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Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon

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Ribbon/ medal
1900-1940
Pinback button
1994
Original box for electric iron
1946-1954
Political button
1968
Doll shoes (pair)
Token/coin: Lucky Penny Pocket Piece, Pan-Amer. Expo.1901
1936-1943
Squeak toy (swan and cygnets)
1875-1900
Chapeau bras
1825-1842
Apothecary jars with lid
1850-1900
Plaque
1890-1930
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Dollhouse furn: bed
1920-1940
Doll in brown velvet dress
1850-1910
Badge in case
Sign
ca. 1940
Hayato
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising notepad
1910
Stamp
1840-1870
The Premium Game of Logomachy or War of Words
1889
Edge piece from unidentified fire vehicle
Purse
1800-1850
Ribbon fragment and envelope
Inkwell
1890-1920
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Gumball machine
1920-1940
Civil War token
ca. 1860
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 1st Issue
1909
Cootie Game
1930-1950
Puzzle book in a box
1875-1925
India: An Oriental Game
1895
Pin-back button
ca. 2001
Spring lorgnette with chain
ca. 1920
George Washington Presidential Inauguration 150th Anniversary Medal
1939
Bank
1950-1980
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Rear doors of Rescue Company #2 rig
Civil War token
1863
Badge
20th century
Dexterity game
1930-1950
1876 Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
Wallet
1764
Hat
1942-1944
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Glass/ food
1900-1930
Plate
1909
Medallion w/ribbon: General U.S Grant
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Coll.of 3 coins:1-Vt. Res.Publica,1785; 2-Vermontensium,1786
Harry S. Truman Presidential Inauguration Commemorative Medal
1949
Medal with ribbon
ca. 1918
Viewfinder key chain
1968
Miniature rug
1920-1940
Delftware tile fragment excavated at the Blue Bell Tavern
1750-1783
Coin: Silver Quarter, Washington, 1932
Button
ca. 1969
Hardware/ household
1940-1960
Button
1980
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
The Transport of Memory
1999
Ribbon
1889-1893
Box of crayons
1915-1940
Snuff box w/tag: fish-shaped; lid inscribed: 641
1800-1900
Walking-stick
1880-1910
Collection of campaign buttons w/sun flower edge: Victory La
Ice creepers (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Grandmama's Useful Knowledge
1887
Bottle
1890-1920
Brochure
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1906
Commemorative cup
1899
Clothing advertising token
1914
Projectile point
1500-1700
Coin
Match box
1880-1900
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1960
Marco Polo Club
Doll's cradle and bedding
1850-1900
Jacket
1865-1870
Paperweight
1890-1920
Pinback button
1919
Medicine
1900-1930
Cane
1910-1930
Pinback button
1980-2000
George Washington Bicentennial Medal
1932
Save the Theatres
Coll. of 2 coins: Silver dollar, Liberty, 1799 & 1800
Horse pull toy
1860-1890
Ashtray
1940-1960
Coat
1872-1902
The World Educator and Game
1919
Sewing Supplies
1920-1960
Powder box
1940-1970
Truck door of Rescue Company #2 rig
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
saddle
1855-1863
Lady's costume: 1675
ca. 1966
Ribbon
1850-1870
Button
2003
Ship's bell from the "General Slocum"
ca. 1891
Commemorative cane
2000
Calthrop
1760-1775
Sword belt
1860-1870
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
As (Roman coin)
ca. 28-9 B.C.
Druggist's jar fragments (2)
1840-1880
Box/ Candy
1900-1960
Playing card
1940-1960
Coffee mill
1880-1910
Office supply
1940-1960
Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1957
The Nip
Lieutenant-Colonel William Washington Military Medal
1862
Box
1780-1830
Shoulder straps (4)
1863-1866
Pin-back campaign button
1900
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Box/ food
1940-1960
Transportation token
1930-1960
Marble game board
1800-1875
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Pinback button
1995-2000
Vote for President Richard Nixon
Advertisement for Radway’s Ready Relief
1860
Geometrical lathe
1823
Framed set of objects (35) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Badge w/button & ribbon:...Vol. Firemen's Assn.,...1904
1904
Medicine
1940-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Pin badge with card
ca. 1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1880
Baby Carriage.
ca. 1865
Walking-stick
1860-1870
Ribbon
ca. 1904
Comb
1785-1810
Powder horn
ca. 1760
Box
1950-1970
Pocket watch
1890-1930
Sewing Supplies
1890-1920
Bottle
1930-1960
Dollhouse furn: settee
1920-1940
Token: 1/2 penny, Province of Canada, 1844
1844
Authors
ca. 1890
Clothing hanger
1920-1940
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Souvenir Medal
1876
L'Etoile
Sketch: Lobinia Seated On Rock: barked & covered w/mylar
1800-1820
Dolls' house sofa
1920-1960
Paperweight
1897
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
2000
George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medallion
1889
The Rainbow Room
ca. 1960-1990
Harpsichord
1920-1940
Doll
1830-1860
Bobbin
1780-1820
Fire helmet frontpiece: 20
1850-1900
The Game of Commercial Traveler
ca. 1895
Tailor's chalk
ca. 1930
Souvenir tray
1933
Transportation token
1930-1960
Swizzle Stick
1940-1970
Doll
1920-1940
Badge
Hard Time tokens (2)
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pin-back campaign button
2009
Fragments of wood (2) from the keel of the "Clermont"
1807
Coat
1861-1863
Tray
1900-1930
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1910
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Grant's Tomb Commemorative Medal
1897 or later
Political button
1970s-1990s
Badge
Doll dress
Frame
1775-1795
Celts (4)
1500-1700
Pin-back button
1996
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Miniature framed picture
1910-1930
Button
Pinback button
1896-1910
1968 Republican National Convention Miami Beach
1968
The Grand Ticino
ca. 1960-1980
Buttons (selection of six)
ca. 1910-1930
Miniature baby carriage
1960-1980
Doorstop
1830-1860
Game of Uncle Josh's Trip
1906
Tobacco Tin
ca. 1912
Coin: half dollar, Daniel Boone bicentennial, 1934
Shopping bag
1997
Medicine
1900-1930
Seal embosser
1890-1910
Civil War Token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
Baseball
1930-1950
Medal: Syracuse New York May 17-18 1899
1899
Tea caddy
1880-1930
Doll's wig in box
1850-1925
Trousers
1940-1946
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Button
ca. 1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Button
1970-1975
Toy figurines: pioneer and infantrymen, rural life figures
1870-1910
State Department Life Saving Medal
1860-1873
Pen
1990-2000
Lincoln Tunnel Dedication Medal
1937
Pin-back button
Shopping bag
Whirligig
1800-1850
Wick pick
1840-1900
Pin-back campaign button
ca. 1981
Hair Grooming
1890-1930
Medallion
1920-1950
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pinback button
1944
Fugio cent
1787
Snuff jar with cover
1850-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1850
ca. 1961
Badge w/flag & ribbon:
Box of crayons
ca. 1910
Seal impression in box
1850-1900
The New Game of Teddy's Bear Hunt
1907
Universal Unconditional Vietnamesty
1965-1975
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
Powder horn
1709-1759
Powder Horn
ca. 1755
Johannes Ericsson Medal
ca. 1889
Pencil
1950-1960
The Eleanor Van Rensselaer Fairfax Award Medal
1930
Chateau Madrid
Commemorative plaque
1904-1910
Apple parer
ca. 1840
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Medal
1864
Box/ Food
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1992
WORK FOR PEACE NOV. 13 & 14 (dove)
ca. 1969
Horse comb
1800-1850
Set of three boxed puzzles
1964
Squeak toy (bird in cage)
1875-1900
Miniature goblets (pair)
1900-1940
John Paul Jones Plaquette
1906
Tambourine noise maker
probably 1960s
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Gavel and stand
ca. 1758
Paper doll
1830-1860
Ashtray
1946
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Universal ring dial
1600-1700
Campaign button: A. Lincoln for President 1864
ca. 1864
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medallion: The Franklin Institute 1824-1938
1938
Ribbon
1905
Commemorative cane
2003
Miniature easy chair
1920-1940
Pen wiper
ca. 1900
Hill's Spelling Blocks
1858
Breeches
1778-1782
Ashtray
1920-1940
Fan
1876
Jewelers' enamel
1890-1910
Pinback button
1940
Button
1968
Battle of Verdun Medal
1916-1919
Billfold
1940-1945
Game of Bicycle Race
1891
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Overcoat
1915-1918
Paperweight
1876
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tag
1908-1920
Still bank
1880-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Which Means Me Votee for Willkie Too
Bookmark
1892
Clothespin
1750-1850
Hat: bolero style, black
1900-1950
Framed set of American military buttons (24) excavated at Fort George
1810-1814
The Game of Peter Coddles
ca. 1890
Paperweight
1898
Ribbon
1940-1960
Bar tray
ca. 1930-1940
Insignia
1880-1920
Hard Times token
1841
Ribbon
1850-1900
Whetstone holder
1834
Doll: on stand in black coat
ca. 1913
Ribbon
ca. 1881
Campaign cane
ca. 1900
Needle case
19th-mid 19th Century
Ashtray
1960-1970
Paperweight
1910-1930
Washing supplies
1902-1930
Tip tray/coin tray
1964-1965
Child's plate
1804-1830
Medal: 1876 Centennial
ca. 1876
Fire helmet
1854-1880
Pinback button
1930-1948
Presentation box for New York Post First Annual Liberty Medal (r)
2002
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Le Veau d'or
Clamps (2)
1775-1795
Dolls' house chair
1920-1960
Saucer
1920-1950
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ furnace
1900-1940
Pin
1897
Pin-back button
Waldorf Cocktail Terrace
ca. 1960-1990
Doll house furniture: side chair
1920-1940
Still bank
1932-1934
Mouse trap
1800-1840
The Good Old Game of Corner Grocery
1887
Jack Straws New Edition
ca. 1895
SUPPORT FREE HIGHER EDUCATION
1966
Toy
1940-1960
Tobacco
1920-1940
Badge
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1863
INV.13707j
1834
Crackerjack prize
1938
Milestone
1822-23
Purse
1800-1850
Thimbles
1760-1783
Printer's Block
1907
Token
1900-1930
Paperweight
1880-1920
Sign
1930-1960
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Medallion: N.Y...1853
1853
Two Good Terms Deserve a Rest
Cane
1880-1930
Pin
ca. 2000
Bits and drills (17)
1775-1795
Service cap
1918-1922
Carnegie Hall Stagebill for October 16-17, 2001
2001
Mirror
1900-1940
Advertisement
1980-2000
Bracelet
2001-2002
Epaulets (pair) in original box
ca. 1861
Second Premium NY Poultry & Pigeon Association Ribbon
ca. 1913
Pinback button
1896-1920
Lieutenant William Burrows Naval Medal
ca. 1885
Spring Street
ca. 1960-1980
Box and comb set
ca. 1920
Doll
1900-1930
Fire helmet: Exempt Association
1854-1880
The Comical Game of Who?
ca. 1910
Button
1972-1973
Canister
1876
Button hook
1890-1930
Ruler
1964
Civil War token
ca. 1860
Seth Low Mayoral Campaign Pin-Back Button with Ribbon
1899-1901
Spoon
1825-1875
Cane
ca. 1867
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Jenny Lind
1850-1875
Bayonet and scabbard
ca. 1873
Button
Sign/ Food
1907-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Token: 28th President, Woodrow Wilson
1924-1950
Sign
1890-1940
Food spear
1950-1990
Golf tees
1956
Pin-back button
ca. 1975
Blackout bulb
1942-1945
Medal in box: Britannian 1797 2 pence
1797
Game pieces (104)
1850-1900
Embroidery frame
ca. 1790
Pine tree shilling
1652
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Fan
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Temperance token
ca. 1830-1860
Ribbon
Paparazzi
ca. 1960-1980
Souvenir ashtray in box: Holland Society of N.Y.
1880-1910
Collection of five toy tents w/flags
1870-1910
Pin-back campaign button
1940
"Brownie Flash Six-20" camera
ca. 1946
Stamp
1830-1880
Indian medal
ca. 1736, with alterations ca. 1750
Advertising pocket mirror
1890-1920
Glass
1980-2000
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: Ethiopian Minstrels
ca. 1888
Helmet
1917-1918
Coin
Lantern
1851-1880
Token
ca. 1860
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Pin
ca. 1941 - 1945
Benjamin Harrison Indian Peace Medal
1890-1900
Piece of iron from the "Monitor"
ca. 1862
Percussion musket converted for civilian use: inscribed
1750-1770
Pin-back campaign button
1884
Watch Face
1880-1940
Medicine
1869
Bar Tray
1900-1930
Button
ca. 1962
Washington and Grant Presidential Medalet
ca. 1870
Indian Stone ax head or adze
Late Woodland period
Medicine bottle with stopper
1860-1890
Collect. of 26 coins and medals from Buckingham Smith in box
New York World's Fair souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Dollhouse furn: umbrella
1920-1940
Service cap
1941-1947
Magna Dominoes
ca. 1940
Tin
1890-1920
Puzzle
ca. 1890
Travel
1950-1960
1195 ‎Nègre
1880-1920
F.D.R for Civil Service
Pin
1890-1920
Tray
2002
Ribbon
1878
Commemorative Cane
2005
Colllection of marbles in box
1800-1920
Medallion
ca. 1876
The Yacht Race Game
ca. 1887
Powder Box
1880-1910
Clothing supplies
1970-1990
Pen
1970-2000
Commemorative box
1927
Mourning/ coin
1863-1890
Simon Bolivar Medal
1951
Ribbon
1856
Game of India
ca. 1895
Die
1800-1838
The Golden Door
Davis & Kidder's Patent Magneto-Electric Machine
ca. 1854
Shirt
1941-1946
Identification badge for bomb-sniffing dog, Ajax Moser
2001
Box/ food
1930-1960
Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1987-2000
Lieutenant Stephen Cassin Naval Medal
1818-1878
Bank
ca. 1910
Pastry jagger/crimper
19th century
The Improved Game of Snap
1889
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Fragment of fob seal excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Medicine
1880-1920
Lotion tube/box
1912
Tobacco
1996
Pinback button
1920-1930
Civil War Token
1863
Pair of doll shoes
1870-1880
Ship's clock
1890-1910
Toy towel stand
1860-1880
Bust
Commemorative cane
2003
Horseshoes (5) excavated at a British and Hessian Revolutionary War fort and cam
1760-1783
Dinner knife
ca. 1950
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1997
Playing card
1940-1960
Coin ... Fait LaForce 5 cents
1884
Gentleman's costume: 1650
ca. 1967
Advertising token
1889
Pin back button
1900-1920
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Sea-Fare of the Aegean
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
1928
Copying machine
1850-1910
Epaulets (pair) with storage box
1854-1857
Paperweight
1890-1930
AIDS lapel ribbon
1990
Sewing kit
1980-2000
Sign/ periodical
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
For President William B. Borah
ca. 1936
Top
1850-1900
Doll: female
1880-1910
Buffalo Roadhouse
ca. 1960-1980
Nutmeg grater/tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775

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