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"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94

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Butter mold
1825-1875
Doll
1920-1940
Gentleman's costume: 1939
ca. 1962
Belt clasp excavated at a Revolutionary War site
1760-1783
The Merry Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Pencil/ Food
1930-1950
Playing card
1940-1960
Store display
1880-1910
Swizzle stick
ca. 1980
Hotel Association of New York City 75th Anniversary Medal
1953
Louise Jr.
Stack's Advertising Medal
1939
Clip w/Chain on Ring
ca. 1850
Powderhorn: etched w/map of NY State
1770-1780
Flax brake
1800-1850
Trousers
1985-1898
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Ribbon
1890-1925
Pinback button
1980-2000
Treasury Department - First Class Life Saving Medal
1881
Barnum & Bailey poster "Cleopatra, Egypt’s Beautiful Queen," 1912
1912
Memo holder
1890-1920
Henry R. Linderman Mint and Treasury Medal
1872
Maria Spatz
Mid-19th century
Bottle: Dr's S.S. Fitch & Son ...The Queen's Toilet
1830-1870
Delftware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Game of Baseball
1886
Medicine
1920-1950
Perfume bottle
1950-1990
Badge/ medal
1927
Pin
1920-1930
Hard Times tokens (4)
1841
Cushion
1800-1850
Commemorative cane
ca. 1800
Dolls' house chair
1920-1960
Lady's costume: 1630
ca. 1967
Needle wax
1840-1880
Pair of glow-in-the-dark "2000"
1999
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1992
Shoe Cleaner
1940-1960
Iron
1880-1920
Tie clip
1952-1956
Key Chain
ca. 1956
L'Aiglon
Buttons
Button
New Haven Tercentenary Commemorative Medal
1938
Miniature table
1875-1900
Dolls' house
1920-1960
Paperweight
1890-1920
Paperweight
1890-1920
Coaster
1940-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1970-1990
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Cadillac Bar
ca. 1986-1999
New York, New York! The Ultimate Big Apple Trivia Game
ca. 1984-1994
Medallion in box: Haviland...
1926
Miniature standing cup
1900-1925
Jolly Sailor Coin Bank
ca. 1957
Fire helmet frontpiece: engineer, C.F.
1820-1850
Game of Words and Sentences
ca. 1885
Mug/Shaving
1900-1930
Mug
1910-1940
Box/ Candy
1896
Pinback button
1990-2000
U.S. Merchant tokens (2)
ca. 1860
Envelope
ca. 1955
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Firemen's uniform: red shirt worn in NYC, 1942-1945 in box
1870-1890
Doll: in pink and white striped dress
ca. 1880
Ostrich feather ornament
1880-1920
Box
1900-1940
Hair Grooming
1911-1930
Pinback button
1940-1950
Hardware/ household
1910-1940
Tin
1980-2000
"Citibank Believes in the Bronx"
1970s
Lapel button
Political button
1960s
Doll body suit
Walking-stick
1884
Gaiters (pair)
1915-1945
Savonarola Chair
1800-1806
Shovel
1800-1900
Civil War token
1863
Letter Opener/ Candy
1940-1960
Hardware/ household
1950-1970
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
ca. 1880
The Kitano
ca. 1960-1980
Celluloid necklace
ca. 1910-1920
Coin: Virginia half-penny, 1773 Georgius lll Rex
1773
Soldier
1840-1870
Doll, bride
1880-1900
Camera and accessories
1885-1895
Game of Snap
ca. 1890
Booklet
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Typewriter
1888-1900
Towers Hotel - Brooklyn, N.Y. Swizzle stick
1950-1980
Token
Horseshoe Puzzle
1930-1950
Railroad and Steamship Sound Money Club Badge
1900
Winchester Model 1886 Rifle
1886-1898
Foot warmer
1800-1850
Trousers
1901
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1913
Watch Face
1910-1940
Bottle/ food
1880-1910
Badge/ medal
1900-1930
Historical souvenir
1898-1900
American Institute Medal
ca. 1877
Identification Token
Shopping bag
Winchester Single Shot Rifle (Highwall Standard Model)
1885-1910
Hat
1942
Toy cupboard
1875-1900
Teapot (6) excavated at a Colonial house
1760-1783
Edward W. Parsons & Mary F. Taber Marriage Medal
1876
Medicine
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1996
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
2004
Am I Not a Man & a Brother
ca. 1800
Lady's costume: 1775
ca. 1960
Box of crayons
ca. 1930
Coin: half dollar, Great Lakes Expos. 1936
Miniature chambersticks (3)
1930-1950
Gentleman's costume: 1799
ca. 1968
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
Pen
1980-2000
One Hundred Years of Peace Between Great Britain and the United States Medal
1915
The Four Seasons
Reception Committee Hughes Meeting Yonkers, N.Y. November 3, '16
1916
Ike One good term deserves another
James Monroe Indian Peace Medal
After 1817
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
Tote bag
2016
Spoon
1650-1750
100th Anniversary of American Independence Medal
1876
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
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Ribbon pin
1891
Cane
2000
Die
1800-1838
Cart
1860-1890
Soldiers (11)
1880-1920
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
Westwood Medal
1800
Badge
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Inauguration Medal
1934
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
Poultry tag
1905-1930
Button
Bookmark
1863
Stamp
1825-1875
Collection of 10 coins (roman) in envelope
Coin: Vermont Auctori, Immune Columbia, 1785
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
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
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Coin scale in case
1700-1800
Miniature table
1920-1940
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
Hair pin
ca. 1956
Versailles
Trade sign
1810-1850
Storage box for epaulets
1818-1825
Key
ca. 1775
Files (29)
1775-1795
Dolls' house cupboard
1920-1960
Decorating Samples
1950-1970
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ vacuum
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Vote for Ike
Sette MoMA
ca. 1993-2002
Funnel
ca. 1725-1825
Improved History Cards
1884
Sewing book
1850-1900
Butter mold
1825-1875
Presentation shield: East Morrisania
1850-1900
Gavitt's Stock Exchange
1903
Optical
1880-1920
Toy
1930-1950
Printing
1928
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Rbbon
1892
Brooch
1941-1945
Sand caster
1770-1800
Walking-stick
1888-1912
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
Erector set
1958
Pair of child's gloves
ca. 1879
Ribbon badge
ca.1893
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1935
Chapeau bras
1866-1875
Pin-back button
1972
Fan
1911
Greeting cards
1993-2000
Travel
1953-1960
Udall For President
1976
The Society of Medalists 6th Issue
1932
Taste of Tokyo
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising ruler
1905
Edward O. Leech Mint and Treasury Medal
1890
Toy tilt-top table
1850-1900
Flask or case bottle
1700-1800
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
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Badge w/button: R.H.&L. Co. no.1 corfu, NY...Aug.19-24, 1901
1901
Buttons
1860-1865
Navel bayonet and scabbard
1862
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Button
1977
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Plate
1915
Food spear
1940-1960
Commemorative coin
ca. 1850
Napkin
1957
The Eagle
ca. 1970-1980
Political flyer: Truman Barkley...
1948
Badge: Volunteer Firemen's Assn., City of New York
1885-1895
Miniature tea set
1900-1930
Dress hat
1930-1945
Pine tree shilling
1652
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
Miniature ladles (4)
1900-1930
Portrait doll
1941
Joseph Francis Life Saving Medallion
1890
Vaporizer in original box
1905-1915
Soldiers (12)
1840-1870
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
Musical recording
1910-1920
Pencil
1950-1960
Egyptian Obelisk Medal
ca. 1881
Tin flag
After 1945
Ribbon
Ike likes Me
Rum Bottle
1760-1785
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
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Major General Alexander Macomb Military Medal
1824-1885
Pull toy (cow)
1880-1920
Mechanical toy (Punch and Judy)
ca. 1890
Shako
ca. 1860
Pin-back button
1984
Handle
1890-1940
Souvenir token
1893
Travel/ food
1940-1960
Insignia
1860-1900
Printing plate
Ribbon
ca. 1913
Commemorative cane
ca. 1983
Crossing the Ocean
1893
Chicken w/moveable parts
1850-1900
Walking-stick
1850-1900
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
THE FORUM OF THE TWELVE CAESARS
Coin in box: half dollar, California Diamond Jubilee, 1925
Badge
ca. 1893
Dog Tags
1943-1945
Microscope in case
1875-1900
Spanish cartridge box
1880-1895
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Perfume Box
1900-1930
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920
Advertisement
1892
Bootjack
1800-1900
Battle of Marne Medal
1915-1919
Doll w/hood
ca. 1910
Scientific toy in box: Demuth's Patent Pulsating Bottle Imp and Blood Tester
1875-1900
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
Campaign cane
ca. 1933
Thimble
1800-1850
Lady's costume: 1724
ca. 1967
Needlecase
1845-1855
The Exciting Laughable New Game, Pillow-Dex
1896
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1948
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medallion
1928
Button
1972
Pair of doll shoes
1870-1880
Mediterranee
Letter clip
1875-1900
Souv: Western & Southern Tour, President Cleveland
1887
Palette and (3) paintbrushes that belonged to Augustus Toedteberg
1840-1860
Trick Pony
ca. 1885
Dolls' house candelabra
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1920
Beverages
1990-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Taft
1921-1950
Keewah Yen
ca. 1980-2000
Coffee grinder
1860-1900
Coin in envelope: Iberian Dupondius- middle?
Doll: pig
1890-1920
Doll's shoulder head
1840-1870
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
The Pentagon is Rising/October 21
1967
Tax token
1930-1945
William Russel Grace 100th Anniversary Commemorative Medal
1980
Bayonet tip
1775-1783
Ship fragment: Capstan block from the Spanish Warship "Oqueudo"
1880-1898
Walking-stick
ca. 1865
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
NYC2012 Snowglobe
2005
Box
1870-1920
Ribbon
1888
Doll's toiletry kit in basket
ca. 1900
Service cap
1918-1945
Badge
1968
Hat Pin
1904
Trade sign
1920-1940
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
250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States Medal
1905
Horse
Doll
ca. 1858
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
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Apple parer
1840-1870
Fireman's fatigue cap, c. 1900
1860-1900
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
Box
1900-1930
Historical novelty
1940-1950
James Jerome Hill Commemorative Medal
1916
Political button
Presentation sword
1860-1863
Ribbon
ca. 1909
Sliced Flowers
ca. 1880
Section of water pipe
1770-1800
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
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
Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal
1863-1885
Gaylord
ca. 1960-1980
Deception Dollar
2004
$10 Eagle
1799
Preliminary sketch of paper doll and 3 costumes
1830-1860
Paper doll
1830-1860
Stamp
1850-1900
Picture puzzle
1898
Mug/Beer
1920-1960
Bottle opener
1900-1940
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1948
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1869-1885
Tinkertoy
1930-1959
Two Times Is Enough For Any Man
Badge
Crash car
1925-1935
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
Medal
1908
Mirror
mid twentieth century
Coin:...1622
Soldiers on accordion rack
1840-60
Peg from Leisler's Half Moon
1675-1700

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