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President Lincoln at Home, Reading the scriptures to his son and wife
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.52
Medium:
Paper

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Razor blades (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
The Game of Nations
ca. 1898
Button
1970-1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1948-1952
400th Anniversary of Discovery of America Commemorative Medal
1893
Fork
1790-1825
Pen
1980-2000
One Hundred Years of Peace Between Great Britain and the United States Medal
1915
The Four Seasons
Sternboard from the "Portsmouth"
ca. 1843
Sock dryers (2)
1870-1880
Paperweight
1876
Fan
1890-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Button
ca. 1968
Commodore Edward Preble Naval Medal
After 1840
Rice Krispy Treat Elves Cut Outs
Coll. of 3 coins: Nova Caesarea, 1788 (New Jersey)
Apothecary bottle
1850-1900
Tote bag
2016
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Whale's tooth
1840-1900
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1650-1750
Medicine
1906-1930
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Needle case
1850-1890
Miniature rocking chair
1915-1935
Snuff grinder with stopper
1775-1825
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Ribbon pin
1891
Cane
2000
Moustache comb
1878-1898
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1900
Sewing Needles
1910-1930
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing cards
1901
Pinback button
1940
Sewing kit
2003
Holland Society Plaquette
1911
Promenade Cafe
Powder horn
1794
Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
1837
2 medals in envelope: Opening Ritz Carlton Hotel 1910,
1910
Apple parer
1800-1830
Souvenir draft capsule from World War I in box
ca. 1918
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Ruler
1920-1940
Box
1750-1800
Poultry tag
1905-1930
Button
Bookmark
1863
Stamp
1825-1875
Child's first writing
1840-1900
Sword and scabbard
1860-1890
The Game of Basket Ball
1898
Ashtray
1910-1950
Booklet
1940
Bar tray
1898-1903
Pinback button
1896-1910
TEACH PEACE
ca. 1982
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1840
Cutter
ca. 1830
Doll on stand
1900-1930
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1848
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Box w/lid: Be Firm For Adams
1824
Footlocker with belongings
1860-1890
Paperweight
1890-1930
Watch brochure
1997
Ashtray
1920-1940
Pinback button
1908
Button
James Pollock Mint and Treasury Medal
1880-1892
Button
Hair pin
ca. 1956
Versailles
Files (29)
1775-1795
Dolls' house cupboard
1920-1960
Decorating Samples
1950-1970
Key to the powder magazine of Fort William and Mary
1750-1800
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ vacuum
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Vote for Ike
Sette MoMA
ca. 1993-2002
Doll hous furniture: book shelf
1920-1940
Doll: pink dress
1860-1900
Funnel
ca. 1725-1825
Presentation shield: East Morrisania
1850-1900
Gavitt's Stock Exchange
1903
Optical
1880-1920
Toy
1930-1950
Printing
1928
Buttons
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Rbbon
1892
Brooch
1941-1945
Chapeau bras with case
1872-1882
Set of surgical instruments in case
ca. 1776
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Pair of men's shoes with shoe bags
Fan
1894
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1900-1920
Guitar pick
1920-1940
Medal in box: 1620-1920 ...Pilgrims at Plymouth
1920
Political button
1980s
Sleigh
ca. 1890
Coin: lll
Erector set
1958
Coin: 1619
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1935
Chapeau bras
1866-1875
Pin-back button
1972
Fan
1911
Greeting cards
1993-2000
Travel
1953-1960
Dollhouse furn: set of 4 fire tools and stand
1920-1940
Framed medal: N.M.R.
1850-1900
Udall For President
1976
The Society of Medalists 6th Issue
1932
Taste of Tokyo
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising ruler
1905
Lady doll
1850-80
Fire helmet: N.Y. Exempt Assn. C.T.
1854-1880
Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle
ca. 1885
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Certificate
1918
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1952-1956
Token
1863
Pair of doll stockings
1870-1880
Crandall's Masquerade Blocks
ca. 1875
Walking-stick
1790-1840
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Buttons
1860-1865
Navel bayonet and scabbard
1862
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Button
1977
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Plate
1915
Doll: pilgrim boy
1930-1940
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1796
Food spear
1940-1960
Commemorative coin
ca. 1850
Napkin
1957
The Eagle
ca. 1970-1980
Miniature tea set
1900-1930
Dress hat
1930-1945
Pine tree shilling
1652
Model 1903 Springfield Rifle
1922
Paperweight
1895-1930
Doll
1910-1920
Thimble/ music
1900-1960
Badge
1890-1940
Wm. H. Taft for President
La piazzetta di Quisisana
ca. 1960-1980
Toy side chair
1875-1900
Sword cane
1850-1950
Button
1940
Portrait doll
1941
Phonograph record in box
1904
The Bugle Horn or Robin Hood and His Merry Men Game
1871
Bottle
1898-1900
Wallet
1958
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Cape
1785-1790
Musical recording
1910-1920
Pencil
1950-1960
Egyptian Obelisk Medal
ca. 1881
Tin flag
After 1945
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
ca. 1900
Artist's Paint Box
1870-1890
Canteen w/strap attachment
1890-1918
Pin-back button
Tin/ Food
1890-1930
Trade sign
1890-1930
Sack
1860-1890
Responsible Leadership Humphrey-Muskie
1968
Pin-back campaign button
2004
Flint lock musket, officer's presentation fitted for bayonet: inscribed?
1828-1830
Apothecary bottle
1850-1925
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Mechanical toy (Punch and Judy)
ca. 1890
Shako
ca. 1860
Pin-back button
1984
Handle
1890-1940
Souvenir token
1893
Travel/ food
1940-1960
Alphabet Ball
1830-1860
Stereoscope
ca. 1878
Insignia
1860-1900
Printing plate
Ribbon
ca. 1913
Commemorative cane
ca. 1983
Gentleman's costume: 1730, N.Y.
ca. 1966
Milestone
1822-23
Mixed Pickles
ca. 1890
String Holder
1880-1910
Fan
1980-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Coin/ medallion
1954
Myron T. Herrick Commemorative Medal
1914
Alphabet blocks (set)
1850-1900
Spoon
ca. 1780-1820
THE FORUM OF THE TWELVE CAESARS
Coin: half dollar, Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial, 1925
Microscope in case
1875-1900
Spanish cartridge box
1880-1895
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Perfume Box
1900-1930
Queen Elizabeth I
1950-1970
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920
Advertisement
1892
Bootjack
1800-1900
Rum bottle
1770-1780
Fragment of spigot excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Games of Jerome Park Steeple Chase, Balky Horse and Pool
ca. 1880
Button
ca. 1990
Tube
1930-1950
Tobacco
1926
Pin
1920-1930
Button
ca. 1962
Doll's dress: 2 piece brown silk bodice and skirt with red trim
1870-1880
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Walking-stick
1892
Pin w/tag: Portrait mounted from ribbon,
Campaign cane
ca. 1933
Needlecase
1845-1855
The Exciting Laughable New Game, Pillow-Dex
1896
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1948
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Collection of 10 coins in envelope
Medallion
1928
Button
1972
Pair of doll shoes
1870-1880
Mediterranee
Campaign ribbon
1896
Trick Pony
ca. 1885
Dolls' house candelabra
1920-1960
Brigadier General James Miller Military Medal
1824-1885
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1920
Beverages
1990-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Taft
1921-1950
Horse
Doll
1820-1850
Keewah Yen
ca. 1980-2000
Coffee grinder
1860-1900
Gavel made from wood from the Battleship New York
1865-1880
The Cow Scroll Puzzle
1898
Bottle/Medicine
1900-1920
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Campaign medal w/pin
1872
The Pentagon is Rising/October 21
1967
Tax token
1930-1945
William Russel Grace 100th Anniversary Commemorative Medal
1980
Bayonet tip
1775-1783
Fireman's fatigue cap: protection; Hose #5; late 19th C.
1871-1883
Pincushion
1840-1880
Bayonet
1760-1783
Box
1938
Bottle/ food
1930-1950
Cue stick
Badge/ tag
1900-1940
Award pendant
1929
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
Pin: Adlai
1952 or 1956
Denarius in envelope: S?? Severus
NYC2012 Snowglobe
2005
Lucky Lindbergh Coin
1927
Doll's toiletry kit in basket
ca. 1900
Service cap
1918-1945
Badge
1968
Hat Pin
1904
Trade sign
1920-1940
I Like Ike
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
General George Washington Military Medal
1820
Greene Street
ca. 1960-1980
BRING PEACE TO VIETNAM, SUPPORT THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT
1960-1975
Miniature fox
1900-1940
Doll: boy in long coat
1830-1880
Framed set of American military buttons and sleeve-links (36) excavated at Fort
1775-1783
Locomotive Picture Puzzle
1887
Box
1855-1920
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1950-1960
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Captain's Badge
ca. 1910
Helmet: German w/swastika on side
ca. 1940
American Institute Medal
ca. 1852
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Paper dolls and costumes in folder, with stands (12 pieces)
ca. 1894
Pipe
1800-1920
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Trade sign
1880-1910
Medal: Abraham Lincoln for the president of the US
1860
Box
1900-1930
Historical novelty
1940-1950
James Jerome Hill Commemorative Medal
1916
Political button
Presentation sword
1860-1863
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1836
Section of water pipe
1770-1800
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
The Game of Fish Pond
1899
Republican Worker for Mayor Seth Low Captain's Badge
1903
We Are All A Part Of One Another
2001
Hardware Samples
1990-2000
I Survived Terror at the Towers
1993
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
New-York Historical Society Medal (150th Anniversary)
1954
Dog and elephant
1870-1910
Station Brougham, ca. 1896
ca. 1896
Button: Grant Monument...April 27, 1897
Gaylord
ca. 1960-1980
Deception Dollar
2004
Stamp
1850-1900
Picture puzzle
1898
Mug/Beer
1920-1960
Bottle opener
1900-1940
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Fireman's pick ax
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1948
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1869-1885
Tinkertoy
1930-1959
Hat cover
ca. 1944
Child's plate
1850-1890
Coat
ca. 1862
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch face
1920-1940
Carton/ Food
1980-2000
Cap/ military
1943
Pencil
1990-2000
Stevenson for President
1960
Game of Star Authors
ca. 1890
Medicine bottle
1860-1890
Herbert Hoover Medal
1928
Medal
1908
Mirror
mid twentieth century
Peg from Leisler's Half Moon
1675-1700
Cigar box w/tags
ca. 1758
The House That Jack Built
1891
Vote for The Hudson River Museum
ca. 1990
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Ribbon
1840
Tool
1890-1930
Pinback button
1896-1920
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Honor Pupil
1913
Ribbon Badge Description Document
ca. 1930
Commemorative cane
2009
Toy side chair
1875-1915
Toy train
1900-1910
Perfume bottle
1820-1850
Button
1960-1975
Box/ Candy
1910-1940
Banner
1964-1965
Sign/ liquor
1940-1960
Transportation Token : United Traction Company Sustem, Albany
1899-1940
John Paul Jones Plaquette
1906
Sword, scabbard and shoulder belt
ca. 1830
Cartridge belt /w 4 metal cartridge holders & tag
1870-1880
Empress Chinese Cuisine
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Waist belt with cartridge box, bayonet scabbard, and percussion cap pouch
1861-1865
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1918-1920
Medicine
1930-1960
Lantern slides
1890-1910
Coaster
1997
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
John McCain
2008
Manhattan, The Skyscraper Building Game
1996
Key from New York State Prison
ca. 1796-1797
Bottle: Selden's Magic Fluid NY
1820-1850
Elevated railway sign
1900-1950
The Sociable Telephone
1902
Medicine
1940-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1836
Fragment
1775-1825
Cart
1900-1920
Campaign ribbon
1888
Republican County Committee Badge
1904
Commemorative cane
2008
Jenny Lind paper doll set (14 pieces)
1840-1860
Peter Coddle & His Trip to New York
1875-1900
Lipstick
1930-1960
Watch Face
1880-1940
Stamped Metal Circle
1850-1900
Sewing Supplies/ medallion
1890-1920
Counter top dispenser
1920-1950
Office supply
1880-1900
American Institute Medal
ca. 1882
Chandler's Restaurant
McKinley & Roosevelt New York Press
Box
1870-1900
Coin scale and accessories in case
1772-1800
Large Military Bust Coin
1820
Paperweight/Game
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Cigarette canister
1890-1920
Pinback button
1991
Pin-back button
ca. 1868
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Harris/Anderson children on base
1920-30
M.J. Knoud
ca. 1960-1980
Sheep figurine
1850-1900
Framed set of British military coat buttons (11) excavated at a British Revoluti
1770-1783
The Game of Telegraph Boy or Merit Rewarded
1888
Pince nez
1870-1890
Paperweight
1904
Collection of buttons: New York State Governors
Badge/ medal
1890
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Commemorative ribbon
1896
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Badge: Fire Dept.
1880-1920
Medal: Washington Grays
After 1840
Set of drawing instruments in case
1860-1890
Marble game (223)
ca. 1843
Box
1906-1940
Comic book
1897
Ash tray/ tip tray
1880-1900
Plate
1910-1930
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Collection of 10 chickens and roosters in box
1875-1950
Sestertius in envelope
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
U.S. Sloop of War "Hornet"
1935
Shoe form
1850-1900
Scrimshaw cribbage board
1895-1905
Campaign golf ball
1940
Box/ Candy
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Die
1800-1838
Framed set of military buttons (10) excavated at Revolutionary War military site
1770-1783
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Pinback button
1985-1995
Pin-back button
ca.1914
Hard Rock Cafe
ca. 1982-2005
Silversmith's stake
ca. 1900
Pull toy: racer
1920-1940
Doll: two-faced baby
1860-1900
Fire bucket
1847
Token from peep shows
ca. 1995
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Medicine
1940-1960
Pouring spout/ liquor
1940-1960
W.E.B. DuBOIS CLUBS OF AMERICA
ca. 1964
Pony cart
1860-1890
Stationery case
1870-1890
Ribbon
1885
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fan
ca. 1789
Bayonet and scabbard
1850-1870
Leather Samples
1950-1960
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Medal with steamboat
1900-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Store display
1950-1960
Coin/ pendant
1827-1850
World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Medal
1890-1893
Political button
Aerial camera equipment case
Coin: Sing Sing Prison, one
1900-1943
Squeak toy (stork)
1875-1900
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Vignette Authors
1874
Tobacco box
ca. 1850
Washington Vietnam march for peace
1945
Coaster
1995-2000

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