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Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas

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Perfume Bottle
1960-1990
Shopping bag
1998
Bottle/ medicine
1930-1950
Advertising sign
1930-1950
Button
1993
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Plaquette
1909
Miraculum!
1920-1929
Mourning badge on cardboard: Engine Co.5...
1856-1866
Saddle
Mechanical toy (three chickens in a coop)
1825-1875
Container: Spoon box
ca. 1723
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Advertising sign
1880-1910
Political novelty
1940
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Wood fragment from battleship Niagara
ca. 1812
Pin-back button
2016
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Ribbon: Alliance of Neptune and Pan Union of Erie Canal...
ca. 1825
Dragoon helmet
1700-1800
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Medicine advertising sign
1890-1930
Commemorative token
1840-1880
Tobacco handbag
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
1890-1920
Cane
Side-wheel steamer pull toy
1850-1900
Box
1775-1825
Coin: half dollar, Rhode Island 1636-1936
Fish pond
ca. 1890
Button
1988
Candy tin
1900-1930
Shoe horn
1920-1950
Pipe
1890-1930
Pen
1962-1970
Badge case
Saint Nicholas Society Medal
1903
Mormando Restaurant
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1844
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Hetchel
ca. 1774
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Spring lorgnette with chain
ca. 1920
Pinback button
1952-1956
Coaster
1930-1950
Ribbon
STANLEY SIMON/ THE BRONX
1984
NEW YORK'S FAMOUS IRISH RESTAURANTS
Needle wax
1840-1880
Game of Steeplechase
1880-1920
Cutlass and Scabbard
1862
O'Grady's Goat: A Merry Game
ca. 1895
Ashtray
1931
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Store display/ bottle
1880-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Women For Clinton Gore Light The Way For Change
Animals (2)
1900-1940
Doll bustle
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1884
Doll: girl in pink gown w/violets
1880-1900
Needle case
1750-1800
Medal: U.S. Coast Guard Baroque Eagle
2000
Ashtray/ coin plate
1953
Fan
1900-1930
George Washington Souvenir Medal
1876
Napkin
1980-2000
Pinback button
1944
Pin
1960-1975
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Manny Wolf's Chop House
Collection of campaign buttons w/sun flower edge: Victory La
Dagger and Scabbard
1855-1870
Buffs for daguerreotype plates (2)
1840-1860
Mortar and pestle
1750-1850
Corkscrew
1900-1940
Token
1878-1900
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1940-1960
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Projectile point
1500-1700
United Nations
ca. 1960-1980
Girl on tricycle
1860-1910
Quill pen made from a Bald Eagle feather, used by John James Audubon
c. 1820-1850
Druggist's jar and cover
1830-1880
Gavel made from deck of the U.S.S. Niagara
ca. 1813
Wyhoo: A Game for Old and Young
1906
Ashtray
1920-1960
Pen
1893
Tobacco
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times Token
1837
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Matchbook
1940-1945
Squeak toy (hen)
1875-1900
Clockwork toy: seated musician
1900-1930
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Charge plate
ca. 1960
Butter mold
ca. 1815-1875
Match Holder
1894
Fan
1920-1950
Ashtray/ coin plate
1920-1940
Button or stud
1898-1900
Clothing hanger
1940-1960
Ribbon
1850-1870
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
Puzzle
1960-1970
Tag: ...Hempstead...1915
1915
Miniature mold
1900-1920
Remington Model 1863 Percussion Contract Rifle
1862-1865
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
As (Roman coin)
ca. 28-9 B.C.
Shopping bag
1970-2000
Travel/ pencil
1940-1960
Tobacco
1910-1930
Zachary Taylor Presidential Medal
1850
Le Bernardin
ca. 1986-2007
Obama Presidential Playing Cards
2012
Doll w/cape and ribbon
1930-1960
Miniature doll
1890-1920
Ship's starboard lantern
1850-1900
The Sectional Steamer & Hose Puzzle
ca. 1885
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1999
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War tokens
1863
Model: Manhattan subway car
ca. 1940
Major General Jacob Brown Military Medal
ca. 1880
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Jointed sheet metal figure
1775-1825
Window glass fragments (3) from St. Paul's Chapel
1766
The New Pretty Village Church Set
1897
Button
1970
Fan
1930-1950
Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Packet
1940-1960
Sign
1885
Utensil
1940-1960
Badge in case
1868-1930
Political button
1976
Doll robe
Ribbon
ca. 1904
For President Will-[hanging key]
1940
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Coll. of 4 coins: U.S. One Cent, 1802, 1803,1817,1818 (copper)
Forage cap
1893-1899
Write in Dick Gregory President Peace and Freedom
ca. 1968
Fan
1910-1930
Lapel pin
2002
Coin
1943
Pin-back button
ca. 1970
Token: 1/2 penny, Province of Canada, 1844
1844
All Those in Favor Say Ike
1953-1961
Chin Chin
ca. 1960-1980
Johnson Humphrey Vote Democratic
1964
Panorama of the Visit of Santa Claus to the Happy Children
ca. 1880
Cane
1850-1900
Boot ornament
1875-1910
Aiguillettes
1945-1965
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Commemorative token
1932
Button hook
1890-1930
Cigar box
1880-1890
Hard Times token
ca. 1837
1878 Paris Universal Exposition Medal
1878
Pinback button with ribbon
1983
coffee mill
Stern light from the "General Slocum"
ca. 1891
Male Iroquois Native American
Mid-19th century
Rifle
1750-1800
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Matchholder
1900-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Box
1940-1960
Ruler
1880-1900
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Badge
National Guard Commemorative Medal
1826
Silver star badge
Shopping bag
2008
Coin: half dollar, Missouri Centennial 1821-1921
Miniature teacups (2) and saucers (3)
1880-1900
Campaign hat
1917-1918
Longshoreman's unloader's hook
ca. 1965
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Coin: half dollar, Connecticut, 1635-1935
Toy
1978
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin
1890-1920
Flashlight in case
ca. 2000
Ribbon
ca. 1879
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Doll: ethnic female figure w/black cylindrical hat
1950-70
Hatter's trade sign
1800-1850
The Game of Guess Again
ca. 1890
Beer bottle
1900-1930
Sugar Bowl
1890-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Clip
1950-1960
Button
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centennial Medal
1927
King Cole Bar
G.L. handerchief
1935-1945
Bell from the "Clermont"
1800-1807
Apple parer
ca. 1800-1830
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Trade sign
1890-1920
Tobacco tin
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medallion
1849
FOR/WILLKIE/PRESIDENT
1940
Bottle
1850-1925
Tea caddy
1880-1930
James P. Kimball Mint and Treasury Medal
ca. 1891
Ice truck
1931
Sword, scabbard and tassel
1852-1862
Dissected Outline Map of the United States of America
ca. 1900
Cap
1930-1950
Theater souvenir
1896
Tobacco
1900-1960
Insignia
1860-1890
Dollhouse furn.: hutch
1920-1940
Token
Doll handkerchief
1870-1880
Souvenir cane
ca. 1904
Model of train float with train cars (10)
1900-1912
Badminton set
1850-1900
Alphabetic Object Teacher
ca. 1875
Cosmetic Jar
1880-1910
Washing supplies
1900-1940
Washington, D.C. Lucky Penny
1927
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Pin-back button
1972
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
MERCURIO
Badge w/flag & ribbon:
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Box
1775-1810
foot stove (foot warmer)
ca. 1875-1900
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Lamp
1900-1910
Pinback button
1896-1910
Powder Horn
ca. 1755
Button
New Tokyo
ca. 1960-1980
Chest with drawers
1800-1850
Miniature Furniture, Tea Table
ca. 1983
Bell toy: trotting horse
1890-1900
Stoneware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Drawing Stencils for our Little Artist
ca. 1890
Button
ca. 1990
Perfume box
1962-1990
Pitcher
1890-1920
Pinback button
1890-1920
Token
1868
West Point Sesquicentennial Medal
1952
Spoon
Bandage roller
1800-1880
Combination checker and backgammon
ca.1792
Spice grinder/grater
ca. 1750-1850
Box
1900-1930
Food crate
1908-1930
Paperweight/ medallion
1920-1950
Pin
1920-1940
Button
1940
Gas mask
1940-1945
Campaign button: A. Lincoln for President 1864
ca. 1864
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Time For A Real Hero
2009
The Myriopticon Rebellion: A Historical Panorama
ca. 1875
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Tailcoat
ca. 1875
Paperweight
Fan
1939
Coaster
1940-1970
Moon Over Lower Manhattan skykine with Brooklyn Bridge
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1824
Darbár
ca. 1986-2007
Pin-back button
2012
Game of Bicycle Race
1891
Model: locomotive
1850-1900
Tung Siao-wen
1925-1975
Iron object excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Life's Mishaps: A Merry Game and Domino Rex
ca. 1880
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Pen
1950-1980
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1930-1950
Poupards (3)
1900-1940
Civil War token
1863
Political souvenir
1913
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
The Game of Ring Toss
ca. 1890
Game of Yuneek
1889
Box w/sliding lid
ca. 1850-1900
Hair Grooming
1930-1950
Lady's costume: 1942
ca. 1963
Token
1900-1930
Trade Sign
1880-1910
Identification Badge for Ronald R. Moser, FEMA/NYPD
2001
Keyring
1998
New-York Historical Society Commemorative Medal
1857 or later
Political button
late 1950s-early1970s
Ribbon
ca. 1881
Miniature garden set (3 pieces)
1920-1940
Squeak toy (rabbit)
1875-1900
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Medal
1909
Garrison cap
1945
Apothecary jar with lid
1850-1900
Tin/ Candy
1906-1930
Hardware/ household
1950-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Rally For Peace and Human Needs/June 12, NYC/DISARM
1982
Medal: 1876 Centennial
ca. 1876
American Declaration of War
ca. 1917
Lutece
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising notepad
1899
Doll bench
1920-1940
Walking-stick
19th century
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Diamond Picture Puzzles: Birds
ca. 1890
Paperweight
1880-1930
Cannon
ca. 1812
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Plaque
1910-1940
Token
1850-1900
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 9th Issue
1913
Baseball
1930-1950
Fire helmet
1880-1920
Collection of toy soldiers in box
1870-1910
Trade sign
1850-1870
Canteen
1760-1783
Paperweight
ca. 1892-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Glass/ food
1890-1920
Plate
1908
ceremonial ribbon: S.S. Levy
ca. 1943
Badge
Food spear
1940-1960
Franklin D. Roosevelt Fourth Presidential Inauguration Medal
1945
Medal
ca. 1916
Tie-pin
1968
Coin: Carol lll. D.G. HISP. ETIND. R. 1800
Spike from the U.S.S. Niagara on wooden mount w/label
ca. 1813
Porcelain bowl fragments (2)
1750-1790
Transportation Token : Sprinfield Consolidated RY. Co.
1900-1940
Button
1972
Joseph Florimond Loubat Medal
1910
Hardware/ household
1949
Campaign thimble
1928-1932
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Soup plate
Political ribbon
1889-1893
Box of crayons
ca. 1925
Cane
1880-1930
Doll: woman in black dress w/velvet trim on stand
1860-1890
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Lotto
ca. 1885
Bottle
1890-1920
Calendar/ thermometer
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1906
Plate
1900-1920
Second Premium NY Poultry & Pigeon Association Ribbon
ca. 1913
Match safe
1905-1915
First National City Bank 150th Anniversary Medal
1962
The Harwyn
1876 Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Apple parer (without knife)
ca. 1830-1860
Paperweight
1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Medicine tin
1900-1930
Button
1970-1980
Pinback button
1965-1980
Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Medal
1871
"BACKSTAGE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL"
Cane
ca. 1867
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Medallion w/ribbon: General U.S Grant
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Clothespin
1750-1850
Six Puzzle Pictures: Dame Trott and Her Cat
ca. 1880
Sewing Supplies
1970-2000
Tissues
1950-1970
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Miniature sofa and easy chairs (2)
1960-1980
Sash
1910-1920
Baby shoe
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2003
Walking-stick
1880-1910
christening bottle w/ribbons
1943
The Troublesome Donkeys
1898
Sewing Needles
1910-1940
Coin in box: half dollar: Bridgeport Conn.Centennial, 1936
Box/ Candy
1906-1930
Sewing
1940-1960
Advertising sign
1920-1950
Office supply
1920-1940
Greater New York Charter Day Medal
1898
Spindletop Restaurant
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Clothing advertising token
1914
Hat box
1890-1920
Dress trousers
1881-1887
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Clothes
1979-1900
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Transportation token
1930-1960
Helmet
1917-1918
Pinback button
1990
Nixon
Windows on the World
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Coll. of 2 coins: Silver dollar, Liberty, 1799 & 1800
Horse pull toy
1860-1890
Gambling wheel
1900-1920
Advance and Retreat: A Game of Skill
1900
Medicine
1880-1920
Shopping bag
1992
Photographic equipment
1910-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon pin
ca. 1893
Campaign cane
ca. 1884
Scale
1800-1850
Lady's costume: 1675
ca. 1966
Needle case
1840-1880
Priming horn
1700-1750
Powder Box
1880-1920
Pocket watch
1894-1910
Sewing Supplies
1894
Plate
1910-1930
Memorial token
1865
F.D.R for Civil Service
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
Faisan D'or
Lieutenant-Colonel William Washington Military Medal
1862
Miniature pitcher
1875-1900
Epaulets (pair) with storage box
ca. 1870
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-1990
Americanism Roosevelt
Limelight
ca. 1983-1989
Game of India
ca. 1895
Bobbin
1780-1820
Marble game board
1800-1875
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Service cap
1918-1940
The Game of Naval War
1898
Lithograph Stone
1880-1920
Souvenir ash tray
1901
Transportation token
1930-1960
Fan
1910-1940
Fly crop: bird's head handle
1875-1900
Hard Times token
1837
Win With Taft
Ballot box
ca. 1880-1900
Walking-stick
1860-1870
Tongs
1776-1783
Plume in cardboard tube
1825-1850
Plaque
1852-1900
Lady's costume: 1620
ca. 1958
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1917
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Medallion: Hudson-Fulton
1909
Political button
early 20th c.
Bust
Doll pot holder
Dollhouse furn: settee
1920-1940
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Howard Military Medal
after 1830
Miniature chimney sweep and fireplace brush
1900-1930
Overseas cap
1920-1941
Civil War token
1863
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
Button
2003
Coin ... Fait LaForce 5 cents
1884
Pinback button
1896-1910

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