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Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians

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Building blocks
1900-1910
Calipers
1750-1850
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
The Life Saving Benevolent Association Of New York Inc. 1849
ca. 1906
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1893
Chapeau (bicorne) with case
ca. 1899
Zebra
1875-1925
Miniature coat rack
1930-1950
Framed set of musket and pistol balls (35) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
1760-1783
The Lively Game of Scramble
1896
Button
ca. 1990
Game of Yacht Race
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
Medal
1949
Bookmark
ca. 1879
Framed set of military buttons (17)
1770-1783
Campaign cane
ca. 1908
Holster with belt
1910-1920
Speaking Dog Bank
ca. 1885
Needle case
1800-1840
The Railroad ABC and Picture Blocks
1903
Capt. Timothy M. Stackpole FDNY Division 11
2002
Wrapper/ Food
1940-1960
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944
Button
1991
Sesquicentennial Exposition Souvenir Medal
1926
Trattoria
Coin: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1785
Button: w/photo of McKinley and Roosevelt
Cover (lid), photography accessory
1850-1870
Dolls' house candlestand
1920-1960
Paperweight
1887
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Travel/ medallion
1934
Pin
1890-1910
Roosevelt Can Win All American
American Festival Cafe
ca. 1984-1999
Mortar
1800-1850
Doll house furniture: butler's table frame
1920-1940
Still bank
1875-1900
Fireman's belt: "exempt"
1850-1900
Cash: Honesty is the Best Policy
ca. 1890
Priscilla Ryan
1972
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times Token: Million for Defense, Not One Cent...
1837
Ribbon
1893
Buckle
1775-1783
Fork
1790-1825
Butter mold
1825-1850
Swan chariot
ca. 1887
Stamp
1850-1870
Combs (2)
1760-1783
Printer's Plate
1907
Seal tag/ Food
1940-1970
Paperweight/ medallion
1947
Button
1979
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
Bayonne Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Keith Haring button
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Association, JR
1854-1860
Miniature tureen
1900-1930
George Washington commemorative coat button
1811-32
Button
1968
Anti-temperance sign
1900-1920
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Pinback button
1896-1920
Ribbon
Capsouto Freres
ca. 1960-1980
Drafting tools in case
ca. 1900
Coin: half dollar, Huguenot-walloon Tercentenary, 1924
Dollhouse furn: stool legs
1920-1940
Doll: in Spanish attire
1870-1900
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Game of Napoleon: The Little Corporal
1895
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tool
1890-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1989-2000
Civil War token
ca. 1860
United States Centennial Medal
1877
Knitting sheath
1775-1825
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Miniature fruit stand
1920-1940
Pocket Calendar w/ document
1841
Puzzle
ca. 1939
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1912
Packet/ Food
1980-2000
Trade sign
1900-1920
Badge/ medal
1902
Spoon
1950-1990
United States Centennial Commemorative Medal
1874
Political button
Sugar Daddy caricature printing gel
1973
Doll: Slavic dancer
1900-1940
Bird
1900-1925
Forage cap
1899-1909
Pin-back button
ca. 1990
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1940-1960
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
No Third Term
ca. 1940
Tatany
ca. 1960-1980
Fruit knives (6) in leather case
1940s
Captain William Bainbridge Naval Medal
1817
Toy armchair
1850-1900
Walking-stick
1840-1870
French coin excavated at West Point
1773
Badge
1899
Bottle/Liquor
1995
Box/ jewelry
1930-1950
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1912
Political novelty
1991
Oliver C. Bosbyshell Mint and Treasury Medal
1891
The Lone Ranger Series - No. 2
1930-1950
Hard Times Token: Coin: illustrative predecesor
1837
Hughes and Bruce
Lady's costume: 1770
ca. 1959
Child's cup
1820-1850
Sewing box
1850-1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box/ Food
1890-1910
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Pin/ badge
1947
Medallion: Avla Nass Ovica
1896
Medal
1902
Mallet noise maker
probably 1960s
Vignette Authors
1874
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Piece of wood from the frigate "Constitution"
1800-1812
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Coin: half dollar, State Of Alabama Centennial, 1919
Identification card
2001
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Sample/ clothes
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
after 1840
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Advertising cane
ca. 1880's
Parasol: black and white w/carved leaf handle and tassel
1860-1890
Ash can w/hinged lid
1875-1915
Boy Doll
ca. 1880
Souvenir "Carver" armchair
1920-1940
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
1882
Pin-back button
1975-1985
Cleaning supplies
1940-1960
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Tin
1920-1950
Button
2003
American Institute Medal
ca. 1886
Medal fragment: #3
The Left Bank
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
After 1887
Cane
1760-1820
Sansom Washington Commission Resigned, Presidency Relinquished Medal, 1797
1859
ABC & Picture Blocks: The House That Jack Built
1897
Coat
1880-1920
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1939-1945
Medicine
1920-1950
Travel/ medallion
1970-1995
Pinback button
1980-2000
Medal: General Lafayette 1777-1824
1824
Barack Obama
2008
Whetstone holder
1830-1840
Sesquicentennial International Exposition Commemorative Medal
1926
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Bottle base: 18 century English
1760-1780
Hub cap
1850-1900
Game of the Diamond Heart
1902
Medicine
1880-1910
Makeup Tin
1930-1960
Photographic equipment
1900-1920
Pinback button
1890-1920
Hard Times tokens (2)
1833, 1836
Ribbon
ca. 1844
Commemorative cane
2005
Framed fragment of Union flag from Fort Sumter
ca. 1860
Bootjack
early 19th century
Still bank
1880-1930
Needle case
1800-1850
Brooklyn Bridge Block Ball Puzzle
1883-1900
Box
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing card
1940-1960
Commemorative t-shirt
2001
Collar Clip
1940-1945
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Al and Dick
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
ca. 1880
Unattached Document
Mechanical bank
1880-1890
Bootjack
1870-1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco canister
1860-1890
Pinback button
1972
Medallion
ca. 1840
Au Troquet
ca. 1960-1980
Automatic Waltzer
ca. 1890-1910
Table
1920-1940
Milk Cart W/horse Man (2) Milk cans
1860-1890
National Academy of Design award medal
1830-1870
Familiar Quotations
ca. 1890
Box
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Chewing gum vending machine
1902-1910
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Civil War token
1863
Adolf Werner Plaquette
1907
Belt plate
1760-1783
Little Red Ridinghood
ca. 1890
Ribbons
1880-1930
Girl on tricycle
1860-1910
Set of (6) weights or measuring tools
1830-1880
Marbles (16)
1850-1920
Hair Grooming
1960-1990
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Plate
1903
Emery board
ca. 1960-1970
A. Loudon Snowden Mint and Treasury Medallion
1881-1910
Longchamps Matchbook
Button: Kefauver the winning Democrat
Miniature flatware in box
1875-1900
Service cap
ca. 1919
Chewing gum
ca. 1940
Box/ Candy
Token
1837(?)
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Pinback button
1985
Freedoms Foundation Medal
1952 or later
Union Square Cafe
ca. 1985-2007
UNITED IN UOPWA
1930-1940
Button
Pump: painted
1860-1890
Ranch (7 pieces)
1875-1925
Ox shoe excavated at a Revolutionary War camp in New York
1760-1783
Anagrams: A Prize game
ca. 1900
Shaving mug
1900-1930
Pen
1970-2000
Box
1886-1906
Bottle opener
1940-1950
Hard Times token
1833
Nobel Peace Medal
1912
Compliments of "Famous" St. Louis
ca. 1920
Coin: half dollar, Battle of Bennington 1777-1927
ca. 1927
Badge in case
1870-1950
Parade cap
1890-1900
Seals of the State of New York (2)
1810-1860
Spinning top
ca.1875
Page marking device
1930-1950
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
String holder
1900-1930
Advertising token
1900-1930
World's Columbian Exposition Advertising Medal
1893
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Marshal Foch Commemorative Medal
1921
Music stand
1800-1900
Ax head excavated at a Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Mortar and pestle
ca. 1850
Button
1969
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ food
1900-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
National Arts Club commemorative plaquette
ca. 1904
Marigold
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
ca. 2004
Gas mask
1940-1945
Coll. of figures: standing, running, 1 mounted, carriage
1870-1910
Model: locomotive
1850-1900
Seal impression in box
1815-1850
The Improved Game of Star Authors
1886
Hair trimmer
1907
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Medicine
1922-1940
Coffee tin
1890-1920
Civil War token
1863
French Red Cross Plaquette
1914-1919
Cocktail stirrers (2)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens Plaquette
1937
Wood fragment from ship "Tennessee"
1850-1864
Needle case
1820-1860
Typewriter
1895-1910
Spoon
1861
Paperweight
1880-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1996
Box
1940-1960
Flowers and leaves from Lincoln's casket
1865
Magnet
2016
Lady's costume: 1700
ca. 1968
Hat cover
1944
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Snuffbox and lid
1800-1850
Snuffbox with lid
ca. 1815-1824
Medicine/Bottle
1980-2000
Ashtray
1940-1960
Campaign thimble
1924
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Badge
ca. 1890
Pin-back campaign button
2010
Stamp
1837-1880
Bottle: Brant's Indian Balsam
1850-1880
Barrel
1850-1900
Soldiers (10)
ca. 1936
Tobacco box filled with matches and bags of tobacco
ca. 1909
Komikal Konversation Kards
ca. 1890
Sewing Needles
1910-1930
Packet/ food
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Match safe
1883-1910
Georges Clemenceau Medallion
1929 or later
The Towers
Major General Edmund P. Gaines Military Medal
1837-1885
Ribbon
1940
Sword Cane
1780-1820
Mint and Treasury "Commencement of Cabinet - 1859" Medalet
ca. 1859
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Wool card
ca. 1820-1850
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Fan
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Lapel pin
1990
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1888
Vote/ LaGuardia /American Labor
1937
Bottle: Brant's Indian Balsam
1850-1880
Campaign button: No Third Term
Coin Purse
1833
Medicine bottle
1850-1900
Butter mold
ca. 1758
Ribbons
1856-1866
Ashtray
1930-1960
Sign
1889
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Centennial ribbon
1876
Commemorative cane
ca. 1913
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Cigarettes in box (10)
1919
Gentleman's costume: 1781
ca. 1966
Flax
1700-1800
The Great Game Uncle Sam at War with Spain
1898
Ashtray/ coin plate
1930-1960
Fan
1890-1940
Calendar
1917
Pinback button
1944
Pin cushion
2003
Campaign medal
1948
Act II
Coll. of 3 tokens: 2-Neo-Eboracus, 1787; 1-Excelsior, 1787
Pin w/ ribbon and photo
Diorama of Charter Oak made from fragments of said tree
ca. 1856
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
Miniature basket
1800-1900
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
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1841
Doll hat
1870-1880
Matchbook
1940-1945
Canteen w/strap
1810-1815
Coin: Lion dollar
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
U.S. Merchant token: Doremus & Nixon, Dry Goods and Upholstery
1852
Fire Engine, Protection Engine Co. No. 5, Melrose, Morrisania, N.Y.
1857
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
Toy rocking chair
1870-1890
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
Miniature Furniture, Chest with Five Inlaid Drawers
ca. 1983
Badge in case
Miniature bowl
1900-1920
Ship's clock
1878-1900
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Button
1985
Fan
1890-1920
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
Hard Times token: W.P. Haskins Troy, NY, 1834
1834
Set of toy benches (5)
1875-1900
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
The Commercial Tercentenary of New York 1614 1914
1914
Miniature armchair
1915-1935
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
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Cigar box
1950-1960
Button
ca. 1970
Frederick Samuel Tallmadge Medal
1905
Foxhunt Puzzle
1930-1950
Collection of 10 coins in envelope
William Pitt Medal
ca. 1766
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
Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal
1870-1892
Campaign button
Pin-back button
2016-2017
Lady's costume: Bride of 1946
ca. 1964
Shoulder belt
1900-1938
Brick from Walton House
1750-1752
Campaign hat
1919-1920
Board and rollers (2) for making noodles
ca. 1920
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Puzzle
1890-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Military Insignia
1890-1920
Pin-back button
Ribbon
ca. 1928
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Bowl: Memorial of Sir Walter Scott
1900-1930
Magic trick
1880-1920
Figurine
1850-1900
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
Medal: Panorama de Paris 1878
ca. 1878

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