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Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype

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World's Fair Souvenir Plate
1960s
Scale
ca. 1876
Model 1816 U.S. Flintlock Musket
1831
Pin-back button
1964-1976
Tongs
1900-1930
Trade sign
1950-1970
Miniature pot and coffeepot
1875-1900
Pin
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
John Barry Commemorative medal
ca. 1903
Il Cantinori
ca. 1960-1980
MNESTY FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS OF SPAIN, AFLCIO LOCAL 64 UNION MADE
1975-1980
Walking-stick
1840-1860
Lady's costume: 1869
ca. 1965
Boots (pair)
1910-1919
The Game of Politics or the Race for the Presidency
1889
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1998
Button
ca. 1970
United States Centennial Medal
1877
The Model Ship Puzzle
1870-1890
Walking-stick
1880-1920
Medal: Robert Weeks DeForest... 1872-1922
1922
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Steam whistle
1877-1880
Butter churn, cover, and dasher
ca. 1825-1850
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1917
Box/ Bottle
1890-1930
Trade sign
1900-1930
Box
1890-1920
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Medal: Penn's Treaty 1682 (in box)
ca. 1882
Political button
Bobby Riggs signature printing gel
1973
Squeak toy (hen and chicks)
1875-1900
Easel
ca. 1887
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Swipe card instructions
ca. 2001
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Paint Samples
1950-1970
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
Miniature coal bucket
1900-1930
Lady's costume: 1818
ca. 1958
Every buddy U.S for Willkie
The Orchid Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
WTC 2011 ID Badge of Louis DiGeronimo
2001
Puzzle blocks
ca. 1870
Cake board
1825-1835
Game of District Messenger Boy or Merit Rewarded
1886
Bottle/Liquor
1920-1930
Box
1874-1900
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Grinder
Plate
1951
Political novelty
1997
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Medal
1945
1943 Steel cents (70)
1943
Gavel, casket, key
The Society of Medalists 2nd Issue
1930
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Pastry sleeve
1800-1880
Paperweight
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1930-1950
Box
1963-1972
Knife
1880-1900
3 loose buttons
ca. 1940
Game of Visit to Camp
1870-1886
Sewing basket
ca. 1832
Medal
ca. 1912
Matchbook
ca. 1965
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Butter mold
ca. 1800-1850
Transit Not Westway
1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Badge
Liquor
1950-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
After 1863
Schenectady Sunday School Celebration Ribbon
1800-1850
Cane
ca. 1880's
moulding plane
1875-1900
Miniature center table
1920-1940
Sewing case
ca. 1818
Jim Crow Ten Pins
1890-1910
World Peace through Nuclear Disarmament
1981
Token
1890-1920
Handkerchief
1893
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Badge
1906
William Pitt Medal
1766
Medal Struck in Celebration of the Restoration of Baron Van der Capellen to his Seat in the Assembly of the State of Overysell...
1782
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Cavaliere
Altimeter
1890-1920
Coat
1915-1918
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1939-1945
Medicine
1920-1950
Needlecase:cylinder shaped, orange
1800-1840
Store dispenser
1890-1910
We Still Have A Dream/Jobs/Peace/Freedom/March on Washington/August 27, 1983
1983
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Silk ribbon from the Erie Canal celebration, New York City
1825
Sugar nips
1750-1850
Sleigh
ca. 1710
Rocking horse
1860-1890
Ribbon fragment and envelope
Z.243a-f
1880-1930
The Game of Tri-Bang
1888
Medicine
1900-1920
Box
1950-1970
Photographic equipment
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1920
Hard Times token: Phalons Hair Cutting, 1837
1837
Collection of 2 dolls in ethnic dress in box (boy & girl)
1950-1970
Whig Celebration Ribbon
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1930
Campaign cane
ca. 1964
Centennial Castanets
ca. 1876
Miniature street light
1930-1940
Box
1890-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing card
1940-1960
1901 Pan-American Exposition Commemorative Medal
1901
Pitcher
1890-1910
Office supply
1890-1920
Badge: Delegate firemans Ass. NY 1907
ca.1907
Danny's Hide-A-Way
Button
1928
Mechanical bank: Hall's Excelsior
1869
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1675-1775
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1900-1920
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Tobacco canister
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940
Badge with photo and tassle
ca. 1868
Trolley
1860-1890
Doll: woman in ethnic dress w/long braids
ca. 1860
Holster with belt
1910-1920
Peter Luger
ca. 1960-1980
Sugar nips
1790-1840
Coin
Pothook excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1776-1783
The Game of Penny Post
1892
Thomason's Erie Canal Medal
1825
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Shoulder patch
1940-1950
Travel
1890-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Token
ca. 1860
Ribbon
1904
Cartridge box badge
1760-1783
Buttons
Set of (5) weights or measuring tools
1830-1880
Box
1906-1940
Comic book
1897
Cue stick
Plate
1910
Stereograph viewer
1860-1880
Myron T.Herrick Commemorative Medal
ca. 1929
Ribbon
Squeak toy (quail)
1875-1900
2 denarii in envelope: King Juba of Mauretonia
Postage Cent
Shovel
1804-1824
Forage cap
1860-1890
Badge/tag: No Third Term
1940
Box/ Candy
Clothing accessories
1940-1960
Butter mold
1825-1850
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Pinback button
1988
Button
1912
Garvin's
ca. 1980-2000
UNITED ELECTRICAL RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, C.I.O., U.E. MEMBER
1940-1950
Duck
1800-1900
Doll: woman in red dress w/hat
ca. 1867
Coll.of 3 coins: Immunis Columbia, 1787
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
Anagrams Double Eagle: A Prize Game
ca. 1890
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Medicine
1940-1960
Thermometer/ liquor
1940-1960
Hard Times token
1834-1835
Arcade Jack Set/Jack Stones
1890-1940
Sword belt
1860-1865
Medal w/ribbon: ...Causas Melius
late 19th - early 20th century
Convention ribbon
1892
Buy Star Soap
ca. 1920
Brisé fan
ca. 1800
Block puzzle
ca.1890
Bookbinding supplies
1920-1950
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Jug
1880-1910
Souvenir token
1920-1950
American Centennial Souvenir Medal
1876
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Coin: Georgius Dei Gratia Rex, 1723
Miniature candelabra (pair)
1910-1940
Dress hat
1930-1940
Scranton for President
ca. 1964
Fan
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Isidor Memorial Award of the National Academy of Design Medal
1907
Button
ca. 1705
Soldiers on platform
1870-1910
Ribbon
ca. 1900
La Cote Basque
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
ca. 1980
Game of Mythology
1884
Magnifying glass
1830-1880
The Game Vignette of Authors
ca. 1890
Bottle Set
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Building blocks (set)
1850-1900
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
Comedie Francaise Medal
1955
Ruler
ca. 1950
Helmet
1850-1920
Fugio cents (4)
1787
Case
1825-1900
Hog yoke
1800-1900
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ Bottle
1906-1920
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Pencil
1990-2000
Model of the "Alabama"
1939
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1910
Badge in case
1848-1870
Militia jacket
ca. 1861
Tote bag
2016
Framed set of British military buttons (4)
1770-1783
Pin-back campaign button
1960
Medicine
1990-2000
Coaster
1940-1960
Hughes and Bruce
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
The Transport of Memory
1999
Pen
2003
Lapel pin
ca. 2010
Squeak toy (bird)
1875-1900
Miniature Furniture, Secretary
ca. 1983
Knitting sheath
1785
Schley at Santiago Bay
1899
Box
1908-1930
Pencil/ Food
1940-1960
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Match box
1880-1910
Timothy D. Sullivan Association Annual Outing Member Badge
1911
Service cap
ca. 1940
Pilgrim Fathers Medal
1920
The Princeton Club of New York
Ice wagon
1900-1920
Niddy noddy
1750-1850
Paperweight
1876
Fan
1910-1930
Ash can w/hinged lid
1875-1915
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin
IN NEW YORK/VOTE/CONSERVATIVE/IN NOVEMBER
1965
Button
Washboard
1930-1950
Wind-up toy: three musicians
ca. 1890
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1935
Naval officer's sword, scabbard and belt
1852-1865
Toonin Radio Game
ca. 1926
Ashtray
1930-1960
Ring
1939
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
Basket of dried flowers
1930-1960
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
After 1887
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2003
Horse blanket
1898-1938
The Game of Politics or the Race for the Presidency
1887
Box
1900-1930
Fan
1890-1920
Medal: ...Bedford 1680-1930
1930
Ribbon/ politcal/ jewelry
1884
Pinback button
1944
Dog sweater
2003
Campaign medal
1948
The Cortile
Campaign ribbon
1892
Indian man
ca. 1850-70
Jodhpurs
1915-1945
Lipstick
1930-1960
Medallion
1920-1950
Napkin
1980-2000
Thimble
1900-1940
Box/ candy
1920-1950
Mechanical toy (pedlar with cart)
1850-1900
Canteen
1850-1900
Bootjack
early 19th century
Pin-back button
1952
Four Seasons Hotel
ca. 1960-1980
Jack-in-the-box
1870-1900
Captain Stephen Decatur, Jr. Naval Medal
1820-1881
Fireman's belt
1850-1900
Ferrilude or Game of Beasts
1873
Vote Reform/Kassal/for Congress
ca. 1975
Toy
1955-1990
William Astor Chanler Democratic Association 5th Assembly District Badge
1899-1901
Tobacco
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1834-1834
Dogopoly
2002
Matchbook
1940-1945
Knife and sheath
1813-1830
Bobbins in container
1840-1880
Waist belt (2)
1870-1875
Printer's Plate
1920-35
Washing supplies
1890-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1901
Lantern slide
1924-1930
Portfolio: monogram w/intials - ?
1872-1900
Pull toy (horse with foal)
1860-1890
Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Medal
1933
Badge
1917-1970
"Hope Is Note A Form of Protection, Obama Condoms"
2009
Apple parer
ca. 1898
Lantern
ca. 1877
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Ribbons
1880-1930
Advertisement
1980-2000
Travel
1980-2000
Pinback button
1896-1920
Pin
ca. 1952
The Royalton
ca. 1988-2004
Pin-back button
1996
Doll
1920-1940
Doll
1850-1900
Game of Bagatelle
1898
Fireman's belt: Exempt 23rd Wrd.
1854-1900
The Game of Snap
1872
Sewing Supplies/Game
1890-1920
Ink bottle
1880-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times Token: New York Joint Stock Exchange Co.
ca. 1837
The Home Primer
1861-1870
Pitcher
1850-1930
Campaign ribbon
1910
Dexterity game
1979
Ship's clock
1840-1860
The Game of Watermelon Patch
1896
Por Los Ninos/Vote May 3
ca. 1975
Packet/ Food
1943
Jar
1930-1950
Sign
1930-1950
Toy/ music
1980-2000
Lapel button
1888
Political button
1964
Doll mittens (pair)
The New Game of Illustrated Proverbs
ca. 1880
Toy chest of drawers
1840-1880
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
Civil War token
1863
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Intercom
Wine making hydrometer
1920-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Dollhouse furn.: planter stand w/ textile lining
1920-1940
Miniature wood stove, coal bucket, and shovel
1960-1980
Badge in case
1870-1950
Heed Youth's Call Vote as you think but Vote!
ca. 1956
Huberts
ca. 1960-1980
Wye level
1940-1960
Framed set of objects (38) excavated at Sneeden's Landing
1760-1783
Corkscrew excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Hood's Sarsaparilla Book of Parlor Games
1896
Paperweight/Medallion
1920-1950
License plates
20th Century
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944-1948
Button
1964
Memorial ribbon
1880-1920
The Pin-U-Ring-It Puzzle
1930-1950
Millard Fillmore Indian Peace Medal
After 1850
Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial Award Medal
1957
Sewing kit w/needles & scissors
1840-1880
Trosuers
1942
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1940
Pinback button
1945-1960
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Decoy
1910-1930
Swizzle stick
1920-1960
Marquis de Lafayette Commemorative Medal
1789 or later
Puzzle
1850-1900
Grand Canal Celebration Medal
1826
"A NEW BEGINNING IN '88/DUKAKIS-BENTSEN"
Pin-back button
2017
Helmet
1918
Coin: half dollar, Oregon Trail Memorial 1926
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Wood fragment from ship "Tennessee"
1850-1864
Doll
1892
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Souvenir
1890-1920
INV.13921.1
1841
Textile: A novel project
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Miniature boxing glove
1900-1930
Lady's costume: 1882
ca. 1966
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Grandmama's Geographical Game
ca. 1910
Bottle/Liquor
1900-1920
Coffee tin
ca. 1920-1930
Swizzle stick/ food spear
1940-1960
Insignia
1910-1920
Garrison cap
ca. 1944
Funnel
ca. 1725-1825
Phonograph record in original box: Talking Short Stories by Frank Bush
ca. 1905
James Hazen Hyde Medallion
1948
Hicks
Andrew Jackson Indian Peace Medal
1831
Modeling tools (3)
1850-1900
Epaulets (pair) in storage box
1850-1865
Paperweight
1900-1920
Pinback button
1920-1940
Powderhorn: etched w/map of NY State
1770-1780
World War I Medal
1919
The World Says No to War/United for Peace and Justice
2003
Marshal Foch Commemorative Medal
1921
Rue Des Gourmets
World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Medal
1893
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
Maria Spatz
Mid-19th century
Bottle: Dr's S.S. Fitch & Son ...The Queen's Toilet
1830-1870
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
Lady's costume: 1630
ca. 1967
American Labor Party
Civil War token
1863
Union League Club Presidential Reception Ribbon
ca. 1897
Souvenir cane
ca. 1939
Needle case
1720-1800
Ladies & Gentlemen's Conversation Cards
ca. 1890
Sewing Pins
1910-1930
Token: Jacob Elishewitz& Sons...Hats, New York
1900-1943
Pencil/ Food
1930-1950
Playing card
1940-1960
Tin
1986
Ribbon
1869
Amerigo Vespucci Commemorative Plaquette
1903
THREE CROWNS RESTAURANT
New Haven Tercentenary Commemorative Medal
1938
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
Miniature standing cup
1900-1925
Jolly Sailor Coin Bank
ca. 1957
Apple parer
1825-1850
INV.13710.6
Badge
Child's plate
1830-1880
Coin
Delftware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Game of Pussy and Three Mice
1890
Medicine/Soap
1920-1940

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