Collection Highlights

Baby walker
Date:
1700-1750
Object Number:
INV.14959
Medium:
Cherry (by microanalysis)

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Medals (2)
1906
Piece of wood from the "Treaty Oak"
ca.1654
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
Collander
1975-1925
Toy settee, rocking chair, and side chairs(4)
1880-1920
Button
Uzies
ca. 1960-1980
Flag
2011
Canteen w/docu: gift of John Wood Dunsmore 1941
1856
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
Seal stamp: Tancanquiz...(?)
1775-1850
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1940-1960
General Pershing Medal
1915-1920
Alphabet learning game with movable letters and slate
1917
Button
1948
Chateau de Ramezay Medal
After 1896
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
Cartridge belt
1890-1898
Peter Coddle's Trip
ca. 1905
Medal
ca. 1850
Bottle stopper
1960s-1970s
Snuffbox with lid
1800-1850
A B C of Comic Animals
1897
Button
1996
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Convention ribbon
1916
Personal item
1890-1930
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Button
ca. 1930
Ribbon
1939
Cane
ca. 1916
Basket
1900-1950
Toy train
1900-1910
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
Medal
ca. 1848
Sailor
ca. 1850-60
Joseph Pancoast Medal
1870
Al Schacht Restaurant
ca. 1960
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Shuttle
ca. 1880-1920
Paperweight
ca. 1892-1920
Pinback button
1918-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Universal ring dial
1600-1700
Painting
1900-1940
Coaster
1940-1970
Worst Public Administration
Kennedy/Cope
1960
Clothespin
1750-1850
Box lock cannon barrel flint pistol
1760-1780
Bottle: Dr D.Jayne's Alternative...
1850-1860
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
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
Steam pumper
1900-1920
Reception and House Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Campaign ribbon
1904
Campaign cane
2008
Card case in box
1850-1900
The Popular Game of Broadway
1917
Tea Strainer
1910-1940
Watch Face
1880-1940
Coin:1 penny, 1861
1861
Sewing Supplies
1900-1940
Measuring cup
1890-1930
Pencil box
1860-1880
Card of buttons
1930-1980
Scoop
Ribbon
1800-1900
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
Toy gun
ca. 1869
Doll trunk
1860-1900
Whetstone holder
1834
Two Eleven
ca. 1960-1980
Noggin
ca. 1750-1850
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
1874
Nightstick: carved torch top
1835-1842
A. D. T. Messenger Boy
ca. 1910
Optical
1930-1960
Tape measure
1901
Sand caster
1770-1800
Badge/ medal
1895
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Society of Tammany Ribbon
1887
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Marquis de Lafayette Commemorative Medal
1781
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
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Campaign Medal
1872
Squeak toy
1875-1900
Sestertius in envelope: Trajan on face
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
"Harry's New York Bar"
Doll's shirt
1880-1920
Parade cap
1870-1892
Campaign souvenirs (2)
ca. 1973
Box/ Candy
Shopping bag
1994
Fire helmet: Chief
ca. 1873
Thimble/ sewing
1900-1940
Button
1985
Button
1941
Cité
ca. 1992-2007
Flat graver
ca. 1900
Toy rocking chair
1875-1915
Doll's bedding
1850-1860
Fork
1750-1800
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
Powder horn
1750-1800
Oval container
ca. 1900
New-York Historical Society centennial medal
1904
Ribbon
1898
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
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
Hard Times token: Union Steam Washing, N.Y. 1837
1837
Jointed wooden soldier
ca. 1876
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Parcheesi
ca. 1940
Button
1980-1990
Napkin
1980-2000
Travel
1940-1960
Commemorative token
1889
Nixonettes
ca. 1968
Miniature chair
1875-1900
Soldier
1840-1870
Badge w/tag
Lum Chin
ca. 1960-1980
Emergency signaling mirror
1943-1945
Eclectic Authors
ca. 1890
Hair picture (in frame)
1862
Baseball tickets (4)
2000
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pin
1980-2000
Gavel
1800-1850
Button hook
1890-1930
Musical recording
1910-1920
Civil War token
1863
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Medal
1917
Knife
ca. 1970
Nightstick
1830-1835
Coin: Massachusetts,1787, Common Wealth
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
Pretty Picture Blocks
ca. 1890
Medicine bottle
1830-1870
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
American flag
Mason jar
1923-1933
Ship model
ca. 1812
Paperweight
2000
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Toy
1951
Pin-back campaign button
1940
Travel
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Centennial ribbon
1876
"Big Parade" wind-up toy
ca. 1928
Miniature Furniture, Smoker's Stand
ca. 1983
Walking-stick
1910
Snuffbox
1780
Fish Pond: A Popular Game
ca. 1880
Box
1920-1950
Box
1860-1920
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1940
Medallion
1907
Collection of buttons: Wings for Willkie
Coat and trousers
1850-1900
J. Fenimore Cooper Award Medal
1840
"21"
Apothecary bottle
1880-1920
Pie crimper
ca. 1800-1850
Paperweight
1890-1910
Box/ Food
1890-1930
1195 ‎Nègre
1880-1920
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
Miniature Furniture, Tilt-top Table
ca. 1983
Sword belt
1865-1885
Coin: half dollar, Wisconsin Terr. Centennial, 1936
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
Doll
ca. 1895
Seal: good fellowship
ca.1911
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1876
Pince-nez
1870-1880
Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
1936
Box
1880-1910
Washing supplies
1910-1940
General U.S. Grant Commemorative Medal
1868
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Advertising token
1926
Pin-back button
1974
Catskill Aqueduct Medal
1917
King Henri IV
Conquest of St. Christopher Medal
1666
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
Doll's coat
1910-1940
Mechanical box: woman dancer
ca. 1850
Ship's clock
1890-1910
Smith for President
Hasaki
ca. 1960-1980
Jack-in-the box
1870-1900
Easel
1850-1900
Brunswick Sword
ca. 1777
The Checkered Game of Life
1866
Scott Stringer for Assembly Member
1994
Republican County Committee Badge
ca. 1920
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
Queen Victoria
1950-1970
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
Doll: man
1850-1900
Squeak toy (cat and bird)
1875-1900
Robert M. Patterson Mint and Treasury Medal
1839-1881
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Medallion from the Albany Legislative Correspondents' Association annual dinner
1923
Miniature binoculars
1900-1930
Forage cap
ca. 1867
Fabric Samples
1950-1970
Watch Face
1880-1940
Fragments of wooden clamp (2)
1775-1795
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
Doll
1830-1860
Sword cane
ca. 1900
Colt bullet mold
1855-1865
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
Blunderbuss
1760-1790
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Civil War token
1863
Doll's trunk
c. 1879
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Ribbon
1900-1940
Shako with plume
1860-1865
U.S. Out of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos!/SMC
1970
Tin/ Food
1930-1960
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Badge/ medal
1910-1940
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
Pan-American Exposition Medal
1901
Political button
1974
Doll shoes (pair)
Coin: half dollar, Fort Van Couver Centennial, 1925
Toy bookcase and books (24)
1863-1885
Forage cap
1870-1892
Hitching post finial
1850-1900
Embosser
1890-1940
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Dollhouse furn.: standing mirror
1920-1940
Miniature chair table
1960-1980
Badge in case
1850-1930
Pull Down all Levers Row B Vote Democratic
ca. 1956
The Four Seasons
ca. 1960-1980
Autograph book
1895
Game of Authors
ca. 1900
Sections of the Atlantic telegraph cable (930) in original packing crates (8)
1850-1860
Pin-back campaign button
1972
Tool
1890-1940
Collar box
1880-1920
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Dollhouse furn.: upright piano "ritz playerette"
1920-1940
Miniature Furniture, Winthrop Desk
ca. 1983
Pin: nut cross section
ca. 1861
For Freedom 4 FDR Four Freedome Re-elect Roosevelt
Shinbashi
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising notepad
1902
Miniature cat figurine
1910-1940
Seal stamp: Sanitary Commission
1861-1878
Games of Cats and Mice, Gantalope and Lost Diamond
ca. 1875
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Centennial of American Independence "Fit Keystone" Medal
1876
Box/ Clothes
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944-1948
Civil War token
1863
Holland Society Medal
1904
Supermarket
1930-1950
Abraham Lincoln Medal
1864
Hotel Association of New York City 75th Anniversary Medal
1953
Diaphragm mimeograph
1887-1900
Looking glass
1850-1865
Paperweight
1880-1910
Pinback button
1932
Trade Sign
1880-1900
Plate
1909
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
The Society of Medalists 3rd Issue
1931
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1925
Holland Society Medal
1904
"ROOSEVELT/FOR/EX/PRESIDENT"
Kennedy/King
1968
Model of Delaware and Hudson canal boat
1950-1951
Dominoes
1930-1950
Support/Abortion/Rights/Action/Week/Oct.22-29, 1979
1979
Hardware/ household
1920-1960
Button
1968
Pendant
1896-1920
Match box from Dorlon's Oyster House
1899-1912
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Watch fob
ca. 1914-1918
Cake mold
1850-1900
Rifle
1894
Campaign button: carry on with Roosevelt
Sash
1910-1920
Soldier Ten-Pins
ca. 1890
Powder Box
1920-1940
Coaster
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1910-1940
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Prudential Insurance Company of America 50th Anniversary Medal
1925
The Game of Jack Sprat
1888
Button
City of Lachine Municipal Centenary Medal
1948
The University Club New York
Joseph Francis Life Saving Medallion
1890
Doll's bed and bedding
1875-1925
Bowl
ca. 1750-1850
Paperweight
1900-1920
Pinback button
1906
Medicine
1940-1960
Bar Tray
1890-1920
Pinback button
1970-2000
George Washington Military and Civil Career "Wright & Bale" Medal
1834
Medal
1945
Moulding Plane
ca. 1850-1900
Shoe form
1800-1850
Medicine bottle
1840-1895
Helmet and (2) armbands
1942-1945
Games of Ambuscade, Constellations and Bounce
ca. 1875
Sewing Supplies
1890-1920
Makeup Compact
1930-1960
Coffee cup
1927
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Lady's costume: 1797
ca. 1962
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pinback button
1944
Y.M.D.C. Campaign Badge
1870 or later
Cane
ca. 1917
Souvenir New Years token: heart-shaped
1880-1900
The Game of Tiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
David Rittenhouse Mint and Treasury Medal
1874
Pencil/ Food
1930-1950
Playing card
1940-1960
Peanut jar
1900-1930
Button
1952-1956
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Village Barn
Civilian medicinal canteen with document (SHOULD BE REMOVED AND STORED WITH SILVER COLLECTION)
1940-1960
Radio
ca. 1924
Apple parer
ca. 1882
Badge
1896
Tag/ Clothes
1953-2000
Can/ Food
1890-1920
Box: Brandy Eau de Toilette
2002
Doll: boy in waist coat
1930-1940
Independence Hall Tower
1870-1880
Fire helmet frontpiece: J.L. Mott
1850-1900
Treasury Department - Second Class Life Saving Medal (1876)
1879
Half Pounds tobacco advertisement
Still bank
1870-1880
Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Medal
1909
Sword w/scabbard: U.S.N.
1852-1863
Cycling: A Fascination Game
ca. 1900
Medicine
1900-1930
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Tobacco
1910
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1875
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Band wagon
1919-1926
Button
Military buttons
1775-1783
Bullet mold
ca. 1776
Box
1930-1950
Pinback button
1994-2000
Sewing Supplies
1880-1900
Iron
1880-1920
Lapel button: B. and L., 1884
1884
Coin: Isaac Brock, Herd of Canada 1816
1816
Clothing hanger
1920-1940
Chicago Century of Progress Exposition Medal
1933
The Magic Pan Creperie
Miniature spoons (pair)
1880-1920
Tailcoat
1895-1898
Paperweight
1890-1920
Paperweight
1890-1920
Token
1837(?)
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-2000
George Washington Military and Civil Career "Manly" Medal
1790
F-Stop Cafe
ca. 1982-1989
Miniature skillet
1875-1920
Rocking horse
1800-1850
Small grinder/pepper mill
1800-1850
Bobbin
1780-1820
Group of spinning tools
1750-1850
Nightstick
1840-1860
The Railroad Game
ca. 1900

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