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"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1

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Riding breeches: NY coaching club
ca. 1900
Bottle/Can Opener
1920-1950
Button
1973
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1890-1900
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Volunteer Dewey Warren I'm on the team
New York Mitsukoshi
ca. 1960-1980
Butter mold
1800-1850
The Smashed Up Locomotive
ca. 1890
Baluster from Somerindike house
1750-1850
Fragments of cocked hat (14) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
The T. A. Snider Diamond Puzzle
ca. 1890
Senator Goodell
ca. 1975
Toy
1955-1990
Coin: Gold; Par.Cres. Tra. Concordia, 1802
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1841
Doll hat
1870-1880
Matchbook
1940-1945
Tobacco box
1700-1750
Toy: fire pumper
1950-1970
Needle case
1800-1875
Set of tea caddies in box
1750-1810
Match Holder
1900-1930
Washing supplies
1890-1930
Coin dish/
1920-1950
Pinback button
1908-1912
Toy model
1890-1910
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Medal
1904
"Obama' 08"
2008
Button
Badge: Centennial Inauguration of Washington
1889
Miniature notepad and pencil
1900-1930
Dress hat
1943-1945
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Label
1980-2000
Travel/ pen
1994
Pinback button
1896-1920
Pin
ca. 1952
Twenty Twenty
ca. 1960-1990
Pin-back button
1971
Doll
1930-1940
Miniature doll
1920-1940
Chapeau bras
1829-1837
The Improved Game of Fish Pond
1890
Sewing Supplies
1892-1930
Toy
1890-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
William M. Evarts Senate Campaign Ribbon
1885
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Ribbon badge: Irving Hose No.5, Yonkers, Oct. 19, 1887
1887
Miniature bowl
1900-1920
Ship's clock
1878-1900
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Button
1985
Fan
1890-1920
Medallion: Free Academy...1853
1853 or later
Box with tin
1930-1950
Sign
1890-1910
Box/ music
1920-1940
The Official Civil War Centennial Commission Commemorative Medallion
1961
Political button
1974
Doll handbag
Ribbon
1860
Doll house furniture: spindle bed w/mattress
1920-1940
Set of toy benches (5)
1875-1900
Medal in box: Peace 1936
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Civil War token
1863
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Souvenir milk can
ca. 1920
Fabric samples
1930-1950
Westway Will Never Be Built
1978
Open the gates of prosperity with Wendell Willkie
ca. 1940
Chiaki
ca. 1960-1980
Surveyor transit on stand
1940-1960
Pull toy: dog with basket
1870-1890
Doll: w/netted cap
ca. 1889
Key to tower of North Dutch Church
ca. 1767
Pin w. ribbon
1895
Paperweight/ plaque
1890-1910
Token
1920-1940
Lady's costume: the late 19th century "Gibson Girl era"
ca.1957
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Cigar box
1950-1960
Button
ca. 1970
Frederick Samuel Tallmadge Medal
1905
Foxhunt Puzzle
1930-1950
Ribbon pin
ca. 1909
U.S. Coast Guard Line-Throwing Gun (Flair Gun)
Steamship fixture
1850-1900
British officer's Fusil, flint lock musket: inscribed
1765-1780
Paperweight
ca. 1870-1920
Pinback button
1970-2000
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Advertising sign
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Powder horn
1834
Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal
1870-1892
Campaign button
Pin-back button
2016-2017
Sewing box
1840-1880
Coin: half dollar, Huguenot-walloon Tercentenary, 1924
Brick from Walton House
1750-1752
Campaign hat
1919-1920
Board and rollers (2) for making noodles
ca. 1920
Printer's Block
1890-1940
1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition Medal
1876
Puzzle
1890-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Military Insignia
1890-1920
Pin-back button
Ribbon
ca. 1928
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Miniature bed
1915-1935
Miniature table
1960-1975
Framed anchor made from the "Merrimac"
1900-1925
Bottle
1900-1930
Mug
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Calendar
1996
Box camera
ca. 1900
Medal: Panorama de Paris 1878
ca. 1878
The Town House
Coolidge and Dawes
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Medal
1860
Presentation cannon
1860
Apple parer
ca. 1856
Paperweight
1900-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1930
Collection
1880-1900
Button
1972-1975
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain James Biddle Naval Medal
1820-1885
STEVENSON
1956
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Powder horn
1759
Model 1842 U.S. Percussion Musket
1849
Apothecary bottle with stopper
ca. 1862
New-York Historical Society Medal for Achievement in History
ca. 1931
Hat cover
ca. 1944
Games of John Gilpin, Rainbow Backgammon and Bewildered Travelers
ca. 1875
Cup
1890-1920
Tray
1890-1920
Tobacco
1920-1940
Insignia
1860-1900
Token
1856-1900
Doll's pocket watch
1870-1880
Souvenir cane
ca. 1939
Snuffbox
1800-1850
Lady's costume: 1835
ca. 1963
Needle case
1820-1850
Fighting with the Boers
1902-1910
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1962-1990
Playing card
1940-1960
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Button
Card of buttons
1960-1990
Top of the Sixes
No Man is Good Three Times
Major General Andrew Jackson Military Medal
1820-1885
Flax wheel
1750-1850
Apple parer
1800-1830
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tassel
Pinback button
1896-1910
INV.13710.3
Japonica
ca. 1960-1980
Paddy and the Pig
1882-1890
Dagger: U.S.
1850-1860
John Quincy Adams Indian Peace Medal
1825 or later
Pull toy: horse with jockey
1860-1890
Cannon worm
1760-1783
Dominoes
ca. 1875
Medicine
1906-1920
Token: A Government Dollar Contains...Sept 1896
Lotion bottle
1890-1920
Lamp/ hotel
1920-1940
Pinback button
1890-1920
Hard Times token
1837
Rosette with streamers
ca. 1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1820s-1830s
Game pieces (53)
1850-1900
Grapeshot (5) excavated at Fort Ticonderoga
1750-1783
Needle case
1875-1900
Powder horn
1775-1850
Box
1930-1950
Pinback button
1925-1935
Paperweight/ medallion
1983
Hat box
1890-1910
Pin
1932-1940
Medal: St. John the Divine
1911
Rubber stamp
2009
Bookmark
ca. 1880
Valley Forge Centennial Medal
1878
Miniature two-handled bowls (pair)
1900-1930
Tea caddy
1850-1900
Paperweight
ca. 1900
Fan
1920-1940
Coaster
1940-1970
Shut them Down/ Boston Clamshell Coalition
1980-1985
Pinback button
1896-1910
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1907
New York Vista
ca. 1988-1993
Campaign magnet
2012
Miniature glass slides and tray
1880-1910
Doll
1913-1925
British military cap badge excavated at Fort George
1790-1800
The White Squadron Picture Puzzle: U.S. Cruiser No. 12 "Pirate"
1892
Bottle/Medicine
1880-1910
Pen
1970-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1930-1950
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1904
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Mortar or vase
1800
Vest
1909
2 forks
1850-1865
Coat
1940-1946
Hair Grooming
1860-1890
Coin: quar.dollar, Columbian Board of Lady Managers, 1893
Pinback button
1941
Trade sample
1943-1950
Box
1880-1900
Pinback button
1996
Pennsylvania Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1882
Political button
1970
Doll stockings
Badge
Dollhouse furn: baby grand piano
1920-1940
Squeak toy (bird)
1875-1900
Transportation Tokens: Brookyn & Queens Transit Corp., Transfer
Garrison cap
ca. 1945
Civil War token: FR. Freose. Undertaker, 1863
1863
Box/ Candy
1900-1930
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Button
1970-1975
Lieutenant Stephen Cassin Naval Medal
After 1878
Michael Phillips
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising blotter paper
Toy barn
1900-1920
Miniature table and chairs (4)
1960-1980
Stamp
1700-1800
Prize Birds Dissected
1883
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
White hat
1942
Food spear
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Musical recording
1910-1920
SAVE the BEACON THEATRE
ca. 1986
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 7th Issue
1912
Popeye the Juggler
ca. 1929
Ribbon
ca. 1910
Overseas cap
1917-1918
Scrimshaw whale tooth depicting the clipper ship "Cosmos"
1910-1940
Food spear
1940-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Musical recording
1910-1920
New York Post First Annual Liberty Medal (r)
2002
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
The Covered Wagon
1930-1950
Second Premium NY Poultry & Pigeon Association Ribbon
ca. 1913
Shako with pompon
1870-1877
Die
1800-1838
Civilian Bag
1850-1900
Paperweight
1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Measuring scoop/ food
1950-1960
Advertising pocket mirror
1910-1920
Medal: Injuriis Coacta ...
Campaign handkerchief
1952
New England Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1871
Rudy Giuliani button
2008
Shopping bag
ca. 2001
Cane
ca. 1867
Allen & Thurber Pocket-Sized Worcester Pepperbox Revolver
1847-1854
Miniature toilet seat
1920-1940
Snuffbox
1800-1850
Pin-back campaign button
2000
Pin-back button
1970-1975
Denarius of Republican Rome in envelope
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 1983
Jack Banning's Putt-Pins
ca. 1950-1960
Box of crayons
ca. 1933
Miniature sofa and easy chairs (2)
1960-1980
Soldier
1840-1870
Campaign necktie
1940
The Whirlpool Game
ca. 1899
Bottle
1890-1920
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Canteen w/docu: gift of John Wood Dunsmore 1941
1856
Pen
1980-2000
1844 Nimes Scientific Congress Medal
1844
Trader Vic's
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Button
1928
Apothecary bottle
1870-1920
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
Helmet
1917-1918
Snuff box: shell-shaped w/figure reliefs
1800-1850
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
After 1880
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
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
F.D.R for Civil Service
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
Game of India
ca. 1895
The Game of Lost Heir
ca. 1900
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Dinner fork
ca. 1950
Game of the Spider's Web
1898
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medal
1848-1885
Ashtray
1930-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1921
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
Bust
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
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
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
250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States Medal
1905
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
Souvenir ribbon
1877
Miniature rug
1920-1940
Token with coin in center: Churchhill's Rest.a few pennies
1937-1943
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
Squeak toy (baby in cradle)
1875-1900
Doll: girl in red plaid dress
1830-1860
Linch pin
1775-1783
The Mansion of Happiness
1895
Fork
1750-1800
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
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
Priming horn
1775-1825
Ruler
1940-1960
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1962
Pin-back button
1960
Shopping bag
Frag. of flag flown at masthead of U.S.S. Brooklyn in Battle of Santiago, 1898
ca. 1898
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Chess set
1875-1900
Forage cap
ca. 1863
Badge
Coin:...1648
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
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
Eclectic Authors
ca. 1890
Insignia
1910-1950
Token
ca. 1860
John S. Pershing Medal
1919
Spool of ribbon
1945-1959
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
Parasol: green & pink plaid w/ carved handle
1850s
Rhode Island Revolutionary War Medal
1779
Harvard University Stylus Club Membership Medal
ca. 1907
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

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