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The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)

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Barack Obama
2008
Flamingo
Miniature Furniture; Inlaid Drum Table
ca. 1980
Section of wooden water pipe
1770-1800
Sleigh
ca. 1890
Obelisk
ca. 1864
Shako with plume
1880-1910
New Jersey copper
1786
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Washing supplies
1890-1930
Travel
1940-1960
Barnum's Museum token
1862
The Safets
Espace
ca. 1960-1980
The Reward of Virtue
1850
Dollhouse furn: set of 4 fire tools and stand
1920-1940
Lady doll
1850-80
Framed set of American military buttons (51) excavated at West Point
1812-1830
Game of Bicycle Race
1895
Packet
1920-1950
Pin
1990-2000
Food spear
1940-1960
Musical recording
1910-1920
Medallion
1881
Joseph Florimond Loubat Medal
ca. 1910
Flag fan
ca. 1945
Thames Tunnel Medal
1845 or later
We The People Need Willkie
Crandall's Masquerade Blocks
ca. 1875
Paper dolls, costumes, and stands (22 pieces)
1850-1875
Canteen cup
1900-1918
Paperweight
1890-1920
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
Trade Sign
1880-1910
Lantern
1880-1910
Trust Humphrey
1968
Lapel button
Cyrus Field Medal
1858
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Doll: pilgrim boy
1930-1940
Happy Harry Ring Toss
ca. 1920
The Jubilee Dancer
1870-1900
Snuffbox with lid
1800-1850
Soldier
1840-1870
Cup
1900-1940
Medal
1905
Token
1940-1960
Insignia
1890-1900
Printing plate
Badge
ca. 1927
Commemorative cane
ca. 1949
Toy side chair
1875-1900
Sword cane
1850-1950
Surveyor's monument
ca. 1811
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1890
Powder Box
1880-1910
Tin/ cleaning supplies
1920-1950
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Medallion
1930-1950
John Horn Life Saving Medal
1875
INN OF THE CLOCK
Medal
1909
Image of Alton Parker
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
ca. 1900
Lace pillow
ca. 1788
Spirit level
1850-1900
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Tin/ Candy
1940-1960
Transportation token
1920-1940
Pinback button
1896-1910
World War I Medal
ca. 1910
Bookmarks (2)
1976
Ell measure
1780-1820
Flint lock musket, officer's presentation fitted for bayonet: inscribed?
1828-1830
Apothecary bottle
1850-1925
Sword and scabbard
1862
The Donkey Party Game
1901
TRUMP
ca. 1990
Inkwell
1894
Cigarette pack
1952
Pinback button
1900-1920
PLANNED PARENTHOOD WORLD POPULATION
ca. 1970
Doll's drawers
1870-1880
Campaign cane
ca. 1976
Alphabet Ball
1830-1860
Gentleman's costume: 1730, N.Y.
ca. 1966
Coin scale in case
ca. 1735-1752
Criss Cross Spelling Slips
ca. 1885
Box
1930-1970
Box/ Food
1992
Playing card
1940-1960
Medallion
1913
Badge/ medal
1935
Card of buttons
1955-1985
Sardi's East
Marquis de Lafayette Medal
1789
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
Badge w/medal
Alphabet blocks (set)
1850-1900
Still bank
1870-1880
Naval insignia in box
1940-1946
Marathon
ca. 1995
Fan
1900-1930
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
Pencil/ periodical
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back button
ca. 1914
Cafe Seiyoken
ca. 1982-1987
Butter ladle/paddle
ca. 1700-1800
Queen Elizabeth I
1950-1970
Rum bottle
1770-1780
Naval officer's sword and scabbard
1861-1887
British Soldiers Past and Present
ca. 1894
Medicine
1890-1940
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1920
Button
1967
Hard Times Token: Col.of 2 coin/token: Exec. Expermt.1837; Mag.Gen. H. 1841
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Tassel
1775-1783
Box
1890-1930
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Walking-stick
1892
Teddy bear
1905-1912
Folding cot with handle
1850-1860
Box
1935
Bottle/ food
1960-1990
Cue stick
Store display
1910-1940
Purse
1890-1920
1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial International Exposition Medal
1926
Mike Farrell Presents THE BROADWAY GAME
1981
Coin:U.S. Trade Dollar, 1876
Button w/ribbon
1901
Silver Dollar, 1891
Campaign ribbon
1896
Miniature mold
1900-1930
Service cap
1941-1945
Bootjack
1850-1900
Key
1890-1930
Token
1920-1950
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
"Washington the Father of Our Country" Commemorative Medal
1800-1900
Mitali
ca. 1960-1980
JOHN MARSHALL JHS 1941
1941
Horse
Doll
1820-1850
Framed set of objects (36) excavated at Connecticut Village
1736-1810
Blown Up Steamer and Fire Engine Puzzle
ca. 1885
Collar
1900-1920
Pen/ pencil
1930-1960
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Button
1964
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
Club badge
ca. 1900
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Shoulder knots (pair)
ca. 1900
grain or straw fork
Fireman's fatigue cap: protection; Hose #5; late 19th C.
1871-1883
Paper dolls (11 pieces)
ca. 1895
Model 1842 U.S. Percussion Musket
1849-1851
Paperweight
ca. 1910-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Food tin
1890-1920
Box
1900-1930
Historical novelty
1950-1970
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medalet
1824-1844
Political button
Aerial camera with magazine
World Trade Center dust
2001
Ashtray w/removable basin
ca. 1930
Pin: Adlai
1952 or 1956
Section of branch of tree planted by Lincoln
1850-1900
Sword guard excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1760-1783
Pattern quarter
1792
Box
1920-1940
Hardware Sign
1900-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Major General Peter B. Porter Military Medal
1824
Uzies
ca. 1960-1980
Flag
2011
Miniature fox
1900-1940
Doll: boy in long coat
1830-1880
Porcelain fragments (6) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1740-1783
Little Workers Picture Cubes
1901
Hagstrom Five Borough, New York City Street Atlas, 4th Edition
1996
Token
1840-1890
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1940-1960
General Pershing Medal
1915-1920
Alphabet learning game with movable letters and slate
1917
Coin: Georgius Dei Gratia Rex, 1723
1723
Badge in case
Helmet: German w/swastika on side
ca. 1940
Child's plate
1830-1880
Blouse
1942-1946
Button
ca. 1975-1980
Fan
1910-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Calendar
1897
Pen
1990-2000
Pin-back button
Medal
ca. 1850
Bottle stopper
1960s-1970s
Authors Improved
ca. 1890
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1836
Wood graver
1850-1900
Snuffbox with lid
1800-1850
A B C of Comic Animals
1897
Button
1996
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Personal item
1890-1930
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Button
ca. 1930
Ribbon
1939
Cane
ca. 1916
Dog and elephant
1870-1910
Station Brougham, ca. 1896
ca. 1896
Protective spectacles and case
1880-1900
Peter Coddle's Trip
ca. 1905
Button
1975-1985
Box/ Candy
1906-1920
Tiptray/coin tray
1964-1965
Sign/ liquor
1950-1960
Tokens
1937-1942
Joseph Pancoast Medal
1870
Al Schacht Restaurant
ca. 1960
Ezra Meeker Commemorative Plaquette
1930
Convention ribbon
1892
Hat cover
ca. 1944
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Shuttle
ca. 1880-1920
Paperweight
ca. 1892-1920
Pinback button
1918-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Painting
1900-1940
Coaster
1940-1970
Worst Public Administration
Kennedy/Cope
1960
Clothespin
1750-1850
Game of Star Authors
ca. 1890
Medicine bottle
1860-1890
Cap: Police Reserve, City of New York; c.1915
ca. 1915
Pillow-Dex Tennis
1897
Medicine
1906-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1920-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Daily Mirror N.Y. City/Dept of Parks/Olympic Sports Festival/Track
1951
Campaign ribbon
1904
Campaign cane
2008
Toy side chair
1875-1915
Toy train
1900-1910
Card case in box
1850-1900
The Popular Game of Broadway
1917
Tea Strainer
1910-1940
Watch Face
1880-1940
Sewing Supplies
1900-1940
Measuring cup
1890-1930
Pencil box
1860-1880
Card of buttons
1930-1980
Scoop
Medal: Christophorus Colomb.
ca. 1819
Coin: half dollar, Fort Van Couver Centennial, 1925
Badge
Sword, scabbard and shoulder belt
ca. 1830
Box
1850-1900
Frock coat (riding coat)
ca. 1900
Jug/Teapot
1920-1950
Pencil
1940-1960
Wrapper
1980-2000
Tobacco
1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
Campaign pin
Two Eleven
ca. 1960-1980
Noggin
ca. 1750-1850
Key from New York State Prison
ca. 1796-1797
Bottle: Selden's Magic Fluid NY
1820-1850
Nightstick: carved torch top
1835-1842
A. D. T. Messenger Boy
ca. 1910
Optical
1930-1960
Tape measure
1901
Badge/ medal
1895
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Society of Tammany Ribbon
1887
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Spectacles
1825-1830
Fragment
1775-1825
Cart
1900-1920
Needle case
1800-1850
Revolver with case and accessories (7)
1860-1868
Packet
1910-1940
Figurine
1897
Tip tray/ coin plate
1900-1930
Plate
1915
Upholstery supply
1910-1940
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
"Harry's New York Bar"
Chateau de Ramezay Medal
After 1896
Republican League Member Ribbon
ca. 1900
"The Stourbridge Lion" Commemorative Plaquette
1929
McKinley & Roosevelt New York Press
Doll's shirt
1880-1920
Parade cap
1870-1892
Campaign souvenirs (2)
ca. 1973
Box/ Candy
Shopping bag
1994
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Button
1985
Button
1941
Cité
ca. 1992-2007
Flat graver
ca. 1900
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Harris/Anderson children on base
1920-30
Musket barrel fragment excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1760-1783
Game of Little Volunteer
1898
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Trade sign
1880-1920
Medicine
1930-1960
Bottle stopper
1940-1960
Button
ca. 1964
Ribbon
1898
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Fork
1790-1825
Badge: Fire Dept.
1880-1920
Medal: Washington Grays
After 1840
Fragment of flag carried by New York 40th Regiment
1860-1861
Sugar cutter
1750-1850
Leather Samples
1950-1960
Support Medical Aid/The War is Over/To Vietnam
1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1909
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Gold medal flanked by monograms "MDA" and "YCS," 1870.
ca. 1870
Political button
1964
Barbie doll
1961-1962
Miniature plate
1875-1900
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Collection of 10 chickens and roosters in box
1875-1950
Squeak toy (bird)
1875-1900
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Parcheesi
ca. 1940
Button
1980-1990
Napkin
1980-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Commemorative token
1889
Nixonettes
ca. 1968
Lum Chin
ca. 1960-1980
Emergency signaling mirror
1943-1945
Pull toy: racer
1920-1940
Doll: two-faced baby
1860-1900
Hair picture (in frame)
1862
Baseball tickets (4)
2000
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pin
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Medal
1917
Knife
ca. 1970
Token: 1939 Convention Am. Numismatic Ass. A. Kosoff
1939
Badge in case
Pony cart
1860-1890
Carpet bag
1850-1890
Knapsack
1860-1875
Button
ca. 1961
Box
1920-1940
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Letter opener
1890-1930
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
American flag
Mason jar
1923-1933
Still bank
1840-1860
Coin: Sing Sing Prison, one
1900-1943
Toy cannon
ca. 1845
Ship model
ca. 1812
Paperweight
2000
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Toy
1951
Travel
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Centennial ribbon
1876
"Big Parade" wind-up toy
ca. 1928
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Mounted soldiers (3)
1880-1920
Snuffbox
1780
Fish Pond: A Popular Game
ca. 1880
Box
1920-1950
Box
1860-1920
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Medallion
1907
J. Fenimore Cooper Award Medal
1840
"21"
Coin:...16??
Ribbon with mount
ca. 1887
Knife
1850-1865
Apothecary bottle
1880-1920
Pie crimper
ca. 1800-1850
Paperweight
1890-1910
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Canister
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Ribbon
2003
FOUNDED IN 1847/CUNY/DESTROYED IN 197??/FREE TUITION/OPEN ADMISSIONS
1974
Badge
Belt
1850-1875
Historioscope
1865-1900
Sword, Scabbard, and Belt
1830-1850
The Giant Nest of ABC and Picture Blocks
ca. 1900
Group of four clock parts
1871
Souvenir token
1933
Tobacco
1996
Insignia
1890-1920
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1876
Snuffbox
1850-1875
Peddler's cart and horses
1930-1940
Pince-nez
1870-1880
Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
1936
Box
1880-1910
Washing supplies
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Advertising token
1926
Pin-back button
1974
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
King Henri IV
New-York Historical Society centennial medal
1904
Badges w/ribbons
1902
Badge
Box: floral and tree scene
ca. 1763
Trousers
1942
Button
1896
Tobacco tin with two pieces of tailor's chalk
ca. 1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel/ medallion
1926-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Smith for President
Hasaki
ca. 1960-1980
Jack-in-the box
1870-1900
Signal lantern
1883-1900
Small white horse with black carriage and driver
1860-1870
Brunswick Sword
ca. 1777
The Checkered Game of Life
1866
Scott Stringer for Assembly Member
1994
Toy
1955-1990
Photographic equipment
1890-1910
Pinback button
1995-2000
Civil War token
ca. 1863
Doll's dress: 2 piece ensemble grey and teal jacket and skirt
1870-1880
Matchbook
1940-1945
Table fork & knife
1775-1825
Doll: baby
1900-1930
Chatelaine purse
1860-1900
Powder horn
1755-1763
Paperweight
1910-1940
Bottle/ food
1962-1980
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Badge/ tag
1920-1950
Lantern slide
1924-1930
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Medallion from the Albany Legislative Correspondents' Association annual dinner
1923
Coin: Massachusetts,1787, Common Wealth
World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Medal
1893
Abraham Lincoln National Day of Mourning Ribbons
1865
Aiguillette
1900-1930
Miniature binoculars
1900-1930
Forage cap
ca. 1867
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Box
1940-1960
Pin-back button
2001-2002
Pin
1896-1920
Centennial of Washington's Inauguration Souvenir Medal
1889
La Caravelle
ca. 1960-2004
Pin-back button
ca. 1970
Toy butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Doll's petticoat and knickers
1860-1890
Dress hat
1858-1865
Around the World with Nellie Bly
ca. 1910
Button
1972-1973
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War token
1863
Doll's trunk
c. 1879
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
cannon
1775-1800
Badge: New York V.F.A.
1880-1920
Yankee Doodle
1899
Ribbon
1900-1940
Shako with plume
1860-1865

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