game of Little Volunteer
1898
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Trade sign
1880-1920
Medicine
1930-1960
Bottle stopper
1940-1960
Button
ca. 1964
Ribbon
1898
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fork
1790-1825
Badge: Fire Dept.
1880-1920
Medal: Washington Grays
After 1840
Fragment of flag carried by New York 40th Regiment
1860-1861
Sugar cutter
1750-1850
Leather Samples
1950-1960
Support Medical Aid/The War is Over/To Vietnam
1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1909
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Gold medal flanked by monograms "MDA" and "YCS," 1870.
ca. 1870
Political button
1964
Barbie doll
1961-1962
Collection of 10 chickens and roosters in box
1875-1950
Squeak toy (bird)
1875-1900
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Parcheesi
ca. 1940
Button
1980-1990
Napkin
1980-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Commemorative token
1889
Nixonettes
ca. 1968
Andrew Jackson Indian Peace Medal
1831
Lum Chin
ca. 1960-1980
Emergency signaling mirror
1943-1945
Pull toy: racer
1920-1940
Doll: two-faced baby
1860-1900
Hair picture (in frame)
1862
Baseball tickets (4)
2000
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pin
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Medal
1917
Knife
ca. 1970
Token: 1939 Convention Am. Numismatic Ass. A. Kosoff
1939
Badge in case
Pony cart
1860-1890
Carpet bag
1850-1890
Knapsack
1860-1875
Button
ca. 1961
Box
1920-1940
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Letter opener
1890-1930
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
American flag
Mason jar
1923-1933
Coin: Sing Sing Prison, one
1900-1943
Toy cannon
ca. 1845
Ship model
ca. 1812
Paperweight
2000
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Toy
1951
Travel
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Centennial ribbon
1876
"Big Parade" wind-up toy
ca. 1928
Republican League Member Ribbon
ca. 1900
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Mounted soldiers (3)
1880-1920
Snuffbox
1780
Fish Pond: A Popular Game
ca. 1880
Box
1920-1950
Box
1860-1920
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Medallion
1907
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
J. Fenimore Cooper Award Medal
1840
"21"
Coin:...16??
Ribbon with mount
ca. 1887
Knife
1850-1865
Apothecary bottle
1880-1920
Pie crimper
ca. 1800-1850
Paperweight
1890-1910
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Canister
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
2003
FOUNDED IN 1847/CUNY/DESTROYED IN 197??/FREE TUITION/OPEN ADMISSIONS
1974
Badge
Belt
1850-1875
Historioscope
1865-1900
Sword, Scabbard, and Belt
1830-1850
The Giant Nest of ABC and Picture Blocks
ca. 1900
Group of four clock parts
1871
Souvenir token
1933
Tobacco
1996
Insignia
1890-1920
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1876
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Snuffbox
1850-1875
Peddler's cart and horses
1930-1940
Pince-nez
1870-1880
Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
1936
Box
1880-1910
Washing supplies
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Advertising token
1926
Pin-back button
1974
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
King Henri IV
Framed set of bone buttons, button molds, and iron tool (33) excavated at Fort H
1779-1783
Badges w/ribbons
1902
Badge
Box: floral and tree scene
ca. 1763
Andrew Jackson Indian Peace Medal
Probably 1831
Trousers
1942
Button
1896
Tobacco tin with two pieces of tailor's chalk
ca. 1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1926-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Smith for President
Hasaki
ca. 1960-1980
Jack-in-the box
1870-1900
Signal lantern
1883-1900
Small white horse with black carriage and driver
1860-1870
Brunswick Sword
ca. 1777
The Checkered Game of Life
1866
Scott Stringer for Assembly Member
1994
Toy
1955-1990
Photographic equipment
1890-1910
Pinback button
1995-2000
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Doll's dress: 2 piece ensemble grey and teal jacket and skirt
1870-1880
Matchbook
1940-1945
Table fork & knife
1775-1825
Doll: baby
1900-1930
Chatelaine purse
1860-1900
Powder horn
1755-1763
Paperweight
1910-1940
Bottle/ food
1962-1980
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Badge/ tag
1920-1950
Lantern slide
1924-1930
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Medallion from the Albany Legislative Correspondents' Association annual dinner
1923
Abraham Lincoln National Day of Mourning Ribbons
1865
Aiguillette
1900-1930
Miniature binoculars
1900-1930
Forage cap
ca. 1867
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pitcher
ca. 1725-1825
Governor Isaac Shelby Military Medal
1824
Box
1940-1960
Pin-back button
2001-2002
Pin
1896-1920
Centennial of Washington's Inauguration Souvenir Medal
1889
La Caravelle
ca. 1960-2004
Pin-back button
ca. 1970
Toy butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Doll's petticoat and knickers
1860-1890
Dress hat
1858-1865
Around the World with Nellie Bly
ca. 1910
Button
1972-1973
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Doll's trunk
c. 1879
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
cannon
1775-1800
Badge: New York V.F.A.
1880-1920
Yankee Doodle
1899
Ribbon
1900-1940
Shako with plume
1860-1865
U.S. Out of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos!/SMC
1970
Tin/ Food
1930-1960
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Badge/ medal
1910-1940
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
Pan-American Exposition Medal
1901
Political button
1974
Doll shoes (pair)
Collection of campaign buttons: Wilkie Worker
Trees (set of 4)
1880-1910
Forage cap
1870-1892
Hitching post finial
1850-1900
Embosser
1890-1940
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Collection of 25 early U.S. coins from Mrs. Gordon Whitman
Pull Down all Levers Row B Vote Democratic
ca. 1956
The Four Seasons
ca. 1960-1980
Autograph book
1895
Whirligig
1875-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1860
ca. 1961
Jacknife excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Pin with ribbon and medallion
ca. 1893
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Box
1880-1920
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944-48
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Holland Society Plaquette
1912
Atomic Bomb
ca. 1945
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
Badge in case
Shirt
1900-1910
Diaphragm mimeograph
ca. 1897
Cup: inscribed: L.B.S. Regt N.Y. 970
1855-1866
Paperweight
1880-1910
Badge
1932
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Store display
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Medal: Centennial Celebration of the Evacuation of New York, 1783-1883
1883
Landon/Knox political button
Hillary Clinton paper doll
2016
Coin: half dollar, Texas Independ. Centennial, 1934
Pull toy with horses (2)
1875-1900
Dress trousers
1870-1877
Contack
1939
Button
1970-1980
Letter opener and mechanical pencil set
1940-1960
Button
1968
Medallion
1885
New York City Marathon finisher's medal
2003
Ribbon
ca. 1890
Decorative flags (7) in box
ca. 1940-1945
Dollhouse furn.: side table
1920-1940
Miniature high chair
1960-1980
Printing block
1770-1820
Game of War at Sea or Don't Give Up the Ship
1898
Powder Box
1920-1940
Napkin
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
1939 New York World's Fair Token
1939
Token
ca. 1860
Fulton Trust Company Plaquette
1915
Candlelight Room
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
Wings for America
Tobacco pipe
1861-1862
Doll's bed and bedding
1850-1900
Bowl
ca. 1700-1850
Paperweight
1900-1920
Pinback button
1906
Medicine
1940-1960
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Pinback button
1940-1970
Campaign pin
NEW YORK CITY SHAKESPEARE TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION/ 1616/1916
1916
Bottle w/label: Dr. Moyle's Inhaler & Catarrhal Douche
1871-1885
Ladle
ca. 1850-1900
Hotel key
1897-1920
Helmet
1914-1917
Badge ribbon
ca.1896
Sewing Supplies
1890-1920
Makeup Compact
1930-1960
Bottle
1900-1940
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Society of Old Brooklynites Badge
ca. 1880
Cane
ca. 1918
Medal
1896
Miniature mold
1875-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1812
ca. 1960
Needle case
1780-1840
The Round Game of Tiddledy Winks
1890
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pencil/ Food
1930-1950
Playing card
1940-1960
Coffee mill
1880-1910
Sail along with Harry
1948
Medallion in box w/ docu: Belmont Park...1968
1968
Parsley's Restaurant
Sword, scabbard
ca. 1861
World War I Plaquette
1917
Pin
ca. 1888-1892
Ribbons
Lady's costume: 1685
ca. 1963
Coat
1914-1918
Blue vs. Gray - The Civil War: South
1990-2004
Ribbon/ Clothes
1980-2000
Tin/ food
1890-1920
Brandy Eau de Toilette
2002
Pinback button
1980-2000
Treasury Department - First Class Life Saving Medal (1877-1882)
1877-1882
Laurens Cigarettes advertisement
Steam whistle
1877-1880
Powder horn
1849
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Sword w/scabbard
1800-1826
College Football Game
1897
Medicine
1900-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tobacco
1910
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1841
Ribbon with paper mount
1870-1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1840
Walking-stick
1888
Child's minature books (8)
1812-1817
Lady's costume: 1845
ca. 1965
Badge
ca. 1784
Mess kit
ca. 1895
Box
1950-1980
Pinback button
2000
Pocket knife
1940-1960
Iron
1880-1920
Campaign handkerchief
1940
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Commemorative Medal
1915
Chez Vito
Abraham Lincoln Mourning Ribbons
1865
Trousers
1940-1945
Miniature bowl
1880-1920
Sand caster
1800-1850
Paperweight
1890-1920
Pistol
1760-1783
Napoleon III Medal
1850-1870
Paperweight
1890-1920
Noisemaker
1935
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1995
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
After 1840
The Red Parrot
ca. 1980-1986
Man figure
1850-1900
Doll with Native American costume
ca. 1939
Model of horse-drawn hose carriage
ca. 1885
Ben Hur or the Chariot Race
1899
Shaving mug
1900-1930
Toy
1980-2000
Shaving Supply
1950-1990
Pinback button
1990-2000
U.S. Merchant token
ca. 1850
Convention ribbon
1892
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
The Game of Domino
ca. 1895
Baluster from the steamboat "Mary Powell"
ca. 1861
Gentleman's costume: 1825
ca. 1960
Writing case
1864-1865
Shoulder straps (pair)
1863
Hair Grooming
1900-1930
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Hardware/ household
1900-1930
Plate
1909
Dime Bank
ca. 1950s
Ribbon
1893
Political button
1960
Doll dress
Badge in case
1850-1930
Awls and picks (9)
1775-1795
Shako
1860-1864
Civil War token
1863
Toy/ Candy
1980-2000
Letter opener
1930-1960
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Token: Webster Credit Currency, 1841
Pinback button
1896-1910
National Conference of Charities and Corrections Medal
1898
Nievla Pavne ???
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising matchbox
1897-1899
Doll's cradle
1850-1900
Doll: red coat and hat
ca. 1877
Stereoscope
1860-1900
How Silas Popped the Question
ca. 1915
Sachet
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Medicine
1880-1920
Cigar box
1880-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1860
Token
ca. 1863
Hungry Pup
1930-1950
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
VETS/FOR/IKE
1952-1956
European bayonnet with tag
1850-1870
Foot warmer
1800-1830
Oil cup
ca. 1861
Ribbon
1906
Watch Face
1910-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Badge
1927
Historical souvenir
1850-1880
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Avis Rent a Car button
Shopping bag
Garrison cap
1946
Toy chest of drawers
1815-1850

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