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Fraktur: Birth and Baptism certificate of Joseph Flor
Date:
1811
Object Number:
PR.022.13
Medium:
Hand-colored print

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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
Drummer bear toy
20th century
Snuff box: shell-shaped w/figure reliefs
1800-1850
Snuffbox
ca. 1816
Clothespin
1750-1850
Medicine
1900-1930
Washing supplies
1900-1940
Box/ collar
1866-1910
Pinback button
1896-1910
Chewing gum
ca. 1940
Ribbon pin
ca. 1883
Commemorative cane
2003
Walking stick
1760-1780
Scale
1800-1850
Flexy
1920-1930
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 in Case: F.Habeneck Foudatour 1828
ca. 1881
Projectile points (3)
1500-1700
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
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Andrew Johnson Indian Peace Medal
1866
Royal Bus Line keywind bus
ca. 1920's
Writing case with accessories
ca. 1862
The Game of Lost Heir
ca. 1900
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
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
Fork
1790-1825
Fly crop: bird's head handle
1875-1900
Miniature bench
1920-1940
Pincushion
1840-1870
American Eagle Educational Series: Geography
ca. 1890
Packet
1950-1980
Watch fob
1890-1910
Sewing Needles
1890-1920
Plate
1917
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
La Toque Blanche
Andrew Jackson Indian Peace Medal
Probably 1831
Chile Internation Exposition prize medal
1875
Scale
1875-1910
Confederate single shot (Richmond) carbine
1860-1865
Paper Samples
1930-1950
Ruler
1890-1930
Wrapper
1980-2000
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Expanded Metal Wastebasket
Early 1980s
Petrossian Paris
ca. 1984-1995
Scoop
ca. 1750-1850
Donkey Party Game
1901
Snuff grinder with stopper
1775-1825
Portable lockstitch sewing machine
ca. 1890
Hansom cab
1890-1900
Jew's harp
1760-1783
Model Building Blocks
1870
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Paperweight/ medallion
1893
Printing
1947-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times Token
1837
Elect Perot President
c. 1992
Kittanning Destroyed medal
1759
Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
1837
Ballot: Robert S. York for Second Vice President
Soldier
1840-1870
Sewing kit w/needles: Mrs Martha Husbands Smith...
1840-1880
Pieces of Peter Stuyvesant pear tree in envelope
1600-1850
Clock bank
1900-1930
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1890-1910
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medallion
1909
Political button
20th c.
Doll shorts
Pitcher
ca. 1725-1825
Miniature rug
1920-1940
Chisels and scrapers (7)
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne)
1881-1887
Z.3159
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
W Let's not elect him in 2004, either
2003
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Medal: Abraham Lincoln 1860
1860
The Noho Star
ca. 1960-1980
Box
ca. 1920-1930
Medal: G. Washington, 1732-1799
1930-1950
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1848
Squeak toy (baby in cradle)
1875-1900
Doll: girl in red plaid dress
1830-1860
Linch pin
1775-1783
The Mansion of Happiness
1895
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Advertising token
1925-1950
Medicine
1900-1930
Pinback button
1942
Button
ca. 2000
Doll hat
1870-1880
Dexterity games
1930-1950
James Pollock Mint and Treasury Medal
1880-1892
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Miniature table
1915-1935
Bow
1895-1901
Worcester table knife
ca. 1751-1783
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1910
Button
1977
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Cup
1911
Ruler
1940-1960
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1962
Pin-back button
1960
Shopping bag
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Chess set
1875-1900
Forage cap
ca. 1863
Badge
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1930
Calendar
1902
Thimble/ periodical
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
1844
Cafe Iguana
ca. 1960-1980
Box of crayons
1925-1950
Buttons
Child's plate
1830-1880
Miniature playpen
1960-1980
Campaign sign
1940
The Popular Game of Tiddledy Winks
1897
Tag
1975-1985
Medallion
1922
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
Token
ca. 1860
John S. Pershing Medal
1919
Spool of ribbon
1945-1959
Coin: lll
Button
Still bank
ca. 1934
Child's plate
1830-1880
Playing cards (52)
1800-1850
Lapel Stud
ca. 1884-1892
Tin/ Medicine
1920-1950
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tin
1881-1920
3 Ribbons
16 to One
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Clapper noise maker
probably 1960s
Rhode Island Revolutionary War Medal
1779
Lorraine's Vegetable and Cathartic Pills
1850-1900
Dress helmet
ca. 1888
Pin-back button
1984
Ashtray
1950-1980
Key
1940
Travel/ pin
1890-1920
Insignia
1860-1900
Cigarette box filled with change
2001
Ohio State Tramway Association Banquet Card and Menu
ca. 1889
Commemorative cane
2002
Walking-stick
1790-1840
Stereoscope
1870-1880
The College Boy's Room
1940-1950
One millionth dressing made by N-YHS unit of the Red
1943
A New Dissected Map of the United States
ca. 1887
Ashtray Box
1937
Fan
1890-1920
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Button
ca. 1991
Benjamin Franklin Medal
1777
"EL MOROCCO"
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1796
George Washington Indian Peace Medal
1903
Paddy and the Pig
1882-1890
Calipers
1750-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Hair Grooming
1852-1900
Tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1893
Sand caster
ca. 1848
Renaissance revival sofa
1850-1870
Miniature tray
1930-1950
Sword: P.S. Justice, Philadelphia
1860-1885
The Game of Tight Rope
1870
Pin
ca. 1990
New York City Monopoly
1994
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pin
1880-1920
Medal
1947-1953
Ribbon
ca. 1910
Campaign cane
ca. 1908
Cape
1785-1790
Toy armchair
1750-1800
Mechanical bank: William Tell
ca. 1896
Grain scale in case
1826-1850
Flax wheel
1750-1850
Lt. John P. Napolitano FDNY Rescue 2
2002
Wrapper/ Food
1988
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pin
1930-1960
Pin-back button
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
Delsomma
Lady's costume: 1685
ca. 1963
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
Blanket
1860-1865
Cannon.
1750-1800
Dolls' house wardrobe
1920-1960
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Travel/ medallion
1934
Pendant
1890-1910
The Friends of Franklin Roosevelt
Rikyu
ca. 1960-1990
Hay fork
Stereoscope
ca. 1878
Mug with hinged lid
1850-1900
Butter mold
1825-1875
Pearlware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1770-1783
Rival Policemen
1896
Button
ca. 1975
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1990-2000
Hard Times tokens (4)
1837
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Campaign Ribbon
ca. 1868
Buckle
1775-1783
Spoon
ca. 1780-1820
Badge: guest of central hose no.1...Oct. 26, 1898
1893
Doll
1900-1930
Bird pin cushion w/clamp
1830-1880
Fire patrol
1890-1900
Printer's Plate
1880-1910
Toy/ Food
1940-1970
Billiard rack
ca. 1880
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Barbie button
Pistol
1760-1783
Badge
ca. 1883
Electric foot warmer
1915-1940
Shako with pompon
1851-1858
Badge
1960
Letter Opener
1900-1930
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
1830-1850
H Moulino
ca. 1960-1980
MARCH ON WASHINGTON, AUGUST 28, 1963, FOR JOBS & FREEDOM
1963
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Medal
1905
Pin w/tag: Portrait mounted from ribbon,
Carved wooden horse
1875-1900
Doll w/drum
1820-1860
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Yankee Doodle: A Game of American History
1895
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1998
Civil War token
1863
United States Centennial Medal
1876
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Collection of 10 coins in envelope
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn. WOS
1854-1880
Dollhouse furn: vanity table
1920-1940
Fan: sequined ornate design inlaid
1870-1900
Alphabet chips (set)
ca.1800
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1914
Packet/ Food
1980-2000
Trade Sign
1890-1920
Badge
1915-1920
Spoon
1950-1990
Independence Day Commemorative Medal
1918
Political button
Sugar Daddy caricature printing gel
1973
Model of the "Mary Powell"
1947
Collection of carved dogs (11) and sheep (6)
1850-1925
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Pin-back button
1989
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Plastic samples
1950-1970
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
New-York Historical Society commemorative medal
1857
Cinqvanta
ca. 1960-1980
Artifacts excavated from the James Brown house, 326 Spring Street
1750-2000
Campaign medal w/pin
1872
Miniature umbrella
1920-1940
Commemorative glass in case.
ca. 1901
Walking-stick
1860-1900
Ribbon
1840
Badge w/button: Somerville Fire Dept...Wallace House...
ca. 1907
Bottle/Liquor
1920-1930
Box
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1910
Political novelty
1997
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Medal
1945
Dexterity game
ca. 1900
Denarius in envelope: S?? Severus
Republicans for McGovern
1972
Mechanical bank: Organ
ca. 1881
Child's cup
1820-1840
Tailor's shears
1859
Paperweight
1900-1920
Keys on keyring
ca. 2001
Tin/ Food
1940-1960
Relic
1864
Can opener
1910-1940
Medallion: Carnegie Hero Fund 1904
1900-1920
Medal
1913
Matchbook
ca. 1965
Fire Engine of Nereid Engine Co. No. 1, Wakefield, New York.
1889-96
Piece of wood siding from building in which Major André was confined
1750-1780
Scrimshaw
1910-1940
Rosa Isabella, the Spanish Maiden
1840-1870
Sewing Supplies
1878-1900
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tin lid
1910-1940
Pinback button
1896-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
after 1840
Badge
ca. 1892
Commemorative cane
ca. 1950
American Institute Medal
ca. 1852
molding plane
1850-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1778
ca. 1960
Brown leather pocket book
ca. 1839
An Account of Peter Coddle's Visit to New York
ca. 1890
Pin-back button
1965-1985
Cleaning supplies
1910-1950
Handkerchief
1898-1900
Tin
1920-1950
Ribbon
1900
Yale University Award Medal
ca. 1956
Patio
Medal: Abraham Lincoln for the president of the US
1860
Escape map, WWII,in envelope
1944
Trade sign
1800-1850
Greatcoat
1865-1875
Paperweight
1890-1920
Pinback button
1939-1945
Medicine
1950-1960
Foil wrapper in form of subway token
1970-1995
Pinback button
1980-2000
Benjamin Harrison Indian Peace Medal
1889
Hillary Clinton
2008
Spice box
ca. 1858
Pull toy (soldier on horseback)
1850-1900
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Building blocks (set)
1890-1900
Game of Bang
1903
Medicine
1913-1920
Makeup Tin
1930-1960
Photographic equipment
1890-1910
Pinback button
1896-1920
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1892
Commemorative cane
2005
Fireman's pick ax
block plane with saw teeth
1850-1900
Miniature chest with mirror
1920-1940
Needle case
1775-1825
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1890
Box
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing card
1940-1960
Advertisement
ca. 1860-1870
Pinback button with ribbon
1904
Badge
ca.1904
Peter's Backyard Restaurant
Miniature food mold
1875-1925
Herbert Hoover Medal
1928
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Still bank
1870-1900
Bootjack
1800-1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco canister
1890-1920
Pinback button
1995
Pin with photograph of McClellan
The Coach House
ca. 1960-1980
Model hand pump fire fighting cart
1874
Ribbon
1840
Boy on Trapeze
ca. 1888
Badge: w/wheat on cloth
1870-1890
Doll's belt
1800-1900
Game of Ba-a Ba-a Black Sheep
1888
Box
1890-1920
Shopping bag
1990-1991
Advertising platter
1888-1900
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
Ribbon
1850-1900
Belt plate
1760-1783
Cartridge belt /w 4 metal cartridge holders & tag
1870-1880
Foot warmer
1800-1850
Lady's costume: 1914
ca. 1959
Set of (5) weights or measuring tools
1830-1880
Marbles (106) and container
1800-1920
Hair Grooming
1960-1990
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Plate
1900-1930
Cane with September 11th imagery
ca. 2001
Thomas A. Edison Centennial Commemorative Medal
1947
Pin-back button
Log wagon
ca. 1901
Pin
1900
Miniature iron
1890-1920
Fireman's fatigue cap
1870-1900
Sewing box
1850-1900
Box/ Candy
Token
1834(?)
Thimble/ laundry
1940-1960
Pinback button
1985
Shirt stud
Penang
ca. 1991-2007
I AM A UNION MAN WHAT ABOUT YOU BUDDY? AFL-CIO
1950-1960
Coin in box: half dollar: New Rochelle 250th Birthday, 1938
Campaign ribbon
1888
Horse on base w/wheels
1850-1900
Bottle
1760-1770
Lantern
1870-1900
The Golden Eagle Anagrams: A Prize game
1889
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Box/ Candy
1896
Bottle opener
1930-1960
Hard Times token (2)
1837
Roosevelt Memorial Association Medallion of Honor
1920
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Stamped Metal Circle
1850-1900
Mourning badge on cardboard: Engine Co.5...
1856-1866
Painted egg ornament
1930-1970
Sewing clamp with drawer and pincushion
ca. 1820
Jackstraws (27)
1850-1900
Medallions/ books
1932
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Bowl
1970
Souvenir token
1920-1950
Metropolitan Life Insurance Exhibit Medal
1939
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Campaign ribbon
1896-1908
Parasol: black
1870-1900
Chapeau bras with box
1873-1884
Button
1992
Button
1990-1995
Shopping bag
1940-1960
Thimble/ food
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
The Anglers' Club of New York Honor Medal
ca. 1970
Shun Lee Dynasty
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
ca. 1960-1980
Collection of buttons: New York State Governors
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
Dollhouse table
1920-1940
Miniature corner cupboard
1960-1980
Die
1853-1883
Game of Illustrated Authors
ca. 1885
Soap Box
1880-1910
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Medicine
1880-1920
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863

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