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Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph

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Tobacco
1880-1920
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Campaign pin
Ike likes Me
Rum Bottle
1760-1785
Dunhill
ca. 1960-1980
Pastry jagger/crimper
ca. 1800-1850
Herbert Hoover Presidential Medal
1929
Nightstick
1835-1850
Twenty-five Soldiers on Parade
ca. 1900
Lens cloth
1930-1960
Match case
1893
Pull toy (cow)
1880-1920
Badge/ medal
1895
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1890
Waist belt badge
1760-1783
Mechanical toy (Punch and Judy)
ca. 1890
Needle case
ca. 1815
Commemorative ribbon
ca. 1856
Sword belt
1850-1870
Employee identification badge for Paul R. Wysocki
Watch movement
1890-1930
Tip tray/ coin plate
1930-1950
Plate
1909
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
Chicken w/moveable parts
1850-1900
Walking-stick
1850-1900
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
"Official New York World's Fair 1964-1965 3 Minute Timer"
1964-1965
Miniature brazier
1890-1930
Model 1840 U.S. Flintlock Musket
1842
Button
1972
Box/ Candy
Shopping bag
1980-2000
George Bailey Hopson Commemorative Plaquette
1913
Alton B. Parker
Travel
1930-1960
Medal
1904
Button
The Sign of the Dove
ca. 1963-1998
Set illustrating the process of raising a silver cup
2012
Dog Tags
1943-1945
Forks
1790-1825
Lantern
1850-1900
The Amusing Game of Innocence Abroad
ca. 1888
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Puzzle
1881
Medicine
1930-1960
Bottle stopper
1940-1960
SUPPORT CORE SIT-INS
ca. 1961
Doll w/hood
ca. 1910
Scientific toy in box: Demuth's Patent Pulsating Bottle Imp and Blood Tester
1875-1900
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Merritt Haviland Smith Medal
1926
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Umbrella frame: top w/carved fist
1850-1880
Cartridge box and belt (2)
1855-1862
Leather Samples
1958
Stop The Bombing/Out Now
1972
Coin:...1621
Thimble
1800-1850
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1909
Premium/ restaurant
1991
Gold medal flanked by monograms "MDA" and "YCS," 1870.
1870
Political button
1964
Doll coat
Lady's costume: 1724
ca. 1967
Tailcoat
Ca. 1850
Rook
1910
Stop the Arms Race/ 1 in a Million
1980-1985
Calendar
1948
Travel
1940-1960
Campaign token
ca. 1933
Nixon Lodge
1960
Ribbon
ca. 1926
Palette and (3) paintbrushes that belonged to Augustus Toedteberg
1840-1860
Barbizon Plaza Library
ca. 1960-1980
Clockwork airplane with original key
1945-1949
Authors
ca. 1890
Die
1830-1880
Portrait Authors
1873-1876
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Letter opener
1980-2000
Doll: pig
1890-1920
Shoe horn and button hook
1890-1930
Plate
1959
Civil War token
1863
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centennial Medal
1927
Butter knife
mid 20th Century
Doll's shoulder head
1840-1870
Coin: US. 2 cents, 1867, (Bronze)
Butter mold
ca. 1785
Clothes wringer
1870-1900
Model 1757 Marine Militia Musket
1757-1765
Coin
1775
Box
1910-1930
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Pinback button
1890-1920
Frame
1940-1960
Ship fragment: Capstan block from the Spanish Warship "Oqueudo"
1880-1898
Walking-stick
ca. 1865
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medallion
1909
Long May It Wave American Flag pin-back button
Mason jar
ca. 1920
Sash in box
1855-1865
Fire helmet
1982
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Personal item
1890-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Lincoln Tunnel wind-up toy
ca. 1945
Ribbon
1888
Framed set of British military buttons (29)
1770-1783
Game of Frog Pond
1890
Box
1920-1950
Bank
1940-1960
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1950-1960
Sign
1900-1940
Horse
Doll
ca. 1858
Southern Railway System Centennial Medal
1930
Rainbow Room
Eureka Sanitary Copying Cloth Bath
1898-1910
Rack of spools
1820-1860
Paperweight
1890-1910
Box/ Food
1890-1930
The Game of the World's History
1894
Apple parer
1840-1870
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Canister
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Major General Winfield Scott Military Medal
1850
WIN WITH/WAGNER
1954
Medicine bottle
1830-1860
Fireman's fatigue cap, c. 1900
1860-1900
Coin: half dollar, Rhode Island 1636-1936
Dress hat
1858-1865
Nesting alphabet blocks
ca. 1900
Clock part
1871
Souvenir token
1933
Tobacco
1996
Insignia
1898
Sliced Flowers
ca. 1880
Section of water pipe
1770-1800
Civil War token
1863
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Commemorative cane
ca. 1892
Iron artifacts (14) excavated at Revolutionary War sites
1760-1783
Excursion to Coney Island
1875-1900
Tin
1880-1910
Washing supplies
1920-1940
Preliminary sketch of paper doll and 3 costumes
1830-1860
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Coin/ fairs
1926
YES I MIND IF YOU SMOKE
1988
Medal in box: St.John of Divine
1911
Harvey's Chelsea Restaurant
Paper doll
1830-1860
Box
1800-1830
Transportation Token : Chas. H. Vollmer Motor Bus Lines
1900-1940
Pistol holster
1855-1870
Pin-back campaign button
1896
Watch Face
1880-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Promotional medallion
1939
Pinback button
1896-1910
Badge
Crash car
1925-1935
Pin-back campaign button
1928
New Deal
ca. 1960-1980
Goat pulling cart
1870-1890
Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition Medal
1909
Belt buckle excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
American Wizard Instructor
ca. 1870
Button
1980
Toy
1955-1990
Photographic equipment
1892-1910
Bush Bombs His Future/We are an international coalition of millions
2003
U.S. Merchant token
ca. 1860
Doll's petticoat
1870-1880
Matchbook
1940-1945
Soldiers on accordion rack
1840-60
Peg from Leisler's Half Moon
1675-1700
Needle case
late 18th-early 19th Century
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Tin
1906-1940
Bottle/ food
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Plate/ plaque
1920-1950
Lantern slide
1924-1930
Miniature coal bucket with lid
1875-1900
Basket Maker Booth
1850-1900
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Medal
1927
Miniature cup
1850-1900
Ax head
1500-1700
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Fan
1920-1950
Denarius of Republican Rome in envelope
For President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Box
1940-1960
Good Bye
2001-2002
Watch
2001-2002
Card of buttons
1930-1980
Le Vert-Galant
ca. 1960-1988
Pin-back button
1970-1980
Dress hat
1942-1946
Holster
1860-1870
Cartridge-box badge
1777-1783
Spedem Auto Race Game
1929
Support Nixon
1972-1973
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Peter Coddles Esq. and his Trip to New York
1883-1895
Post Office Game
ca. 1897
Civil War token
1863
Campaign ribbon
1904
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Purse
1800-1850
Officer's cap
ca. 1862
Universal Unconditional Amnesty/VVAW-WSO
1975
Thimble/ Food
1930-1960
Pair of child's gloves
1800-1850
Trade sign
1880-1910
Badge/ medal
1925
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
Chock full o' Nuts New York Decaf Coffee can
2001
Political button
1974
Doll shoes (pair)
Doll
1900-1930
Dollhouse furn: hearth
1920-1940
Pair of gloves
1850-1900
Trade sign
1880-1900
Badge/ medal
1925
Pinback button
1992
Electric iron
1946-1954
Political button
1964
Doll shoes (pair)
Still bank
1840-1880
Dollhouse furn.: french bed w/ pillow & mattress
1920-1940
Chapeau bras
1875-1883
Lapel pin
1980-1995
Plaque
1890-1930
Box
1880-1920
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Button w/pin
Sword Belt
1860-1865
Our next president Wendell Lewis Willkie
ca. 1940
Nippon
ca. 1960-1980
Adertising note cards
1923
The Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Key to Washington Arch in case
1895
India: An Oriental Game
ca. 1895
Box
1866-1910
Inkwell
1866-1890
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Display jar
1920-1940
Civil War token
1863
Twin Towers/Pentagon/PA Flight 93/Sept. 11, 2001/God Bless America
2001
The Bomber
ca. 1941-1945
Pair of flintlock dueling pistols with case and accessories (57)
1780-1800
Miniature console table
1920-1940
Coll. of 5 coins: Nova Caesarea, 1787 (New Jersey)
Sewing case
1898
Chest with drawers
1800-1850
Spur; belonged to Abner Doubleday
1855-1865
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Pinback button
1928
Carton/ Food
1980-2000
Plate
1912
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Fire helmet frontpiece: assistant engineer
1868-1900
Bayonet
1760-1783
Medallion: Kings County Hist. Soc. 1911
1911
Medal with ribbon
1916
Viewfinder key chain
1968
Plate (14) excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp
1760-1783
FDNY badge
Button
1976
Hardware/ household
1920-1960
Button
1968
Pendant
1896-1920
Store display
1890-1930
Campaign ribbon
ca. 1888
Ribbon
ca. 1890-1900
Ribbon
J. L, 3 years, December 15, 1922; J.L., Weight 29 lbs, February 15, 1923
December 15, 1922 ; February 15, 1923
Bullet mold
1760-1775
The New Folding Doll House
1894
Inkwell
1880-1920
Coaster
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1880-1910
Elevated train sign
1870-1955
Jack In The Box
1830-1890
Doll trunk: M.L.C.
1860-1900
Match safe
1902
Medal Commemorating Dutch Recognition of the United States
1782
The Park Lane Hotel
Coin: half dollar, Connecticut, 1635-1935
Doll's four-post bedstead with hangings
1820-1830
Pie crimper
ca. 1775-1850
Damaged front door of Rescue Copmany #2 rig
Fork
1790-1825
Hearing horn
1870-1890
Thermometer
1890-1930
Button
1989
Theodore Roosevelt Ribbon
1900
Carving set
19th century
Moulding Plane
1850-1900
Badge: delegate...order American Firemen, Hudson, NY...1900
1900
Medal: N.Y.S. Vols
Elevated railway sign
1900-1950
Games of Checkers, Backgammon and Toussel
ca. 1875
Sewing Supplies
1948-1990
Makeup applicator
1970-2000
Travel/ mug
1893-1900
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Force Franklin Out at Third
Carved horse
1850-1900
Pin-back button
Doll's necklace
1870-1880
Cane
ca. 1918
Thimble excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1750-1783
Game of Sailor Boy
1889
Pins
1890-1930
Tray/ Food
1950-1970
Playing card
1940-1960
Relic
1890-1940
Bodkin
ca. 1890
Admiral Vernon "Porto Bello and Carthagena" Commemorative Medal
1739
Cavanagh's
Doll with Quaker costume
1870-1900
Gentleman's costume: 1630
ca. 1967
Token
1937-1943
Pincushion
1800-1900
Apple parer
1820-1830
Street sign from Christopher Street
ca. 1990
Box/ Clothes
1980-2000
Can/ Food
1906-1920
Thimble
1900-1940
Plaque in case: Royal Order George I (Greece)
Cake mold
1850-1900
Pinback button
1980-2000
James Madison Indian Peace Medal
1814 or later
Buchanan & Lyall tobacco advertisement
Stamp
1890-1910
Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal
1870-1892
Framed set of buttons and sleeve-links (89) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Game of College Boat Race
1900
Medicine
1900-1930
Shopping bag
1992
Tobacco
1945
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon with paper mount
ca. 1875
Commemorative cane
ca. 1880's
Token: John Debellis, New York, Good for 5 cent drink pool
1900-1941
Framed pieces of the wood from the "Lawrence" and from flagstaff at Erie, PA
1796-1910
Republican League Ribbon
ca. 1900
Sewing book
1840-1880
Powder horn
ca. 1836
Box
1930-1950
Pinback button
1994-2000
Sewing Supplies
1880-1890
Bottle
1972
Dollhouse bench
1920-1940
Doll: young man
1850-1890
Clothing hanger
1920-1940
The International Industrial Exhibition Souvenir Medal
1851
Quo Vadis
Miniature vases (pair)
1880-1920
Uniform shoes (pair)
1940-1945
Paperweight
1890-1920
Coin:...1639
Paperweight
1950-1970
Noisemaker
1935
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Saidel/City Controller
ca. 1975
George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medallion
1889
Azabu Jujuen Barbecue House
ca. 1960-1980
Ribbon
ca. 1889
Shirt
1895-1900
Bobbin
1780-1820
Miniature box
1875-1900
Picture Puzzle Steamship
1896
The Game of Jolly Tars
ca. 1895
Mug/Shaving
1900-1930
Cup
1980-2000
Hair Grooming
1890-1920
Pouring spout/ liquor
1940-1960
The Game of Sir Hinkle Funny-Duster
ca. 1903
Game of Messenger Boy
ca. 1897
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Hubert H. Humphrey campaign blouse
1968
The Yacht Puzzle
1870-1890
Haversack
1914-1918
Ashtray
1929-1940
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Pin-back button
1910-1940
Hardware/ household
1900-1930
Plate
1920
Jack knife key chain
ca. 1970s
College of the City of New York Commemorative Medal
1947
Political button
1996
Toy settee
1880-1920
Magic lantern slide and frame
1880-1910
Doll hat
Miniature tea set
1900-1930
Chapeau (bicorne)
1879-1900
Token
ca. 1827
Packet/ Candy
1998
Food bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Medal w/pin-back
1900
Medal
ca. 1913
Pinback button
1896-1910
It's in the bag if we get out the vote Look inside to find out how...
ca. 1956
Mitali Restaurant
ca. 1960-1980
Razor and case
1870-1875
Lady's costume: 1805
ca. 1960
Stamp
1775-1850
Yankee Peddler or What Do You Buy?
1865-1870
Pitcher
1880-1910
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Medicine label
1880-1920
Cigar box
1953
Civil War token
ca. 1860
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 4th Issue
1911
Dexterity game
ca. 1930
Ink stand
1900-1930
The Performing Sea-Lion
1899
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Medal
1860
Bar token: Ellis Hotel
20th c.
Busk
1750-1850
Jodhpurs
1917-1918
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1911
Fan/ invitation
1884
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1895
Collection of buildings & scenery
1870-1910
Walking-stick
1900-1920
Pencil
1940-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Pin-back button
Shopping bag
Riding boots (pair)
1900-1940
Pin-back campaign button
1992
Hair Grooming
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Fugio cent
1787
Ribbon
ca. 1902
Advertising ribbon with document
1850-1890
Box of crayons
1909-1940
Butter mold
1825-1875
Doll house furniture: ribbon used as stair carpet w/rods
1875-1925
The Hand of Fate Fortune Telling Game
1901
Button
1980-1985
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Insignia
1910-1950
Miniature mirror
1900-1930
Miniature dolls (pair)
1850-1880
Pencil
1950-1960
Christopher Columbus Medal
1892
Chateau Madrid
Goodwill Delegation Members Medal
1923
Theatre Imperial
1888
Pestle
ca. 1800-1850
Paperweight
1890-1920
Spoon
1750-1850
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1992
Button
ca. 1965
Centennial Medal of the American Numismatic Society
1958
World's Fair Souvenir Scarf
1964
Apple parer
1856
Magic lantern slide
1880-1910
Tambourine noise maker
probably 1960s
Dress hat
1898-1910
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1675-1775
Medicine
1890-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
East Side West Side Wants Willkie
Ship model (hull and oars)
1875-1900
Pinback button
1896-1910
Sewing table
1853-1860

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