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Come in, and Prevent a "Draft"
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper

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Bowl: Memorial of Sir Walter Scott
1900-1930
Dollhouse furn: settee
1920-1940
Model for elevated railroad 1871
1871
Miniature chimney sweep and fireplace brush
1900-1930
Overseas cap
1920-1941
Civil War token
1863
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
Button
2003
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medal: Abraham Lincoln born Feb.12,1809
1860
Frank's Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
Elephant letter opener
ca. 1900-1920
Danish Society of Harvard Medal
ca. 1907
Harpsichord
1920-1940
Doll
1830-1860
Miniature spyglass in leather bag
1870-1900
Game of India
ca. 1890
Token
1837
Medicine
1940-1960
Women NOW
1965-1975
Hard Times token
1840
Ribbon
ca. 1860
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Button
Doll
1920-1940
Umbrella frame: w/carved dog head
1850-1880
Coachmen's greatcoat
1922
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pin-back button
1976
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Bookseller advertisement
ca. 1760-1770
Souvenir
1990-2000
Medal w/ribbon in box: Independence Hall 1776-1876
1876
Insignia
ca. 1860s
Shopping bag
License plates
20th Century
Wig: ponytail w/ribbon, bun curls, bald top of linen
1780-1880
Badge
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Chapeau (bicorne)
1873-1877
David Hosack Medal
ca. 1830
'Round the World Joe
ca. 1890
Hair Grooming
1890-1920
Token
1940-1970
Thimble/ insurance
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
1856
Ceremonial New York City street sign for Frederick Douglass Landing
2005
Box of crayons
1930-1950
Miniature framed picture
1910-1930
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra Medal
1902
Miniature baby carriage
1960-1980
Phonograph record in box: Bill Simmons
1904
Young Folks Geographical Game
ca. 1890
Washington Vietnam March Nov. 27 For Peace
1965-1975
Bank
1940-1960
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
Medallion
1879
Samuel P. Avery Medal
1897
Cotillion Room
Button
Medal: Syracuse New York May 17-18 1899
1899
Child's plate
1825-1875
Apple parer (without knife)
ca. 1830-1860
George McClellan Presidential Campaign Medal
1864
Box/ Food
1906-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Pinback button
1992
Button
1962
Campaign ribbon
1896
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Blow horn noise maker
probably 1960s
Toy figurines: pioneer and infantrymen, rural life figures
1870-1910
Funnel
ca. 1725-1825
Pull toy (horse)
1850-1900
Snuffbox
1800-1830
Pin-back button
2000
Ashtray/Coin plate
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Album
ca. 1944
Ribbon header
1905-6
Commemorative cane
2005
Snuff jar with cover
1850-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1850
ca. 1961
Spectacles
ca. 1840
The Meteor Game
ca. 1900
Ashtray
1930-1960
Fan
1890-1920
Advertising box
1880-1900
Pinback button
1940
Button
1960
Calvin Coolidge The Union League of Philadelphia Membership Medal
1927
Restaurant Nippon
Convention ribbon
1916
Powder horn
1709-1759
George Washington Seasons Medal
1798
Safe
1750-1775
Greatcoat
1885-1905
Pin-back button
ca. 1980
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Printing
1905
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1892
Shoulder straps (pair)
1863-1865
Hard Times token: Half cent worth of Pure Copper
1837
Squeak toy (bird in cage)
1875-1900
Miniature goblets (pair)
1900-1940
Whistle
1875-1925
Hurdle Race: It is Great Sport
ca. 1905
Proud/UAW/Retiree
ca. 1990
Postcard set
1939
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Insignia
1880-1920
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
1800-1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1915
Universal ring dial
1600-1700
Miniature easy chair
1920-1940
Automatic pen/pencil
1740-1795
Hunting figure w/moveable legs
1800-1900
Ashtray/ Coin Plate
1900-1930
Washing supplies
1910-1940
Paperweight
1940-1960
Pinback button
1940
Button
Medallion in case: Holland Tunnel
1927
La Grande Cuisine de France Restaurants
Reception and House Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Billfold
1940-1945
Le Petit Architecte Parisien
1860-1900
Spoon
1700-1800
Jug
1950-1970
Herbert Hoover Presidential Medal
1929
Watch Face
1880-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1913
Pin
1890-1910
Go 4th to Win the War
China Club
ca. 1980-1997
Noggin
1850-1930
Still bank
1880-1900
Coin:...1627
Hat: bolero style, black
1900-1950
Rolling pin
ca. 1842
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
1888
Pin-back button
ca. 1985
Toy
1955-1990
Tobacco
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1834
Prohibition token
1855
Shoe buckle
1775-1783
Whetstone holder
1834
Doll: on stand in black coat
ca. 1913
Snuff jar
1850-1900
Percussion cap pouch with belt fragment
1860-1865
Printer's Block
1901
Bookmark/ Food
1900-1930
Paperweight
1890-1920
Ribbon/ medal
1889
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
New York City Tercentennial Medallion
1953
Keith Haring button
Sand caster
1770-1800
Child's plate
1804-1830
Forks
1790-1825
Box with four forms and packet of gold leaf
1775-1795
Chapeau (bicorne) with case
ca. 1899
New York Philharmonic Stagebill for April 17-20, 2002
2002
Fan
1920-1950
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Proudly We Hail
2001-2002
Keith Haring button
Inkstand
1800-1860
Plate
1850-1860
Miniature dog
1900-1920
Miscellaneous tools (5)
1775-1795
Shako with pompon
ca. 1883
Ticket stub
2002
Fan
1920-1950
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
I miss you/1973-2001/World Trade Center
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1920
Ribbon
Omen
ca. 1960-1980
Drafting triangle
ca. 1900
Tercentenary of Landing at Plymouth Rock
1920
Doll house furniture: sofa
1920-1940
Baby Doll
1870-1900
Fire helmet: patrol 140
1850-1900
Games of Pilgrim's Progress, Going to Sunday School and Tower of Babel
1875
Lid/ Collar Box
1877-1910
Display
1890-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Captain's Badge
1904
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fire helmet: chief engineer
1824-1828
Miniature lamp
1920-1940
Purse
19th c.
Artillery shell casing
1940-1945
Button
ca. 1968-1972
Toy/ Food
1940-1970
Trade Sign
1904-1920
Sign
1890-1940
Spoon
1950-1990
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
Tennis racket head cover
1973
Coat
1942
We Don't Want Eleanor Either
Mortar and pestle
1800-1850
Sword guard excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1760-1783
Native American pestle
1500-1700
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1900-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Campaign pin
1896
Bolo
ca. 1960-1980
U.S. Navy flight jacket
ca. 1963
Dollhouse furn: table w/mirror
1920-1940
Coin: US. Twenty cents, 1875
Fan
ca. 1850
Seal impression in box
1870-1900
Patch
1930-1940
Bottle/Chemical
1890-1920
Box/ candy
1930-1950
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Plate
1911
Token
ca. 1860
Christopher Columbus Commemorative Medal
ca. 1892
Knitting needles
ca. 1941 - 1945
Club pin
1878
Mail bag
1850-1900
Pocket telescope in case
1840-1845
Vest
1940-1945
Paperweight
1875-1890
Watch Face
1880-1940
Plate/ Food
1920-1950
Bar tray
1900-1930
Button
ca. 1963
Japanese Embassy Commemorative Medal
After 1861
1964-1965 World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Bell noise maker
probably 1960s
Doll
1800-1850
Badge and 2 lapel pins in box
Miniature toilet set in box
1920-1940
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Toy chest of drawers
1850-1900
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Hardware/ household
1920-1940
Tag/ clothes
1935
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
General Daniel Morgan Military Medal
1839
Ribbon Pin
ca. 1900
Advertising cane
ca. 1950's
Ring bolt from the U.S.S. Maine
1890-1898
Doll
1860-1880
Rattle with bells and whistle
1750-1825
Powder flask and accessories
1850-1865
Powder Box
1920-1940
Cleaning supplies
1962-1980
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
1940-1960
Personal item
1870-1900
Ribbon
1909
Friedrich Wöhler Eightieth Birthday Medallion
1880
The Roundtable
No Fourth Term Either
Coin: half dollar, Rhode Island 1636-1936
Indian Peace Medal
1757 or later
Ice tongs
1905-1940
Necktie
1941-1946
Paperweight
1876
Pinback button
1917-1918
Medicine tin
1900-1930
Travel/ medallion
1950
Pinback button
1985-2000
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Gavel from the Chamber of Commerce
1918
Printing plate in envelope
1867-1893
Collection of domestic & wild animals
1870-1910
Tank
1850-1925
Scabbard point excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Hard Times token: City Coal Yard Providence, R.I. 1833
1833
A Trip to Paris: A New and Laughable Game
ca. 1870
Medicine
1880-1910
Skin Cream Tin
1900-1930
Tobacco pipe
1900-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Civil War tokens (2)
ca. 1863
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2005
Ankle shackles
1750-1850
Still bank
1850-1900
Needle case
1775-1825
Cup and saucer
1950-1970
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1938
Playing card
1940-1960
Store display
1890-1910
Campaign token
1936-1940
Townsend Harris Award Medal
1933
Luchow's Restaurant
The Great Seal of the State of New York
1777-1778
Ribbon pin
ca. 1883
Globe
ca. 1847
Mallet
ca. 1775-1825
Colin Kelley
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1930-1960
Coin/ periodical
1920-1940
Pinback button
1980-1990
Button
The Park Lane Hotel
ca. 1960-1980
Mold
ca. 1825-1875
William Pitt Medal
ca. 1766
Whale's Tooth
1910-1940
Pull toy: Excelsior steam riverboat
ca. 1870
Gavel:...St. Paul's Lounge
1890-1920
In the White House
1896
Medicine
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Advertising bust
1890-1920
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Button
ca. 1972
Badge
1898
Belt plate
1760-1783
Spoon
1870-1900
Toy rocking chair
1860-1880
Spectacles
1840-1853
Marbles (2)
1850-1920
Soap
1955
Pinback button
1940-1960
Cue stick
License plate
1980-1990
Letter opener
ca. 1950-1960
General Ulysses S. Grant Centenary Commemorative Medal
1922
New York Sun
ca. 2000
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
ca. 1900
Pen
1973
W.M. Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Frame
1775-1795
Service cap
1920-1941
Convention ticket
1868
Box/ Candy
Pendant
1892
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Pinback button
1983
Lieutenant-Colonel William Washington Military Medal
1975
Tribeca Grill
ca. 1990
UNITED WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSE WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 65
1940-1950
Top
1850-1900
Doll: Oriental woman on stand
1930-1960
Fire helmet: Excelsior 14 H.S.
1836-1850
Adolph Werner Plaquette
1907
Anagrams: The New Popular Spelling Game
ca. 1900
Mug/Shaving
1900-1930
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Tin
1870-1890
Beer premium
1920-1960
U.S. Merchant Token
ca. 1850
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Mallet or pounding tool
1750-1850
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1935
Handle
1760-1783
Remington Rolling Block Military Rifle
1868-1873
Watch fob
ca. 1850
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Trade sample
1943-1950
Mug/ beer
1930-1960
Advertising token
1900-1930
American Institute Medal
ca. 1877
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Whale's tooth
1860-1890
Needle case
1840-1880
Pull toy (ship)
1875-1900
Walrus tusk
1850-1880
The Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Pin-back button
1937
Box
1937
Shopping bag
1997
Thimble/ food
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medal: Philharmonic Symphony Soc...1842-1879
1942
The Ravelled Sleave
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
1979
Coll. of 5 coins: Nova Caesarea, 1787 (New Jersey)
Dollhouse furn:settee
1920-1940
Lady's costume: 1922
ca. 1959
Whale's tooth
1900-1945
Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards
1886
Perfume Bottle
1960-1990
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1930-1950
Plate
1953
WEST SIDERS FOR DINKINS
1989
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
"Consul" The Educated Monkey
1916-1918
Pin: nut cross section
ca. 1861
Box w/docu.
ca. 1750
Box
ca. 1750
Sausage grinder
1775-1800
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Fan
1910-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1992
Political novelty
1944-1948
Typothetae of New York City Franklin Birthday Plaquette
1902
Oak fragment from H.M. Somerset
1750-1778
Pin-back button
2016
Arrowhead
1500-1700
Ship model
ca. 1946
Wood fragment and twine from Chinese junk Keying
1840-1847
Plume
1860-1875
Snuffbox with lid
1800-1850
Medicine advertising sign
1890-1930
Tray
1930-1960
J. L, 3 years, December 15, 1922; J.L., Weight 29 lbs, February 15, 1923
December 15, 1922 ; February 15, 1923
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
ca. 1916
Campaign tie clip
1960
Model of the "Half Moon"
1825-1900
Jack-in-the-box
1870-1900
Military decals
1935-1945
Coin: half dollar, Connecticut, 1635-1935
The New Pilgrim's Progress
1893
Sewing Needles
1890-1910
Box/ Candy
1920-1940
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Token
1890-1910
Tool list from Rescue 2 (rigtools)
1998
The Cork Store
Campaign button: carry on with Roosevelt
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Campaign Medalet
1888
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
comb ?
1780-1820
Button
1916
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pinback button
1948
Coaster
1930-1950
Portrait Ribbon
BORO/STANLEY/SIMON/PRESIDENT
1984
Ruler
ca. 1960
Medallion: George Clemenceau 11 Nov 1918
Game of the Telegraph Boy or Merit Rewarded
ca. 1888
Sword and scabbard
ca. 1898
Fork
1790-1825
Campaign button
2000
Ashtray
1926
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Store display/ bottle
1880-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back button
1972
Pair of doll stockings
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1891
Squeak toy (bird)
1875-1900
Lady's costume: 1799
ca. 1966
Spinning top
1850-1925
U.S. Coast Guard Baroque Eagle
2000
Ashtray/ coin plate
1910-1930
Fan
1900-1930
Watches/ jewelry
1948
Pinback button
1944
Pin-back button
1965-1975
Medal
1904
Assembly Restaurant
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Model 1878 Sharps-Borchardt Rifle
1878-1881
Mortar and pestle
1800-1900
Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal
1870-1892
Pistol holster
1855-1865
Corkscrew
1880-1920
Token
1878-1900
Napkin
1980-2000
Advertising thimble
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
John Adams Indian Peace Medal
1905
The Magic Pan
ca. 1960-1980
Toy omnibus: Broadway 4th Avenue
ca. 1872
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Plow
1800-1875
Sundial
ca. 1800
Musket and pistol balls (9) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Gems of Art
1880
Optical
after 1962
Toy
1955-1990

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