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Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal

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Button
1970-1980
Tin/ Candy
1906-1930
Glass cutter
1900-1940
Sign/ liquor
1920-1940
Pencil
1940-1960
Franklin Institute Plaquette
1938
Serendipity 3
We want F.D.R. again
Dr. Jekyll of Hyde Park
Butterfield dial and case
1685-1715
Waist belt with cartridge box
1860-1865
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1953-1960
Coaster
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1880
O!Dwyer /FOR/ U.S.SENATE
1974
Pair of men's shoes with shoe bags
Spoon
1840-1862
Bottle w/label: Osgood's India Cholagogue New York
1840-1860
Apothecary jar with cover
1830-1890
Links (2) of the Fort Montgomery Chain in box
1776-1777
Coin: Ancient w/Arabic-like Symbols
CombinationTiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
Ashtray
ca. 1930
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Bar Tray
1914-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Harlem Globetrotters Game
1971
Doll corset
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Rabbit plane
1850-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1785
ca. 1960
Prescription scale and set of weights in case
1830-1880
Magnet
1999
Candle holder
1910-1930
Fan
1900-1930
Shoe horn/ hotel
1980-2000
Pinback button
1944
Office supply
1940-1960
Medal: The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
ca. 1900
Gilmore's Steak House
U.S. Grant
Needle case
1790-1830
Tavern Sign
ca. 1785
Bottle/Can Opener
1910-1940
Token
1900-1930
Placemat
1980-2000
Thimble/ shoes
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Coin
Tower Suite
ca. 1960-1980
Autoperipatetikos
ca. 1862
Copperplate for House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Havell Plate no. 83, from John J. Audubon's series "Birds of America"
1830
Apothecary bottle
1850-1900
Waist belt
1860-1875
Game of Luck
1909
Ashtray
1930-1970
Salt shaker
1940
Token: Major Gen. H.G. Berry
1863-1900
Tobacco
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (3)
1833
Ribbon
ca. 1926
Matchbook
1941
Gentleman's costume: 1700, N.Y.
ca. 1967
Ribbon
ca. 1906
Toy omnibus: Broadway 4th Avenue
ca. 1872
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Match Holder
1888
Fan
1932
Ashtray/ coin plate
1940-1960
Button or stud
1898
Restaurant token
1930-1960
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
Souvenir pin-ball game
ca. 1968
Lapel clip
Badge w/pin
Inkstand
1810-1900
Officer's dress coat
1898
Paperweight
1900-1920
Pins
1890-1920
Shopping bag
1998
Travel/ pen
1980-2000
Tobacco
1910-1930
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1818-1885
Hotel Macklowe
ca. 1987-1995
Mitt Romney candy dispenser
2012
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Pipe rack
1800-1850
Saddle
1860-1865
The Sawyer Sunday Blocks
ca. 1890
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1946
Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
"Bryan Money" One Silver Dollar
1896
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Walrus tusk
1845-1910
Apple parer
1863
Bayonet, early 19th C. U.S.
1800-1830
Wood fragment from Abraham Lincoln's log cabin
ca. 1809
Puzzle
1750-1800
U.S. OUT of Middle East/Bring the Troops Home/Coalistion to Stop U.S. Intervention in the Middle East
1990-1995
Fan
1920-1940
Coin: half dollar, Texas Independ. Centennial, 1934
Dental floss
1940-1960
Sign
1890-1910
Utensil
1940-1960
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
Political button
1976?
Doll dress
Parasol: black
1870-1900
Lock plate assembly and hammer for percussion rifle
1862
Carved horse
1850-1900
Hard Times Token: Coin: Van Boren Metalli currency.1837
1837
Ax head excavated at a Revolutionary War military hut
1760-1783
Ross Perot for President '92
1992
Fan
1908
Cup
1980-2000
Coin
1943
Medal
1896-1920
New York for Ike 1956
1956
Home on the Range
ca. 1960-1980
Letter opener
ca. 1890
Miniature nutcracker
1890-1920
Cane
1840-1860
Mold: cookie board
1780-1830
Inauguration ticket
1961
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Pen
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Cigar box
1920-1950
Civil War token
1863
Medal: Restauration of Europe, 1808
ca. 1808
Knife
mid 20th Century
Sash w/badge in case: Order of the Crown of Belgium
Powder flask
1840-1870
Memo holder
1890-1920
Rifle
1780-1800
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Lid
1890-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Bust
1940-1950
Ruler
1880-1900
Sword case
ca. 1816
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medal
1824
Pin-back button
Shopping bag
ca. 2008
Walking-stick
1820-1840
Coin: half dollar, Illinois State Centennial, 1918
Miniature plates (7)
1880-1900
Pitcher (4) excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1740-1760
Fire helment frontpiece
ca. 1982
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Daniel Webster Commemorative Medal
1852 or later
Toy
1950-1960
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin
1890-1920
Memorial candles (2)
1970
Ribbon
ca. 1875
Oyster shucking knife
1850-1910
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
2 babies in carraige
1860-1900
Calendar gauge and compass
1870-1900
Komical Konversation Kards: A Kuriously Kontrived Kaptivating Kuriosity
1893
Bottle
1880-1910
Teapot
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Souvenir
1950-1960
Commercial Credit Company Medal
1937
Hotel St. Regis
Pin: 3 year
Necktie
1935-1945
Astrolabe
1850-1910
Apple parer
ca. 1853
Paperweight
1892-1893
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Portrait
1914
Tobacco tin
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1779-1863
KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT
1960
Bottle: Pine Tree Tar Cordial Phil A 1859
1860-1875
The Game of Jack Straws
ca. 1888
Hat
1942
Gasoline truck
1920-1940
Saint George of England Medal
1941
Wooden box made from the bed of Robert Burns
1800-1860
Tiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
Cap
1915-1920
Box
1890-1920
Tobacco pipe
1900-1960
Insignia
1890-1920
Coin
1851
Doll handkerchief
1870-1880
Souvenir cane
ca. 1901
Die
1800-1838
Pull toy: locomotive
1900-1910
Horse blanket
1898-1938
Button
2000
Cosmetic Jar
1880-1910
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
RYAN
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
The White Turkeys
Shingle from Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh
1750-1775
Marquis de Lafayette Medal
ca. 1789 or later
Box
1800-1840
Fragment- nutcracker
1750-1850
Paperweight
1920-1940
Tin/ Food
1912-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Badge
Bouley Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
Centennial
1875-1885
Hard Times token: Smith's Clock Establishment, 1837
1837
Miniature Furniture, "Butler's" Tray Table
ca. 1983
Windup toy: musician and dancer
1900-1930
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Drawings Made Easy for the Kindergarten
1897
Pin-back button
ca. 1985
Coin: Haf Dollar, Confederate States of America
1960-1961
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Store display
ca. 1890
Pinback button
1890-1920
Token
1850-1900
Timothy D. Sullivan Association Annual Outing Member Badge
1911
Matchbook
1940-1945
Lady's costume: 1907
ca. 1964
Collection of carved sheep (16)
1850-1925
Top
ca. 1875
Seal (facsimile)
ca. 1892
Cup or dipper
ca. 1750-1800
Box
1900-1930
Bottle/ food
1910-1940
Paperweight
1950-1960
Desk clock
ca. 2000
Pin
1940
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Medal
1920
Clip w/Chain on Ring
ca. 1850
Token: One cent, Steam-Boat Company 1815
ca. 1815
Miniature food mold
1900-1940
Slant-front desk
1777-1794
Paperweight
1981
Fan/ invitation
1988
Sign
1950
Postcard
2001-2002
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Andrew Jackson Military Medal
1822-1885
Chevy's
ca. 1987-1997
Gay Men's Health Crisis handout
1986
Toy: locomotive
1850-1900
Le Gai Violiniste
1897
Seal impression
1854
Game of Old Maid
ca. 1900
Collar Pins
1890-1920
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 1990
Civil War tokens (2)
ca. 1863
Political souvenir
1916
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Soldiers on Guard
ca. 1900
Apple parer
ca. 1853
Eibar spanish cartridge pistol
Purse
1770-1776
Hat
1864
Hair Grooming
1960-1990
Coin : half dollar, Stone Mountain Memorial 1925
Trade sign
1890-1920
Letter opener
1920-1940
Pinback button
1995
Press badge: Fire lines
1910-1940
Political button
1968
Doll skirt
Buttons
Dollhouse furn.: bird in birdcage
1920-1940
Squeak toy (girl and nest with eggs)
1875-1900
Token: Williams Iowa Supply Iowa City IA 25c.
1900-1940
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1900-1920
Apothecary jar with lid
1850-1900
Tin/ Candy
1970-2000
Hardware/ household
1900-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Artes Ad Astra: President's Medal of the National Academy of Design
1929
Oak Room
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising datebook
1901
Miniature carriage
1875-1910
Dollhouse furn: desk w/shell decoration inside
1920-1940
Child's whistle
1850-1950
Prize Mother Goose Pictures Dissected
1884
Paperweight
1880-1920
Bank
1950-1980
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Plaque
1910-1940
Civil War token
1863
Republican County Committee Watcher Ribbon
1850-1900
Help Little Joe
1930-1950
Badge
Game pieces (132)
1850-1900
Printing press
ca. 1882
Bandage roller
1861-1865
Paperweight
1882-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Bottle/ Food
1962-1990
Untitled
2001
Captain James Lawrence Naval Medal
1868-1885
Food spear
1950-1990
Horatio C. Burchard Mint and Treasury Medal
1879-1885
Medal
ca. 1911
Pen
1968
Walking-stick
1884
Token/coin: Lucky Penny Pocket Piece, Pan-Amer. Expo.1901
1936-1943
Miniature rug
1920-1940
Delftware tile fragments (2) excavated at the Blue Bell Tavern
1750-1783
Coin: California Gold, Octagonal
Button
2001
Jeton in envelope: Louis XV
Hardware/ household
1949
Thimble/ political
1900-1960
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Pincushion
1800-1900
Political ribbon
1889-1893
Box of crayons
1910-1940
Dollhouse furn: bed
1920-1940
Doll in brown velvet dress
1850-1910
Jacknife excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
The Improved Fish Pond Game
1888
Bottle
1890-1920
Calendar/ thermometer
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Store display
1930-1950
Match safe
1913
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
LaFollette for President
1876 Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Apple parer (without knife)
ca. 1830-1860
Paperweight
1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Medicine tin
1900-1930
Button
1970-1980
Pinback button
1965-1980
Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Medal
1871
"BACKSTAGE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL"
Medicine bottle
1840-1860
Canteen w/strap
1810-1815
Medallion w/ribbon: General U.S Grant
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Potter-Palmer Gold Medal
1910
Clothespin
1750-1850
Six Puzzle Pictures: Dame Trott and Her Cat
ca. 1880
Sewing Supplies
1970-2000
Tissues
1950-1970
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Sash
1910-1920
Baby shoe
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
2003
Snuff box w/tag: fish-shaped; lid inscribed: 641
1800-1900
Walking-stick
1880-1910
christening bottle w/ribbons
1943
The Troublesome Donkeys
1898
Sewing Needles
1910-1940
Box/ Candy
1906-1930
Sewing
1940-1960
Advertising sign
1920-1950
Office supply
1920-1940
Greater New York Charter Day Medal
1898
Spindletop Restaurant
No Third Term
Clothing advertising token
1914
Hat box
1890-1920
Dress trousers
1881-1887
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Clothes
1979-1900
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1990
Nixon
Windows on the World
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Miniature Furniture, Chest with Five Inlaid Drawers
ca. 1983
Coll. of 2 coins: Silver dollar, Liberty, 1799 & 1800
Horse pull toy
1860-1890
Gambling wheel
1900-1920
Advance and Retreat: A Game of Skill
1900
Medicine
1880-1920
New York Regiment of Volunteers in Mexico Medal
After 1848
Shopping bag
1992
Photographic equipment
1910-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon pin
ca. 1893
Campaign cane
ca. 1884
Coll.of 3 coins: Immunis Columbia, 1787
saddle
1855-1863
Lady's costume: 1675
ca. 1966
Needle case
1840-1880
Priming horn
1700-1750
Powder Box
1880-1920
Pocket watch
1894-1910
Sewing Supplies
1894
Plate
1910-1930
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
World's Columbian Exposition Medal
1893
Faisan D'or
Button: for governor B.B.Odell jr.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Washington Military Medal
1862
Miniature pitcher
1875-1900
Epaulets (pair) with storage box
ca. 1870
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ jewelry
1910-1940
Noisemaker
1930-1940
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1980-1990
Americanism Roosevelt
Limelight
ca. 1983-1989
Bobbin
1780-1820
Marble game board
1800-1875
Miniature armchair
1875-1900
Service cap
1918-1940
The Game of Naval War
1898
Lithograph Stone
1880-1920
Souvenir ash tray
1901
Transportation token
1930-1960
Fan
1910-1940
Hard Times token
1837
Win With Taft
Ballot box
ca. 1880-1900
Game of Mythology
1884
Baby Carriage.
ca. 1865
Walking-stick
1860-1870
Tongs
1776-1783
Plume in cardboard tube
1825-1850
Plaque
1852-1900
Brigadier General Eleazer W. Ripley Military Medal
1880-1890
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1917
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Medallion: Hudson-Fulton
1909
Political button
early 20th c.
Doll pot holder
Bowl: Memorial of Sir Walter Scott
1900-1930
Dollhouse furn: settee
1920-1940
Collection of 2 tokens: Censier de Paris; NY-Phila-Hart & Co
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
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
Key to tower of North Dutch Church
ca. 1767

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