Collection Highlights

Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print

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Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Plate
1900-1920
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
1940s
Doll bathing suit
Garrison cap
1946
Calipers (3)
1775-1795
Axe
1700-1800; 20th century
Pin-back campaign button
1952-1956
Watch Face
1880-1940
Food bag
1990-2000
Button
2003
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medal: B'klyn Union League
1912
Il Cortile
ca. 1960-1980
Lady's shoehorn
ca. 1920
Coin: half dollar, Panama-Pacific Expos. 1915
Dollhouse furn: center table
1920-1940
Bottle
1770-1785
Framed set of ceramics (26)
1740-1800
Game of India
ca. 1890
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Token
1880-1910
Medicine
1910-1930
Stop the Cruise Missile
1975-1985
Button
ca. 1995
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 3rd Issue
1911
Frank H. Lahey Memorial Award Medallion
ca. 1960
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Win With Willkie
Miniature potted plant
1920-1950
Pair of gloves
1880-1900
Coat
1917-1918
Paperweight
ca. 1890-1910
Button
ca. 1975
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Store display jar
1890-1930
Souvenir
1917-1920
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Medal
1878
Insignia
ca. 1860s
Shopping bag
The New York Battleship Puzzle
ca. 1898
New Jersey Civil War Veteran Medal
Panorama
1784-1815
Card game
1850-1900
The Society of Medalists 1st Issue
1930
Hair Grooming
1907-1930
Swizzle stick
1940-1970
Thimble/ insurance
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Campaign ribbon
1844
Mounted Animal specimen: Bat
1849
Teaspoon
ca. 1950
Box of crayons
ca. 1925
John Allan Commemorative Medal
ca. 1859
Carved Balls in Cage
1800-1900
Miniature high chest
1960-1980
Campaign necktie
1952
The Game of Dr. Busby
1843
Button
1978
Blotter
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1950
5-4 is not a mandate
2003
Allied Relief Medal
After 1916
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
Ca. 1870
Campaign ribbon
400th Anniversary of Discovery of America Commemorative Medal
1893
Captain Isaac Hull Naval Medal
1816-1880
Child's plate
1804-1830
Case
1896
George B. McClellan Presidential Campaign Medal
1864
Box/ Food
1970-2000
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1910-1930
Tin
1881-1920
Political novelty
1980-2000
Bryan and Silver
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Bell
probably 1960s
Indian relic: Ax head
1500-1700
Coll. of 3 coins: Nova Caesarea, 1788 (New Jersey)
Rocking horse toy
1875-1900
Shako with pompon
ca. 1914
Pin-back button
2000
Ashtray
1950-1980
Souvenir token
1939
Tobacco
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Pin-back button
2003
Doll
ca.1904
Commemorative cane
2005
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Needle case
1850-1890
Gentleman's costume: 1875
ca. 1968
Dagger
1855-1870
Field mirror in case
1890-1910
Ashtray
1937
Fan
1890-1920
Coin purse
1940-1960
Button/ clothing
1910-1920
Button
ca. 1969
Amerigo Vespucci Commemorative Plaquette
1903
Agriculture and Forestry Exhibition Medal
1866
BARBETTA
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1850
Powder horn
1794
Dried flowers from the funeral car of Abraham Lincoln
1865
Hook and chain
1750-1840
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Watch Face
1880-1940
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
The Life Saving Benevolent Association Of New York Inc. 1849
ca. 1903
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
Bookmark
1863
Gas lighter
ca. 1910
Box
1750-1800
Miniature condiment caddy
1920-1950
Framed set of objects (24) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1783
Pike's Peak or Bust
1895

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