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The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)

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As (Roman coin)
ca. 28-9 B.C.
Box/ Candy
1900-1960
Playing card
1940-1960
Coffee mill
1880-1910
Office supply
1940-1960
Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1957
The Nip
Lieutenant-Colonel William Washington Military Medal
1862
Box
1780-1830
Shoulder straps (4)
1863-1866
Pin-back campaign button
1900
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Box/ food
1940-1960
Transportation token
1930-1960
Marble game board
1800-1875
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Model: Manhattan subway car
ca. 1940
Pinback button
1995-2000
Vote for President Richard Nixon
Advertisement for Radway’s Ready Relief
1860
Geometrical lathe
1823
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Medal
1905
Framed set of objects (35) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Badge w/button & ribbon:...Vol. Firemen's Assn.,...1904
1904
Medicine
1940-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Pin badge with card
ca. 1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1880
Walking-stick
1860-1870
Ribbon
ca. 1904
Comb
1785-1810
Powder horn
ca. 1760
Box
1950-1970
Pocket watch
1890-1930
Sewing Supplies
1890-1920
Bottle
1930-1960
Dollhouse furn: settee
1920-1940
Token: 1/2 penny, Province of Canada, 1844
1844
Clothing hanger
1920-1940
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Souvenir Medal
1876
L'Etoile
Sketch: Lobinia Seated On Rock: barked & covered w/mylar
1800-1820
Dolls' house sofa
1920-1960
Paperweight
1897
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
2000
George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medallion
1889
The Rainbow Room
ca. 1960-1990
Harpsichord
1920-1940
Doll
1830-1860
coffee mill
Bobbin
1780-1820
Commemorative glass in case.
ca. 1901
Fire helmet frontpiece: 20
1850-1900
The Game of Commercial Traveler
ca. 1895
Tailor's chalk
ca. 1930
Souvenir tray
1933
Transportation token
1930-1960
Swizzle Stick
1940-1970
Doll
1920-1940
Badge
Hard Time tokens (2)
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pin-back campaign button
2009
Fragments of wood (2) from the keel of the "Clermont"
1807
Coat
1861-1863
Tray
1900-1930
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1910
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Grant's Tomb Commemorative Medal
1897 or later
Political button
1970s-1990s
Badge
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Doll dress
Frame
1775-1795
Celts (4)
1500-1700
Pin-back button
1996
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Miniature framed picture
1910-1930
Button
Pinback button
1896-1910
1968 Republican National Convention Miami Beach
1968
The Grand Ticino
ca. 1960-1980
Buttons (selection of six)
ca. 1910-1930
Miniature baby carriage
1960-1980
Lady's costume: 1730
ca. 1967
Doorstop
1830-1860
Game of Uncle Josh's Trip
1906
Tobacco Tin
ca. 1912
Shopping bag
1997
Medicine
1900-1930
Seal embosser
1890-1910
Civil War Token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
Baseball
1930-1950
Medal: Syracuse New York May 17-18 1899
1899
Tea caddy
1880-1930
Medal: Abraham Lincoln for the president of the US
1860
Doll's wig in box
1850-1925
Trousers
1940-1946
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Button
ca. 1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Button
1970-1975
Toy figurines: pioneer and infantrymen, rural life figures
1870-1910
Pen
1990-2000
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Pin-back button
Shopping bag
Pull toy (horse)
1850-1900
Wick pick
1840-1900
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1981
Hair Grooming
1890-1930
Medallion
1920-1950
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pinback button
1944
Fugio cent
1787
Snuff jar with cover
1850-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1850
ca. 1961
Badge w/flag & ribbon:
Box of crayons
ca. 1910
Stock ticker machine and printing mechanism stand
1890
Seal impression in box
1850-1900
The New Game of Teddy's Bear Hunt
1907
Universal Unconditional Vietnamesty
1965-1975
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
Powder horn
1709-1759
Powder Horn
ca. 1755
Pencil
1950-1960
The Eleanor Van Rensselaer Fairfax Award Medal
1930
Chateau Madrid
Herbert Hoover Medal
1928
Commemorative plaque
1904-1910
Apple parer
ca. 1840
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Medal
1864
Box/ Food
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1992
WORK FOR PEACE NOV. 13 & 14 (dove)
ca. 1969
Horse comb
1800-1850
Set of three boxed puzzles
1964
Squeak toy (bird in cage)
1875-1900
Miniature goblets (pair)
1900-1940
Tambourine noise maker
probably 1960s
Gavel and stand
ca. 1758
Paper doll
1830-1860
Ashtray
1946
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Campaign button: A. Lincoln for President 1864
ca. 1864
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medallion: The Franklin Institute 1824-1938
1938
Ribbon
1905
Commemorative cane
2003
Miniature easy chair
1920-1940
Pen wiper
ca. 1900
Hill's Spelling Blocks
1858
Ashtray
1920-1940
Fan
1876
Jewelers' enamel
1890-1910
Pinback button
1940
Button
1968
Battle of Verdun Medal
1916-1919
Billfold
1940-1945
Game of Bicycle Race
1891
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Overcoat
1915-1918
Paperweight
1876
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tag
1908-1920
Still bank
1880-1900
Poupards (3)
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Which Means Me Votee for Willkie Too
Bookmark
1892
Clothespin
1750-1850
Hat: bolero style, black
1900-1950
Coin in box: half dollar: New Rochelle 250th Birthday, 1938
Framed set of American military buttons (24) excavated at Fort George
1810-1814
The Game of Peter Coddles
ca. 1890
Paperweight
1898
Ribbon
1940-1960
Bar tray
ca. 1930-1940
Insignia
1880-1920
Hard Times token
1841
Ribbon
1850-1900
Doll: on stand in black coat
ca. 1913
Ribbon
ca. 1881
Campaign cane
ca. 1900
Needle case
19th-mid 19th Century
Ashtray
1960-1970
Paperweight
1910-1930
Washing supplies
1902-1930
Tip tray/coin tray
1964-1965
Child's plate
1804-1830
Medal: 1876 Centennial
ca. 1876
Pinback button
1930-1948
Presentation box for New York Post First Annual Liberty Medal (r)
2002
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Le Veau d'or
Clamps (2)
1775-1795
Dolls' house chair
1920-1960
Saucer
1920-1950
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ furnace
1900-1940
Pin
1897
Pin-back button
Waldorf Cocktail Terrace
ca. 1960-1990
Doll house furniture: side chair
1920-1940
Still bank
1932-1934
Fire helmet
1880-1920
Mouse trap
1800-1840
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
The Good Old Game of Corner Grocery
1887
Jack Straws New Edition
ca. 1895
SUPPORT FREE HIGHER EDUCATION
1966
Toy
1940-1960
Tobacco
1920-1940
Badge
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1863
INV.13707j
1834
Crackerjack prize
1938
Milestone
1822-23
Purse
1800-1850
Thimbles
1760-1783
Printer's Block
1907
Token
1900-1930
Paperweight
1880-1920
Sign
1930-1960
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Medallion: N.Y...1853
1853
Two Good Terms Deserve a Rest
Fragment of Washington's coffin
1799
Cane
1880-1930
Pin
ca. 2000
Bits and drills (17)
1775-1795
Service cap
1918-1922
Carnegie Hall Stagebill for October 16-17, 2001
2001
Mirror
1900-1940
Advertisement
1980-2000
Bracelet
2001-2002
Epaulets (pair) in original box
ca. 1861
Second Premium NY Poultry & Pigeon Association Ribbon
ca. 1913
Pinback button
1896-1920
Lieutenant William Burrows Naval Medal
ca. 1885
Spring Street
ca. 1960-1980
Box and comb set
ca. 1920
Doll
1900-1930
Lady's costume: 1790
ca. 1964
Fire helmet: Exempt Association
1854-1880
The Comical Game of Who?
ca. 1910
Button
1972-1973
Canister
1876
Button hook
1890-1930
Ruler
1964
Civil War token
ca. 1860
Seth Low Mayoral Campaign Pin-Back Button with Ribbon
1899-1901
Spoon
1825-1875
Cane
ca. 1867
Medal with steamboat
1900-1910
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Jenny Lind
1850-1875
Bayonet and scabbard
ca. 1873
Button
Sign/ Food
1907-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Sign
1890-1940
Food spear
1950-1990
Golf tees
1956
Pin-back button
ca. 1975
Blackout bulb
1942-1945
Medal in box: Britannian 1797 2 pence
1797
Baluster fragment from Dutch church
1700-1800
Embroidery frame
ca. 1790
Pine tree shilling
1652
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Fan
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Temperance token
ca. 1830-1860
Ribbon
Paparazzi
ca. 1960-1980
Souvenir ashtray in box: Holland Society of N.Y.
1880-1910
Collection of five toy tents w/flags
1870-1910
Pin-back campaign button
1940
"Brownie Flash Six-20" camera
ca. 1946
iron
Stamp
1830-1880
Indian medal
ca. 1736, with alterations ca. 1750
Advertising pocket mirror
1890-1920
Glass
1980-2000
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: Ethiopian Minstrels
ca. 1888
Helmet
1917-1918
Lantern
1851-1880
Token
ca. 1860
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Pin
ca. 1941 - 1945
Benjamin Harrison Indian Peace Medal
1890-1900
Coin: California Gold, circular
Piece of iron from the "Monitor"
ca. 1862
Percussion musket converted for civilian use: inscribed
1750-1770
Pin-back campaign button
1884
Watch Face
1880-1940
Medicine
1869
Bar Tray
1900-1930
Button
ca. 1962
Washington and Grant Presidential Medalet
ca. 1870
Indian Stone ax head or adze
Late Woodland period
Medicine bottle with stopper
1860-1890
New York World's Fair souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Service cap
1941-1947
Magna Dominoes
ca. 1940
Tin
1890-1920
Puzzle
ca. 1890
Travel
1950-1960
F.D.R for Civil Service
Pin
1890-1920
Tray
2002
Ribbon
1878
Commemorative Cane
2005
Colllection of marbles in box
1800-1920
Medallion
ca. 1876
The Yacht Race Game
ca. 1887
Powder Box
1880-1910
Clothing supplies
1970-1990
Pen
1970-2000
Commemorative box
1927
Mourning/ coin
1863-1890
Simon Bolivar Medal
1951
Ribbon
1856
Game of India
ca. 1895
The Golden Door
Davis & Kidder's Patent Magneto-Electric Machine
ca. 1854
Shirt
1941-1946
Identification badge for bomb-sniffing dog, Ajax Moser
2001
Box/ food
1930-1960
Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Fly crop: bird's head handle
1875-1900
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1987-2000
Lieutenant Stephen Cassin Naval Medal
1818-1878
Bank
ca. 1910
Pastry jagger/crimper
19th century
The Improved Game of Snap
1889
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1925
Fragment of fob seal excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Medicine
1880-1920
Lotion tube/box
1912
Tobacco
1996
Pinback button
1920-1930
Civil War Token
1863
Pair of doll shoes
1870-1880
Toy towel stand
1860-1880
Bust
Commemorative cane
2003
Horseshoes (5) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and cam
1760-1783
Dinner knife
ca. 1950
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1997
Playing card
1940-1960
Coin ... Fait LaForce 5 cents
1884
Advertising token
1889
Pin back button
1900-1920
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Sea-Fare of the Aegean
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
1928
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
Top
1850-1900
Doll: female
1880-1910
Ballot: Robert S. York for Second Vice President
Buffalo Roadhouse
ca. 1960-1980
Nutmeg grater/tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Peso coin: Medal, Maximiliano Emporador...1866
Lantern
ca. 1840-90
Improved Historical Cards
1884
Medicine
1906-1920
Cup
1980-2000
Souvenir ribbon
1877
Photographic equipment
1892-1910
Pin
1995-2000
U.S. Merchant token
1866
Political souvenir: reception badge
1848
Cartridge box badge
1760-1783
Jumping jack
1800-1820
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
Needle case
1840-1880
Jack-in-the-box
1850-1900
ID Tags: Tl. Col. Jim Wainwright, 27 Dv.
Seal press
Foot warmer
1850-1918
Dress hat
ca. 1900
Civil War token
1863
Key
1890-1930
Token
1890-1930
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
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
Miniature book box
1910-1940
Fortune-telling doll
1825-1875
Jigsaw puzzle
1890-1920
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
Saddle
Frag. of flag flown at masthead of U.S.S. Brooklyn in Battle of Santiago, 1898
ca. 1898
Medal: Good Luck
Political ribbon badge
1901
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Framed fragment of flag flown during inauguaration of George Washington
1789
Pipes (pair)
1900-1942
Paperweight
ca. 1870-1910
Pinback button
1970-2000
Hardware/ household
1900-1940
Store display
1940-1960
Political memorabilia
1997
James A. Garfield Commemorative Medal
1881
Political button
Aerial camera lens
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Ribbon: Alliance of Neptune and Pan Union of Erie Canal...
ca. 1825
Chapeau (bicorne)
1870-1885
Fugio cent
1787
Box
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Thimble/ food
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain Charles Stewart Naval Medal
1819-1885
Nutmeg grater/ tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Side-wheel steamer pull toy
1850-1900
Button
Dawat
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
2011
Game of Where Do You Live?
ca. 1890
Princeton University Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1946
The Game of Old Maid as Played by Mother Goose
1892
Perfume Bottle
1940-1970
Magnet
1980-2000
Parasol: green & pink plaid w/ carved handle
1850s
Bottle/ medicine
1939
Personal item
1947
Charge plate
ca. 1960
Orville A. Derby 100th Anniversary Medal
1951
New Donkey Party Game
1937
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1844
Collection of 2 tokens: N.Y.C.R.R.EX. Train...
Child's plate
1818-1846
Waist belt
ca. 1840
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pen
1930-1950
Bodkin
ca. 1890
American Numismatic Society "Washington Statue in Wall Street" Medal
1883
Needle wax
1840-1880
Game of Steeplechase
1880-1920
Plaster medal casts
1875-1902
Pin-back button
2016
Framed set of lead strips (46) excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Pistol
1903-1910
Medicine
1952
Souvenir token
1915
Button
1900
Tobacco premuim
1900-1930

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