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The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper

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New York State Agricultural Society Medal
ca. 1860
The Rendez-vous of the Plaza
The American Way With Willkie
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920
Blacking bottle
1850-1900
Apple parer
ca. 1863
Paperweight
1890-1930
Pinback button
1918
Medicine tin
1900-1930
Sign
1950-1960
Pinback button
1980-2000
George Washington Bicentennial Medal
1932
I am a friend of Cast Iron Architecture
Bottle: Rheumatic Syrup 1882
1885-1910
James A. Garfield Presidential Medal
1881
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Shoulder knots (pair)
ca. 1900
Clothespin
1750-1850
ABC Cubes
ca. 1885
Sewing Supplies
1940-1970
Tissues
1954
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Sash
1910-1920
Pair of child's shoes
ca. 1904
Commemorative cane
ca. 1855
Snuff box w/stickers
1800-1850
Sword cane
1780-1820
Comb
1780-1810
Game of Mail Express and Accommodation or Interstate Commerce
1895
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Box/ Candy
1906-1930
Sewing
1940-1960
Souvenir token
1836
Office supply
1920-1940
The New York Public Library Medal
1961
Zucca's
Reception Committee Hughes Meeting Yonkers, N.Y. November 3, '16
1916
Washington Irving Plaquette
1912
Coin: half dollar, Ulysses Grant, 1822-1922
Box
1800-1870
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
1863-1866
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Clip/ food
1950-1970
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1990
President Nixon
Fonda La Paloma
Nutcracker
1800-1875
Coin: Georgius Dei Gratia Rex, 1723
1723
Fire helmet
1900-1920
Horse pull toy with foal
1860-1890
Case
1850-1900
Ribbon badge:...No.3 Plattsburgh...Firemen's Assn...Aug. 20-23 1889
1889
Medicine
1930-1950
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1913
Pinback button
1896-1910
Athletic medal
1948
Ribbon
ca. 1861
Campaign cane
ca. 1884
breast plate
1855-1863
Lady's costume: 1806
ca. 1968
Jigsaw puzzle
1950-1960
Priming horn
1755-1825
Box
1950-1970
Pocket watch
1894-1910
Sewing Supplies
1894
Plate
1840-1860
Clothing hanger
1910-1940
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Copain Restaurant
Badge
Badge: NY Veteran Fireman's Assn...Oct. 3, 1888
1888
Miniature mold
1900-1920
Epaulet
1900-1930
Paperweight
1920-1940
General Horatio Gates Military Medal
After 1840
Box/ watch
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1989
Pin
Nippon Club
ca. 1960-1989
Bobbin
1780-1820
Marble board game w/2 marbles
1800-1900
Grater
1875-1925
Ezra Meeker Commemorative Plaquette
1930
Model of steam fire engine
ca. 1900
Bradley's Toy Village Fire Deparment Set
1909
Lithograph Stone
1890-1920
Souvenir ash tray
1901
Transportation token
1930-1960
Swizzle Stick
1940-1970
Hard Times token
1837
Campaign ribbon
1876
Badge of the Veterans, Seventh Regiment New York National Guard
1899
Apple parer
1881
Road roller
ca. 1927
Ribbon from Society of the Cincinnati badge
1785
Officer's cap
1870-1892
Plaque
1843-1900
Comic Book
1897
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1910
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Medal: Rockefeller Center
ca. 1934
Political button
1966
Doll apron
Trade sign
1810-1850
Dollhouse furn: medicine cabinet
1920-1940
Scrimshaw whale tooth depicting the clipper ship "Cosmos"
1910-1940
Miniature book box
1910-1940
Chapeau bras with case
ca. 1898
Civil War token
1863
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
The World Says No to War Feb 15 NYC
2003
Pinback button
1896-1910
George Washington "Letter to Hamilton" Medal
1864
One, if by Land Two, if by Sea
ca. 1960-1980
Glove stretcher
ca. 1900-1920
Medal: Christophorus Colomb.
ca. 1819
Soldiers (pair)
1880-1920
Lace pillow
1730-1780
Photoscope
1930-1940
Game of India
ca. 1890
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Token
1920-1940
Medicine
1930-1960
Stand
1940-1960
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
The Bughouse
1930-1950
More than Ever I Like Ike
Doll: girl in white dress w/peach ribbons and hat
ca. 1894
Glove
ca. 1824
Coat
1940-1945
Button
1968
Button
ca. 1980
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin
1920
Souvenir
1920-1950
Medal in box: Armory Seventh Regt....
1877
Two Garden pins and box
Shopping bag
Spectacles
1825-1830
Pair of child's gloves
ca. 1879
Ribbon fragment
After 1848
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Medallion: Bruce Crane
1902
1867 Silver Dollar box cover
1870-1900
Canteen w/docu: gift of John Wood Dunsmore 1941
1856
Hair Grooming
1890-1920
Medallion
1904-1930
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pinback button
1944
Fugio cent
1787
Box of crayons
1905-1940
Miniature jar
1910-1940
Chateau de Ramezay Medal
After 1896
Gentleman's costume: 1690
ca. 1967
Phonograph record box
1902
The New Pretty Village Boathouse Set
1897
United Nations Outlaw Nuclear Weapons!
1975-1985
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medallion
1879
Commodore Matthew C. Perry Presentation Medal
1856
Hotel Pierre
Button
ca. 1896
Medal: Maj. Gen. George McClellan
ca. 1870
Child's plate
1825-1875
Apple parer (knife-fragment)
1800-1830
Campaign pin
1864
Box/ Food
1906-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1992
Button
ca. 1974
Aero Club of America Medal
1917
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Glass
1964-1965
Blow horn noise maker
probably 1960s
Pull toy (bird)
1850-1875
Fork
1790-1825
Pull toy (ram)
1850-1900
Snuffbox
1800-1840
Necktie
1972
Ashtray/Coin plate
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Transportation token
1995-2003
Ribbon header
1905-6
Commemorative cane
2009
Snuffbox
1750-1825
Lady's costume: 1928
ca. 1962
Criss Cross Spelling Slips: Dog & Goose
ca. 1890
Hill's Spelling Blocks
1869
Ashtray
1940-1970
Fan
1876
Advertising cap
1980-2000
Pinback button
1940
VACUUM HOOVER
1928-1932
William Windom Mint and Treasury Medal
1890
Ernie's
Ribbon
Canteen
1860-1861
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
Bell from the ferryboat "Elizabeth"
ca. 1904
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
ca. 1900
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Printing
1868-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Third International Third Reich Third Term???
1940
Bookmark
1892
Clothespin
1750-1850
Token: 1939 Convention Am. Numismatic Ass. A. Kosoff
1939
Fireman's belt: asst. foreman
1850-1900
Medicine bottle
1850-1900
Sword, scabbard and holster fragment
1862
Ribbon
1860-1920
Button
ca. 1985
Handkerchief
1893
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
1837
Ribbon pin
ca. 1881
Campaign cane
ca. 1898
Pipe cleaner: soldier figure
1825-1875
Miniature table
1915-1935
Needle case
1840-1880
Self-Winding Stock Ticker
1923
Paperweight
1890-1920
Washing supplies
1910-1940
Coin tray
1900-1920
Pinback button
1930-1948
Button
Croton Aqueduct commemorative medal
1842
Le Bistro
Badge
ca. 1893
Waist belt (2)
1860-1870
Pliers (4)
1775-1795
Dolls' house chest
1920-1960
Jug
1920-1950
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
1874
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1878
Pin
1890-1910
Roosevelt ILGWU
Cadillac Bar
ca. 1986-1999
Pastry jagger
1840-1860
Model hand pump fire fighting cart
1874
Coin:...16??
Table croquet q/box w/docu
1880-1910
Pearlware fragment excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
ca. 1890
SAVE CUNY/STOP THE ENROLLMENT REDUCTION TEST (ALIAS-THE 2YR. TEST/WE MUST ORGANIZE
1975-1985
Toy
1955-1990
Tobacco
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back campaign button
1968
Prohibition token
1855
Shoe buckle
1775-1783
Coffee grinder
1860-1900
Costume figurine
1950-1970
Hose carriage
1890-1900
Hook
1760-1783
Printer's Block
1880-1920
Token
1900-1930
Paperweight
1890-1920
Sign
1930-1960
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
College of the City of New York Award Medal
1947 or later
Token
ca. 2000
Letter clip
1875-1900
Music box
1870-1890
Fork
1750-1800
Chisels and punches (36)
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne) with box
1862-1869
February 6, 2002
2002
Mirror
1900-1940
Carton
1980-2000
Magnet
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1920
Centenary of the Establishment of the Diocese of New York Medal
1908
The Black Sheep
ca. 1960-1980
iPod Shuffle
2005
New-York Historical Society centennial medal
1904
Doll house furniture: side chair
1920-1940
Toy cannon
ca. 1900
Fire helmet
1854-1880
The Comical Game of Who?
ca. 1910
Pinback button
1896-1920
Bibliographical Society Medal
1928
Toons
ca. 1960-1980
Protractor
ca. 1900
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Doll house furniture: side chair
1920-1940
Still bank
1932-1934
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn, A.M.
1854-1880
The Game of What D'ye Buy
ca. 1895
Box/ Collar
1869-1910
Stickers
1987-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Button
ca. 1990
Civil War token
1863
Theodore Roosevelt Republican Campaign Badge
1904
Mercedes SS 1928
1928
Fire helmet: Chief
ca. 1873
Milestone
1822-23
Straight pin
1850-1900
Puzzle
1850-1900
Pin-back campaign button
1948
Toy/ Food
1940-1970
Collection
1910-1920
Sign
1890-1940
Spoon
1950-1990
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Yes We Did
2009
Sugar Daddy tennis racket head cover
1973
Oval container
ca. 1900
Two Good Terms Deserve a Rest
Fragment of Washington's coffin
1799
Dress helmet
1880-1900
Virginia half penny
1773
Authors
ca. 1890
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1930-1950
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Protection Sound Money
Brasserie
ca. 1960-1980
World War II student identification tag
ca. 1942
Epaulets (pair) in original box
ca. 1861
Coin: US. 2 cents, 1867, (Bronze)
Doll
1900-1930
Seal impression in box
1853-1880
Shoulder patches
1941-1945
Paperweight/ medallion
1925
Tobacco tin
ca. 1912
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1909
Hard Times token
1837
John Paul Jones Plaquette
1906
Handkerchief set in box
ca. 1941 - 1945
Badge w/tag
Spoon
1825-1875
Purse
1850-1900
Trousers
1940-1945
Paperweight
1900-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Plate/ Food
1920-1950
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Button
ca. 1964
Coast Survey (Bache) Life Saving Medal
After 1861
New York City souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Fireman's trumpet
1838-1842
Medal in box: Britannian 1797 2 pence
1797
Baluster fragment from Dutch church
1700-1800
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Home Games for Little Girls
ca. 1870
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1900-1940
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
General Nathaniel Greene Military Medal
ca. 1890
Fugio cent
1787
Advertising cane
2000
Souvenir ashtray in box: Holland Society of N.Y.
1880-1910
Collection of five toy tents w/flags
1870-1910
Spectacles and case
1790-1800
Schuetzen rifle
1850-1865
Powder Box
1920-1940
Cleaning supplies
1962-1980
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Game
ca. 1985
Ribbon
1903
Medal
1906
Peacock Alley, The Waldorf-Astoria
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Coin: half dollar, Rhode Island 1636-1936
Benjamin Harrison Indian Peace Medal
1890-1900
Octant in case
1850-1870
Trousers
1941-1946
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1920-1940
Condom tin
1931-1940
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1985-2000
Lieutenant-Colonel Francois Louis Tessiedre DeFleury
1880
Seal press with New York Chamber of Commerce seal
ca. 1770, ca. 1850
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
ca. 1867
Indian Stone ax head or adze
Late Woodland period
Medicine bottle with stopper
1860-1890
Pistol balls (7) excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Hard Times Token: Bentonian Currency. Mint Drop 1837
1841
Ashtray
1901
Medicine tin
1880-1910
Pill box
1940-1960
Tobacco
1940-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Civil War token
1863
Ribbon
1885
Commemorative cane
2005
1195 ‎Nègre
1880-1920
Colllection of marbles in box
1800-1920
Needle case
late 18th-early 19th Century
Cartridge Pouch
1830-1850
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1997
Playing card
1940-1960
Bottle
1930-1960
Campaign token
1936-1940
Medal: Kings County HS 1911
1911 or later
The Rainbow Grill
Seal: good fellowship
ca.1911
Ribbon
1856
Sewing box
1860-1900
Merrill Carbine, Second Type
1863
Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition Medal
1909
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1930-1960
Coin/ periodical
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1997
National Arts Club
ca. 1960-1980
Nutmeg grater/tobbaco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
George F. Robinson Personal Medal
1873
The Improved Game of Snap
1889
Chest of drawers
1825-1875
Gavel:...Edwd. H. Kent...
1881
The Commander of Our Forces: A Game for Old and Young
1863
Medicine
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Trade sign
1934-1940
Pinback button
1995-2000
VIETNAM PROTEST WASHINGTON EASTER 65 SPU
1965
Button
1899-1901
Belt plate
1760-1783
Ship's clock
1890-1910
Toy towel stand
1860-1880
Sewing box
1840-1880
Lantern slides (12)
1880-1890
Box
1947
Pinback button
1956-1968
Cue stick
License plate
1964
Bottle
1880-1905
Laying of the First Trans-Atlantic Telegraphic Cable Commemorative Medal
1858
New York Sun
ca. 2000
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1920
Holster
1860-1870
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
1928
Calipers
1850-1870
Dress coat
1891-1906
Wax seal in box
ca. 1900
Box/ Food
Token
1934
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 1986
New York Chamber of Commerce Building Dedication Medal
1902
Ristorante Arqua
1980-1990
A I
1980-2000
Top
1850-1900
Doll: female
1880-1910
Framed set of buttons and sleeve-links (41) excavated at Sneeden's Landing
1770-1783
World War I Plaquette
ca. 1914
Setto: Game of Syllables
1882
Mug/Shaving
1911
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Tin
1989
Bottle/ can opener
1901-1920
Hard Times token
1832-1835
Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Medal
ca. 1873
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fragments of wooden clamp (2)
1775-1795
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Parasol: black w/tassel
1880-1910
Ballard Carbine
1862-1865
Tammany Delegate Badge
1904
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Trade sample
1943-1950
Bottle/ food
1910-1940
Commemorative token
1919
General Robert E. Lee Medal
ca. 1900
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Needle case
1840-1880
Jack-in-the-box
1850-1900
Walrus tusk
1850-1880
Miniature cat figurine
1910-1940
Capitol Dominoes
1950-1970
Box
1920-1940

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