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Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth

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Gallagher's Steak House
Document: Grover Cleveland...Allan G. Thurman...
ca. 1885
Henry Clay Personal Medal
1851
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Coat with belt
1898-1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco canister
1880-1910
Button
ca. 1975
Campaign pin
1888
Chuck's Steak House
ca. 1960-1980
Mold
ca. 1825-1875
Box camera
ca. 1900
Still bank: Pass Around the Hat
1850-1900
Delivery cart
ca. 1870
Nightstick
1830-1840
The Limited Mail and Express Game
1894
Dairy thermometer and case
ca. 1920
Shopping bag
1940-1950
Advertising ribbon
ca. 1909
Badge/ medal
1919
Pinback button
1896-1910
U.S. Merchant token
ca. 1860
Political ribbon
ca. 1870
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Buttons in case
1861-1865
Jester on cart
1860-1900
Needle case
1800-1830
Powder horn
1800-1840
Box
1906-1940
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Plate
1911
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
Postage Cent
Button
Campaign button: Teddy Roosevelt
Kentucky Rifle
1795-1815
Overseas cap
1917-1918
Lucky Lindbergh token
1927
Box/ Candy
Food bag
1998
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Pinback button
1990
Pin-back button
La Vieille Auberge
ca. 1980-1995
THE WORKING THEATER NEW YORK CITY LABOR CHORUS, Fight for the Arts
1991-2000
Pull toy (horse)
1850-1900
Doll
1890-1920
Shackles
1750-1850
The Merry Game of Country Auction
1880-1890
Mug/Shaving
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Medicine
1940-1960
Beer premium
1930-1950
U.S. Merhant token
1854-1857
Convention ribbon
1888
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Wood engraving tool
1850-1900
Child's plate
1804-1830
Shoulder belt
1865-1875
Puzzle
1890-1910
Bookbinding Supplies
1920-1950
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Zachary Taylor Indian Peace Medal
After 1860
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Tin
1940-1960
Coin/ pendant
1923
Medallion in case: 50th Anniversary NY Public Library
1961
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Campaign ibbon
Stuffed cloth rooster
1900-1925
Forage cap
1885-1893
US Merchant Token: admit to Wood's Minstrels. 1857
1857
Pin
ca. 1989
Fan
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Pin-back campaign button
1980
Pinback button
1896-1910
Museum of the American Indian medal
1947
Nanni
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back gay pride button
ca. 2000
Dresser with mirror
1860-1880
Doll
1860-1890
Wall paper printing block (2)
1780-1830
Game of Musical Authors
1882
Box
1950-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
1900 Paris Universal Exposition Medal
1900
Ruler
ca. 1960
Badge case w/document
Jumping jack
1850-1900
Butter mold
1795-1835
Mangle board
1791
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Packet
1906-1920
Pen
1980-2000
Pinback button
1890-1920
Medallion
1900
Epaulet
ca. 1777
Herbert Hoover Presidential Campaign Medal
1928
G.B. McClellan pin
Pillow
2016
Sword cane
1830-1850
Collection of 10 coins
Miniature mantle clock
1930-1950
Bell crown cap
ca. 1833
Souvenir mug
2001
Medicine
1990-2000
Medallion
1920-1950
Jeton in envelope: head of Louis XV
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Souvenir shot glass
2001
Card holder
2003
Lapel pin
ca. 2010
Collection of 3 beakers, 2 pitchers, coffee pot, teapot
1880-1920
Assortment of toy soldiers (10)
1880-1920
Frame
1775-1795
The Home Fish Pond
ca. 1890
Box
1908-1930
Bottle/ food
1960-1990
Button hook
1890-1930
Political pocket mirror
1940
Match box
1930-1950
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
ca. 1880
Harmonie Club New York
Ribbons
ca.1844
Chapeau (bicorne)
1880-1900
Hose carriage
ca. 1900
Trousers
1898
Paperweight
1876
Fan
1910-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Child's dress
1905
HALLEY
1951
INV.7400
White hat
1942
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Grover Cleveland Indian Peace Medal
1887-1896
Medicine bottle
1880-1910
Coat
1860-1870
Medal: Lincoln and Hamilton 1861
1861 or later
The Fire Engine Picture Puzzle
ca. 1920
Ashtray
1920-1950
Souvenir token
1939
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Ribbon
1887
Cane
2006
Squeak toy (rooster)
1875-1900
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Framed set of British military buttons (51) excavated at a British fort
1790-1817
2000 World Series ticket for game 5
2000
Box
1900-1930
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Campaign thimble: Coolidge and Dawes
1924
Pinback button
1944
Button
1996
Campaign medal
1948
Lindy's
Stud (button)
Helmet
1916
Indian woman
ca. 1875
Hand saw
1800-1850
Campaign badge
ca. 1868-1872
Key tag/ Clothes
1980-2000
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1900-1940
Pinback button
1899
Truman Barkley
The Morgan Bank
ca. 1960-1980
Paper doll
1830-1860
Billy Bumps Visit to Boston: A Reading game
ca. 1888
Miniature Armchair
ca. 1987
Steam pumper
1890-1930
Brass object excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Game of the Telegraph Boy
ca. 1888
Button
1972
Toy
1955-1990
Medallion: ...America
Tobacco/ fairs
1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Ribbon
ca. 1909
Matchbook
1940-1945
Scoop/ladle
ca. 1700-1800
Pull toy: horse-drawn fire pumper
1900-1920
Sewing book
1832
Sword belt (2)
1850-1870
Can
1910-40
Bottle/ food
1950-1970
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1901
Lantern slide
1924-1930
Pacific Railroad Commemorative Medal
1869
"The Ultimate Stimulus Package, Obama Condoms"
2009
Republican County Committee Ribbon
1850-1900
Seth Low Mayoral Campaign Button with Ribbon
1903
Tool chest with tools
chest ca. 1790; tools ca. 1790-1850
Telegraph Messenger
ca. 1890
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Travel
1910-1960
Pinback button
1896-1920
Pin
ca. 1952
Shun Lee West
ca. 1975-2007
Pin-back button
1972
Whirligig
1800-1850
Pipe rack
1800-1850
Premium Game Logomachy or War of Wars
1875
Button
1965-1975
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token: Ilustrious Predecessor, Executive Experiment,1837
1837
Theodore Roosevelt Badge
ca. 1897
Dexterity game
ca. 1950
Mortar and pestle
1750-1850
Fatigue hat
1861-1865
Hourglass
1800-1850
Package of cartridges (12)
1855-1865
Button
1996
Box/ Food
1930-1960
Coin in box: half dollar: Bridgeport Conn.Centennial, 1936
Bottle
1940-1960
Sign
1873
Store display
1940-1960
Pin-back button
Political button
1964
Doll mittens (pair)
Musket worms (2) excavated at West Point
1760-1783
Plaque in Envelope w/Docu: Bartholdi Statue
1885-1890
Pull toy (horse)
1860-1890
Thames Tunnel Medal
1845 or later
Chapeau bras
1820-1825
Civil War token
1863
Spring Clip
1880-1920
Intercom
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Postcard
ca. 1956
Sakura of Japan
ca. 1960-1980
Islanders Club membership badge on chain
ca. 1983
Powder horn
1850-1875
Doll: boy in blue suit
1870-1900
Butter mold
1825-1875
Picture puzzle
ca. 1895
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Box
1890-1920
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944-1948
Button
1964
Memorial ribbon
1880-1920
The Slipperyslabs Puzzle
1930-1950
Lapel tabs (3)
1956
Little Boys and Girls ABC
1884
Monitor Civil War case w/carved work
ca. 1865
Cover for dress hat
1943-1945
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1940
Pinback button
1945-1960
Needlework picture
1880-1900
Decoy
1910-1930
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
William Starling Powder Horn
1760
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Medal
Pin-back button
2017
Walking-stick
1840-1860
Powder horn
1758
Toy gaming table
1825-1875
Helmet
1917-1918
Collection of 35 N.Y.tokens from State Hist. Soc. of Colorado
Button
1976
Medal
1909
Hardware/ household
1920-1940
Pennant
1953
Souvenir
1890-1920
Campaign medal: Major General W. H. Harrison
Cigarette promotional textile
ca. 1911
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Dollhouse furn.: planter stand w/ textile lining
1920-1940
Miniature bed
1960-1980
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Grandmama's Geographical Game
1900
Wine bottle
1910-1940
Tin/ food
1900-1930
Swizzle stick/ food spear
1940-1960
Insignia
1910-1920
The World Says No to War/United for Peace and Justice
2003
Marshal Foch Commemorative Medal
1921
Rue Des Gourmets
Sword belt w/slings;A.D.
1852-1870
Zachary Taylor Indian Peace Medal
1850
Modeling tool
1850-1900
Tailcoat
1860-1875
Paperweight
1900-1920
Printer's block
1880-1910
Trade Sign
1880-1910
Plate
1900-1930
SEIU/32B-32J/AFL-CIO
ca. 1985
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
FREEDOM DAY/FEB. 3/NO SCHOOL
1948
Fotted beaker
1800-1850
Round the World
1873
Powder horn
1780-1840
Medal: Abraham Lincoln Republican Candidate 1860
1860
Locomotive
1905-1915
Marquis de Lafayette Medal
1789
Shako with pompon
1868-1871
Christmas Blocks, Picture Stories and Rhymes
1890
Sewing Supplies
1890-1920
Bookmark/ ticket
1927
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Cuff or collar stud
1896-1920
Civil War token
1863
Union League Club Presidential Reception Ribbon
ca. 1897
Souvenir cane
ca. 1939
Crandall's Masquerade Blocks
ca. 1875
Gentleman's costume: 1934
ca. 1966
Needle case
1720-1800
Ladies & Gentlemen's Conversation Cards
ca. 1890
Sewing Pins
1910-1930
Pencil/ Food
1930-1950
Playing card
1940-1960
Tin
1986
Ribbon
1869
Amerigo Vespucci Commemorative Plaquette
1903
THREE CROWNS RESTAURANT
Ribbon
1830-1850
Early Republic coin
1870
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III
1770-1776
Uniform fragments (15 pieces)
1860-1887
Paperweight/Calendar
1892
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
W.A.R.N.
1988-1989
Pinback button
1896-1910
INV.13710.6
Badge
Child's plate
1830-1880
Section of water pipe
1770-1804
Still bank
ca. 1900
Miniature Furniture, Six-Drawer Chest
1975
Ginger ale bottle
1890-1920
Delftware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Game of Pussy and Three Mice
1890
Medicine/Soap
1920-1940
Coin:U.S. Trade Dollar, 1876
Skin softener
1954
Cane with seat
1939
Pin
1920-1930
Hard Times token
1837
Doll brushes and comb
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
2004
Interlocking needle case
1840-1880
2 paper dolls and 2 outfits mounted
1890-1900
Spectacles and case
1850-1860
Powder horn
1780-1850
Box
1862-1900
Pinback button
1992
Cup
1980-2000
Tin
1894-1920
Pin
1940
Tercentenary of Connecticut Commemorative Medal
1935
La Cote Basque
National Day of Mourning Abraham Lincoln Ribbons
1865
Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Medallion
1906
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Driving lamp
1880-1910
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Baton
1889
Coaster
1940-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1985-1990
Medal: the Presidnet of the US 1861,relief of Lincoln
1861 or later
New Amsterdam
ca. 1985-1987
Scarf
2012
Stanhope Gig
ca. 1900
Doll's dress
1890-1930
Horse bit
1760-1783
Commerce
ca. 1900
Bottle/ medicine
1920-1950
Linens
1910-1940
Box/ Candy
1896
Pinback button
1998
U.S. Merchant token
1846-1850
Convention ribbon
1892
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Tub
1800-1830
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1930
Notepad in case: Edwin B. Brown
1840-1854
Baldric belt (2)
1855-1870
Hair Grooming
1910-1940
Coin: half dollar, Ulysses Grant, 1822-1922
Pinback button
1930-1950
Hardware/ household
1980-2000
Store display
1890-1910
Letter opener
1940-1950
Charm
Political button
1960s
Badge:...Dayton Hose No.2, Herkimer, N.Y.
1880-1920
Gentleman's costume: 1835
ca. 1963
Still bank
1880-1920
Sword belt
1885-1899
Hair Grooming
1911-1930
Coin: half dollar, Maine Centennial, 1820-1920
Pinback button
1930-1950
Hardware/ household
1980-2000
Store display
1890-1910
Ribbon
1916
Pair of lapel buttons
1892
Political button
1970
Doll jacket
Stamp: NY ... Mutual Assurance Co
ca. 1800-1809
Washboard
1900-1950
Medal: ...Bedford 1680-1930
1930
Hudson-Fulton Celebration commemorative spade with cover
1909
Civil War token
1863
Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medallion: Fort Ticonderoga NY
1900-1990
Umeda Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
Jeweled hair comb
ca. 1920
Miniature rocking horse with soldier
1875-1900
Miniature dolls (7)
1960-1980
Badge: ...Chief of Police
1845-1857
Game of Snap
ca. 1885
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Typewriter
1886-1900
Horses Tail Rest./950 8th Ave., NYC Stir spoon
1950-1980
Ribbon
1896
Blackout
ca. 1941-1945
Ribbon w/pin & photograph: of Grant
Percussion target rifle with scope: inscribed
1850-1880
Memo book in envel: belonged to Margaret Ann Morrison...
1850-1900
Shirt
1917-1918
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1913
Watch Face
1880-1940
Can/ food
1950-1960
Badge/ pin
1910-1930
General Horatio Gates Military Medal
After 1840
Souvenir spoon
1898-1900
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
Pin-back button
2008
Shopping bag
Walking-stick
1910-1918
Mauser machine pistol with back stock and case
Sleigh
1850-1900
Pitcher (12) excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1760-1783
Memorial token
1865
Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Medal
1933
Medicine
1995-2002
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
SLC [in red circle with diagonal slash]
2003
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
Menu and program: Elihu Root
1906
Lady's costume: 1720
ca. 1962
Necktie
1952
The Game of Puss in the Corner
ca. 1888
Button
1960-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1948-1952
Pen
1980-2000
Children's Year Medal
1919
Bull and Bear
No Franklin The First
Ribbon fragment: delegate
late 19th - early 20th century
Scottish Highlander
1824
Belt holster
1860-1875
Paperweight
1880-1920
Fan
1910-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960-1968
Button
1966
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1869-1885
Rice Krispy Treat Elves Cut Outs
1955
Baseball cap
2016
Colt bullet mold
1855-1865
Bell crown cap and shoulder cord
1820-1840; 1870-1890
Medal: Washington Memorial Chapel,Valley Forge P.A
1976 or later
Danish Society of Harvard Medal
ca. 1907
Shingle from Lott homestead
ca. 1800

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