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At the Battle of Palo Alto
Date:
1846
Object Number:
PR.068.24
Medium:
Lithograph

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Model of 100,000 Barrel Tanker
1936
Delivery cart
1860-1890
Token: Bank Token One Penny, 1837
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Civil War token
1863
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Intercom
Wine making hydrometer
1920-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 Commemorative Medal
1876
Heed Youth's Call Vote as you think but Vote!
ca. 1956
Huberts
ca. 1960-1980
Wye level
1940-1960
Doll
1830-1860
Lady of 1850
ca. 1961
Corkscrew excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Hood's Sarsaparilla Book of Parlor Games
1896
Paperweight/Medallion
1920-1950
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944-1948
Button
1964
Memorial ribbon
1880-1920
The Pin-U-Ring-It Puzzle
1930-1950
Apple parer
1856
Brandreth Columbian ABC for the Little Ones
1876
Sewing kit w/needles & scissors
1840-1880
Trosuers
1942
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1940
Pinback button
1945-1960
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Decoy
1910-1930
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Butter mold
1825-1875
Ribbon
ca. 1858
Grand Canal Celebration Medal
1826
"A NEW BEGINNING IN '88/DUKAKIS-BENTSEN"
Pin-back button
2017
Still bank
After 1893
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Helmet
1918
Coin: half dollar, Oregon Trail Memorial 1926
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Token: Weighed in the Balance and Found...1840
Doll
1892
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Souvenir
1890-1920
INV.13921.1
1841
Textile: A novel project
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Miniature furniture
1960-75
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Grandmama's Geographical Game
ca. 1910
Bottle/Liquor
1900-1920
Coffee tin
ca. 1920-1930
Swizzle stick/ food spear
1940-1960
Insignia
1910-1920
Badge in case
Phonograph record in original box: Talking Short Stories by Frank Bush
ca. 1905
James Hazen Hyde Medallion
1948
Hicks
U.S. Navy Tag
ca. 1940
Modeling tools (3)
1850-1900
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
1850-1865
Paperweight
1900-1920
Pinback button
1920-1940
Trade sign
1880-1910
Plate
1900-1930
Button
1987
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Re-Elect/Carter/Mondale
1980
Medicine bottle
1840-1870
Walking-stick
1860-1890
International Philatelic Exhibition Souvenir Medal
1913
Medicine bottle
1880-1910
Shako with pompon
1899-1909
Picture blocks
ca. 1900
Sewing Supplies
1890-1920
Bookmark/ ticket
1927
Tobacco
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1920
Miniature ship model
1910-1940
Token, Encases Postage Stamp
1862
Union League Club Presidential Reception Ribbon
ca. 1897
Souvenir cane
ca. 1939
Lady's costume: 1785
ca. 1967
Needle case
late 18th-mid 19th Century
The Elite Conversation Cards
1887
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1923
Pencil/ Food
1930-1950
Playing card
1940-1960
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Button
Card of buttons
1955-1985
The Toast
Button: No Third Term
Centennial of George Washington Inauguration Medal
1889
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III
1770-1776
Apple parer and knife
1820-1830
Paperweight/Calendar
1892
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
VIETNAM (women with rifle)
1960-1975
Pinback button
1896-1910
Fork
1790-1825
Spanish coin (2 Reales)
1739
Gotham Bar and Grill
ca. 1960-1980
Child's plate
1825-1875
Miniature Furniture, Roll Top Desk
ca. 1983
Bottle
1850-1925
Creamware fragments (2) excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
The Board Game Old Maid
ca. 1900
Medicine/Soap
1906-1920
Lotion bottle
1980-2000
Jar
1876-1889
Pin
1890-1920
Hard Times token
1837
Doll purse
1870-1940
Commemorative cane
2003
Toy kast
1825-1875
Men on horseback on accordion rack
1840-60
Magnifying glass and case
1800-1830
Powder horn
1775
Box
1862-1900
Pinback button
1940-1960
Brochure
1992
Tobacco tin
1890-1920
Connecticut State Building Commemorative Medal
1926
Campaign pin
1896
Pin
1940
Commander Duncan Ingraham Naval Medallion
1855
Barack Obama: 44th President
2009
John Ericsson Medal
After 1889
Fragment of the ship "Lawrence"
1800-1813
Bugle
ca. 1860
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1920
Tool
1890-1930
Coaster
1940-1970
Beverages
1990-2000
Pinback button
1991
Centennial of Washington's Inauguration "Black, Starr & Frost" Medal
1889
Le Madri
ca. 1989-2005
Faux dollar bill from Mitt Romney campaign
2012
Miniature pedestal table
1915-1935
Pull toy: dog
1860-1890
Jumping jack in box: acrobat
ca. 1876
Model of hook and ladder carriage
1870-1900
The Game of Store
ca. 1890
Bottle/Medicine
1910-1930
Pencil
1970-2000
Box/ Candy
1896
Pinback button
1990-2000
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1916
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Doll
1830-1870
Sewing case with accessories
1800-1825
Matchbox
1903-1904
Hair Grooming
1940-1960
Lady's costume: 1775
ca. 1960
Pinback button
1941
Hardware/ household
1940-1960
Store display
1940-1960
Bible
1930-1950
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
1892-1893
Political button
1960s
National Day of Mourning Abraham Lincoln Ribbons
1865
Doll top
Miniature umbrella
1900-1940
Squeak toy (duck)
1875-1900
Czechoslovakia Freedom Medal
1939
Whist board
ca. 1905
U.S. Civil War token
1863
Box/ Candy
1930-1950
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Thimble/ food
1940-1960
Support/Planned/Parenthood
1970
Coin: Jefferson Nickel, 1939
Badge and plaque
1833-1900
Rosa Mexicana
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising blotter paper
Sheep
1850-1900
Miniature household accessories (9)
1960-1980
Puppet
1875-1925
Picture Puzzle Blocks
ca. 1890
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Food spear
1950-1990
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Musical recording
1910-1920
Whyte's/344 W. 57th St., N.Y./145 Fulton St., N.Y. Stir spoon
1950-1980
Ribbon
1850-1900
Harmonize with Dick Tracy
ca. 1930
shuttle loom
ca. 1800-1850
Wilkinson Presentation Commando Knife and sheath
1944-1945
Die
1800-1838
Pliers
ca. 1870-1910
Souvenir Tile
ca. 1960
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pencil/ food
1950-1960
Tin
1910-1920
Die
1800-1838
Sealing press
ca. 1917
Campaign dress
1952-1956
New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1854
Pin-back button
2008
Shopping bag
Battle of Marne Medal
1915-1919
Carriage (cabriolet)
1850-1900
Epaulets (pair)
1790-1820
Captain James Lawrence Naval Medal
1868-1885
Medicine
1950-1980
Medal in case w/etchings
ca. 1870; ca. 1800; 1909
Bag Advertisement
1980-2000
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Advertising ruler
ca. 1950
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
1942-1945
Box of crayons
1920-1935
Sestertius in envelope: Marcus Aurelius
Cavalry officer on horseback
1870-1910
Campaign necktie
1940
Picture puzzles (8)
1896
Jar
1900-1930
Pen/ Food
1930-1950
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1948
Welcome Home 27th New York Division Ribbon
1850-1910
Pen
1980-2000
Myron T. Herrick Commemorative Medal
1914
Hotel Roosevelt
Truman & Barkley
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Letter set
1800-1900
Paperweight
1880-1940
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
War is not healthy for children and other living things
ca. 1975
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Brigadier General Eleazer W. Ripley Military Medal
1880-1890
Rosette with a portrait of Lincoln
Walking-stick
1850-1870
Candelabra
ca. 1990-2010
Sesquicentennial International Exposition Official Souvenir Medal
1926
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Snuffbox with lid
1815-1830
Tobacco box
1850-1900
Medicine
1930-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Drinking cups
1900
Miniature carpet sweeper
1910-1940
Button
1983
Ribbon pin
1892
Commemorative cane
2008
Medieval soldiers
1900-1920
Thimble
1775-1825
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Sewing Needles
1863-1900
Coin : half dollar, Columbian Expos. Chicago 1893
Watch Face
1880-1940
Souvenir
1876
Trade sign
1940-1960
Office supply
1950-1960
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
ca. 1892
THE CATTLEMAN
Pin on card: Ike
Celt
1500-1700
Noah's ark
1850-1900
Coat
1895-1898
Campaign pin
1908
Pinback button
1890-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Transportation token
1920-1940
Iron cross: W.1914
Tobacco tag
1920-1940
James A. Garfield Indian Peace Medal
1882
Greyhound bus
1939
Cake board
1825-1835
Bayonet and scabbard
ca. 1973
Medicine bottle
1840-1900
Key
1760-1783
Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son
ca. 1890
Ashtray
1900-1940
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Photographic equipment
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Ribbon
ca. 1921
Carved bear
1850-1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Miniature Windsor side chair
1920-1940
Thimble case
1840-1880
Home Baseball Game
1900
Reba!
1999
Watch box
1940-1970
Ashtray
1900-1940
Plate
1926
Memorial token
1865
Ribbon fragment
Store display
1940-1960
Card of buttons
1940-1980
Voisin
Medal. Monogrammed initials on one face, scene with two figures and cross in background with nearly illegible inscription on other.
1800-1850
Draft wheel
ca. 1863
Dolls' house carpet
1920-1960
Letter Opener
1950-1970
Button Hook
1890-1930
Wrapper
1980-2000
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Eisenhower Nixon
Daikichi
ca. 1960-1980
Bowl
ca. 1848
Covered box
ca. 1775-1850
Miniature teapot with lid
1875-1925
Hose carriage
1890-1900
Fire helmet frontpiece: protection
1850-1900
Chopped Up Niggers: Puzzles to Put Together
ca. 1875
Tool
1880-1930
Paperweight/ plaque
1900-1940
Printing
1985-2000
Needle case
1780-1825
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1835
Willkie
ca. 1940
"A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM"
2008
Sword cane
1840-1860
Purse
1800-1850
Piece of wood from the British prison ship "Jersey"
1750-1780
Figurine
1900-1930
Miniature ladles (4)
1900-1930
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1890-1910
Car attachment
1964
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
1970
Die
1800-1838
Doll top
Delivery cart
1860-1880
The American Numismatic Society Centennial Medalet
1958
Hammers (6)
1775-1795
Service cap
ca. 1918
Button
1952-1956
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1998
Travel
1953-1960
Captain Johnston Blakeley Naval Medal
1820
Ribbon/ medal
1938-1945
Lapel stud
1888
Jerry's
ca. 1960-1980
Ostrich feather fan
ca. 1890-1910
Squeak toy (baby in cradle)
1830-1870
Doll
1830-1860
Plaque: Vermont line (heart-shaped)
1850-1900
Dissected Map of the United States
1887
Sewing Needles and Pins
1910-1930
Tote Bag
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1944-1948
Civil War token
1863
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 2nd Issue
1910
Park Drag (or Private Coach)
1903
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Miniature lamp
1920-1940
The Game of Leap Frog
ca. 1870
Brick from Walton House
ca.1770
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Button
1994
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Store display
1890-1920
Crossing the Ocean
1893
Ribbon
ca. 1902
Souvenir
1930-1950
Societe des Architectes Medal
ca. 1907
Pin-back button
1988
William J. printing plate
1954-1960
Erie Canal Celebration Medallion
1826
Wallis's Improved Dissected Map of Ireland
1840-1860
Model 1903 Springfield Rifle
1911
Badge
ca. 1870
"Flowing Hair" dollar
1795
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1930
Coaster
1995-2000
Thimble/ periodical
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1844
Choshi
ca. 1960-1980
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
Box of crayons
ca. 1937
Bayonet
1760-1783
Fork
1760-1775
Box with percussion caps
1855-1862
Tin
1900-1930
Medallion
1962
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Fire helmet frontpiece: Pocohantas
1850-1900
Insignia
1910-1950
Match tin
1900-1920
John S. Pershing Medal
1919
Uncle Sam shoe polish
1945-1959
Still bank
1870-1890
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
measuring device
1750-1850
Pin-back button
2000
Box/ Food
1920-1950
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tin
1881-1920
Token
1855
Pin-back button
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Glass
1964-1965
Token
ca. 1783
Bell noise maker
probably 1960s
Grover Cleveland Presidential Campaign Medalet
1888
Toy armchair
1875-1900
Walrus tusk
1860-1900
Pin-back button
1976
Ashtray
1920-1960
Souvenir coin
1853
Travel/ pin
1890-1920
Miniature domino set
1810-1820
Insignia
1890-1910
Pin-back button
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2007
Walking-stick
1880-1900
Needle case
1750-1800
Grandmama's Sunday Game of Bible Questions: New Testament
1887
Miniature Furniture, American Breakfront
ca. 1983
Ashtray
1930-1960
Fan
1900-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Button
1966
Medal in box:...Peru...Elihu Root
1906
J'aime Ike
PAPA LOU'S
Lion and Two Monkeys
ca. 1883
Calipers
1750-1870
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Soap
1950-1960
Tobacco
1900-1930
Box w/hinged lid: image of Madonna and child
1560-1570
Pinback button
1896-1910
Rotten eggs with Roosevelt Omlettes with Willkie
Bookmark
1893
Spoon
1700-1800
Mechanical box: boy and girl on seesaw
ca. 1850
Miniature potted plants (4)
1910-1940
Shoe sole excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Nine Men Morris, Man in the Moon
ca. 1900
Pin
ca. 1990
Jigsaw Puzzle
1988
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1860-1900
Athletic medal
1951
Ribbon
1800-1900
Toy armchair
1730-1760
Campaign cane
ca. 1908
Toy train
1900-1910
Needle case
1790-1830
Flight bag
1950-1975
FF Kevin M. O'Rourke FDNY Rescue 2
2002
Wrapper/ Food
1990-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Small chest
ca. 1815-1820
Wm. H. Taft
1908
Token
1880-1900
Button
Doll's cape
1870-1880
Mario's Villa d'este
Push toy
ca. 1900
Novelty Bank
ca. 1873
Dolls' house sofa table
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Travel/ medallion
1934
Button
1890-1910
Pin-back button
1936
Corkscrew
1800-1899
Coffee mill
Music box
1850-1900
Ship model: Waterline Recognition; USS Kongo
1944-1946
Delftware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1750-1783
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
Bottle/Medicine
1930-1950
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
"leaf" fork w/3 tines
18 or 19th century
Pinback button
1990-2000
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Unit insignia
1775-1783
Spontoon blade
1760-1783
Bleeding bowl
1840-1860
Cascabel
1760-1783
Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal
1863-1885

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