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At the Battle of Palo Alto
Date:
1846
Object Number:
PR.068.24
Medium:
Lithograph

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Beer foam scraper
ca. 1900-1920
Collection of trees, buildings & scenery
1870-1910
Doll: small girl w/smock and bonnet
1860-1900
Collection of draft cards (framed)
1863-1865
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1880
Sewing Supplies
1896-1920
Tile
1890-1930
Button hook
1890-1930
Political pocket mirror
1952-1956
Civil War token
1863
Doll lorgnette
1870-1880
Scull's Golden Blend Coffee
ca. 1920
Civil War token: Army and Navy/Federal Union
1863
Dewey & Bricker
Navy Canvas Duffelbag c.1900
1900-1918
Ship's clock
1850-1880
Sewing box
1830-1840
Pin-back political button
1988
Tin/ Food
1906-1920
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Plate
1908
Food spear
1950-1990
Golf tees
1956
John McCain
2008
Bond International
Ribbon: Coney Island for...1893
Miniature circus figures (13)
1880-1890
Dress hat
ca. 1899
New Jersey copper
1786
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Souvenir
1901
Travel
1940-1960
Campaign token
1853
Pin-back button
Ciaobella
ca. 1960-1980
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
"Transitone" radio
ca. 1941
Still bank
1840-1880
Lady's costume: 1711, N.Y.
ca. 1967
Printing block
1770-1820
Fabric samples
1941-1945
Bottle
1910-1940
Tin/ food
1940-1960
Food spear
1940-1960
Musical recording
1910-1920
Pin-back button
ca. 2002
John Trumbull Medal
1849
Matchbook
ca. 1941-1945
Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal
1801 or later
Button w/pin
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1913-1921
Child's plate
1818-1846
Sewing box
1830-1840
Paperweight
1880-1930
Pinback button
1916
Trade Sign
1946
Bar Tray
1930-1950
Political pin-back button
ca. 1968
Campaign medal
ca. 1884-1892
New York City souvenir hot pad
ca. 1939
Spinner noise maker
probably 1960s
Schuyler Colfax
Palette
1900-1940
Tobacco box
1757-1790
Snuffbox
1830-1870
Glass cup
1953
Medallion
1909
Travel
1890-1940
Pin
1890-1920
Gavel
Ribbon
ca. 1883
Souvenir cane
ca. 1990's
Framed set of bone buttons, button molds, and iron tool (33) excavated at Fort H
1779-1783
Chest with drawers
1800-1850
Fire helmet frontpiece: assistant engineer
1868-1900
Doll: woman in orange bonnet and dress
1830-1880
Storage box for epaulets
1866-1887
The Card Game of United States History
1900
Tin
1898
Cleaning supplies
1962-1990
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Mourning
1900-1930
Washington Irving Plaquette
1912
Max Loew's Viennese Lantern
Nicholas Roerich Medal
1929
Republican League Ribbon
ca. 1900
Mi piace Ike
Microscope in case with accessories
1885-1920
O G Molding
1850-1900
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Trade sign
1890-1920
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain Johnston Blakeley Naval Medal
1820
Game
1920
Pastry jagger/crimper
ca. 1775-1850
Jack In The Box
1830-1890
Pills
1850-1900
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1925
Comb excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Badge: Reception Committee Exempt Firemen's Son's Assn. 1909
ca. 1909
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Lotion tube/box
1911
Tobacco
1980-2000
Pinback button
1920-1930
Civil War token
1863
Doll's petticoat
1870-1880
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Campaign cane
ca. 1932
Fork
1790-1825
Badge: delegate...order American Firemen, Hudson, NY...1900
1900
Lady's costume: 1939
ca. 1962
Pincushion
1840-1880
Teaspoon
ca. 1950
Box
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1992
Playing card
1940-1960
Advertising token
1890-1920
Badge/ medal
1930-1940
Card of buttons
1950-1990
Mamma Leone's
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Hour Glass
1800-1812
Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
Shotgun
1835-1850
General U.S. Grant Presidential Campaign Medal
1868
Fan
1900-1930
Coaster
1940-1970
Advertising pocket mirror
1920-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
John Tyler Indian Peace Medal
1843
Stephen's
ca. 1960-1990
Cookie cutter
1850-1900
Doll with Quaker costume
1870-1900
Novelty Bank
ca. 1873
Pencil in box
1840-1880
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
1888
Medicine
1906-1920
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Photographic equipment
1890-1910
Pin
1995-2000
U.S. Merchant token: Theodore Bollenhagen & Company
ca. 1855
Convention ribbon with envelope
1840
Badge
1760-1783
Coin: half dollar, California's Diamond Jubilee, 1925
Token
1937-1943
Plaque in case: Royal Order George I (Greece)
Cane in case: ...supervisors cane... Havermeyer
ca. 1878
Box of silk cocoons from Centennial Exhibition
1875-1876
Learn to Write Scroll Game
ca. 1900
Button
ca. 1970
Pinback button
1938
Cue stick
License plate
1916-1946
Charge plate
1930-1950
Tercentenary of Connecticut Commemorative Medal
1935
Key
1948
Child's plate
1825-1875
Miniature irons (pair)
1850-1860
Epaulets (pair)
1816-1848
Civil War token
1863
Fork
1890-1930
Token
1890-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Centennial of Harlem Plains Battle, No. 4 Medal
1876
Tennessee Mountain
ca. 1960-1980
MAILER FOR MAYOR
1969
Dollhouse bench
1920-1940
Bottle
1750-1770
Harness bit
1875-1950
Jack the Giant Killer
1895
Shaving mug
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Bank souvenir
1970-1990
Pinback button
1985-1990
Civil War token
1863
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Coin:...1639
Ribbon
ca. 1889
Hose Wagon of the Exempt Firemens Sons of Morrisania, N.Y., ca. 1875
ca. 1875
Umbrella: brown w/carved whale bone handle
ca. 1850
Burside Carbine, Fourth Model
1863-1864
Paperweight
ca. 1900-1950
Pinback button
1980-2000
Hardware/ household
1940-1960
Badge/ medal
1926
Historical memorabilia
1940-1960
Breckinridge campaign medal
c. 1856
Political button
Aerial camera
Badge w/ribbon & pin
1898
Alterative Tonic Pills
1850-1900
Forage cap
ca. 1860
Half dime
1800
Box
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ food
1900-1960
Ticket Stub
2001
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
ca. 1802
1939 New York World's Fair Token
1939
America
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
2011
Toy settee
1880-1920
Doll
1860-1880
Cake board
1825-1835
Mother Goose's Party or the Merry Game of Old Maid
1887
Cosmetic Bottle
1890-1920
Token
1863
Medicine/ bottle
1880-1900
Pinback button
1944-1948
Political novelty
1950-1960
Battle of Lake George Medal
1903
Psychology of the Hand
1919
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Medal w/pin-back
1900
Glove Commemorating 1824 Visit of General Lafayette
ca. 1824
Child's cup
1820-1850
Tools (8)
Paperweight
1892-1910
Fan
1890-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Tin advertising figure
1890-1920
Pencil
1930-1960
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Framed image of Nelson's death with wood fragment from flagship Victory
1800-1900
Deck of playing cards
2016
Medals (2)
1906
Piece of wood from the "Treaty Oak"
ca.1654
Tobacco box
late 18th century
The Golden ABC
ca. 1875
Button
1992
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Tobacco bag
1902
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Souvenir
2001-2002
Campaign cane
ca. 1888
Sword, scabbard
ca. 1861
Bar token: Ellis Hotel
20th c.
Collection of buildings & scenery
1870-1910
Toy settee, rocking chair, and side chairs(4)
1880-1920
Perfume bottle
1840-1880
Dry Land Fish Pond game
ca. 1880
Pin-back button
1970-1980
Box/ Candy
1970-1990
Advertising kerchief
1910-1940
Sign/ liquor
1950-1970
Pencil
1940-1960
Joseph Hodges Choate Commemorative Medal
1922
Beatrice Inn
3 coins: Chalmer's Annapolis,2-Shilling,1 Sixpence, 1783
Ribbon
ca. 1902
Button
1948
Camera
1902-1906
Hetchel
19th century
Paperweight
ca. 1882-1900
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Thermometer
1890-1930
Coaster
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1888
LABOR/ FOR/ CAREY
1974
Nutmeg grater/tobacco shredder
ca. 1675-1775
Abraham Lincoln National Day of Mourning Ribbons
1865
I'm for Nixon and Lodge
Medicine chest
1840-1880
Officer's coat
1898
Pin-back button
1972
Watch Face
1880-1940
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1952-1956
Coaster
1940-1970
Campaign ribbon
1888
PAUL/ CURRAN/ FOR/ GOVERNOR
1982
Paper doll
1830-1860
Toy butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Forage cap
1860-1880
Medicine bottle
1850-1900
Cup excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1740-1783
Lotto
ca. 1890
Ashtray
1940
Shopping bag
1985
Bar Tray
1900-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
The Game of Phoebe Snow
1909
Lady's costume: 1620
ca. 1959
Doll hat
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1897
cannon
1775-1800
Badge: New York V.F.A.
1880-1920
Toy train
1900-1910
Tape measure
1840-1880
The Improved Game: Peter Coddle And His Latest Trip to New York
1875-1900
Candle holder
1900-1920
Fan
1900-1930
Sewing Needles
1890-1930
Pinback button
1944
Office supply
1940-1960
Card of buttons
1940-1980
FRANKIE and JOHNNIE'S Restaurant
Medal
1896
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
Rotary knife cleaner
1854-1900
Mortar
ca. 1750-1850
Bottle opener
1920-1960
Token
1900-1930
Wrapper
1980-2000
Thimble/ furnace
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
NBC Tenth Anniversary Medal
1936
The Saloon
ca. 1960-1980
Cookie cutter
1850-1900
Whirligig
1875-1900
Garrison cap
1940-1945
Bottle: Brant's Indian Pulmonary Balsam...
1840-1860
Fireman's belt
1868-1900
Ribbons
1890
Ashtray
1940-1970
Salt and pepper shaker
1939
Novelty fan
1950-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
William H. Harrison Presidential Campaign Medal
1840
Matchbook
1940-1945
World's Columbian Exposition "Half Dollar"
1893
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
Badge in case
Steam pumper
1890-1920
Stamp with display stand
1770-1820
Powder horn
1756
Figurine
1910-1940
Fan
1948
Ashtray/ coin plate
1920-1940
Button or stud
1898
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
The Commercial Tercentenary of New York Medal
1914
"1964-1965 New York World's Fair Daily Dime Bank"
1964-1965
Walking-stick
1888
Lock of hair of Tadeusz Kosciuszko
1861
Miniature candlesticks (pair)
1900-1925
Pigs in the Clover
ca. 1875
Paperweight
1890-1920
Advertising tray
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Travel
1989-1992
Match case
1890-1920
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
1790-1863
The Palm Court
ca. 1960-1988
Thimble of Lydia Lewis
ca. 1860-1880
Dollhouse furn.: side table
1920-1940
Doll: Spanish dancer in yellow dress on base
1890-1920
Ribbon
1844
Dissected Pucture Puzzle Series No. 2
ca. 1880
Music Box Record
1880-1920
Game
1890-1910
Medicine
1930-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Civl War token
1863
Montreal & Lachine Railroad Company Third-Class Transportation Token
1947
Dexterity game
ca. 1920
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
Wings for America
Medal: likeness of George Washington
Lath from General Varnum House
ca. 1770
Basket
1880-1940
Stop Nuclear Power!/Demonstrate at Shoreham June 3/SHAD Alliance
1979
Fan
1900-1930
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1890-1910
Utensil
1940-1960
Cyrus Field Medal
1858
Political button
July 10, 1976
Doll handbag
Officer's field jacket
1860-1865
Bowl made of wood from Charter Oak
ca.1688
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Monopoly
copyright 1936
Goatscape
2001
Calendar
1938
Cigarette holder
1890-1920
Pin-back button
1980
Coin: half dollar, Gen. Lafayette, Paris 1900
Shun Lee Palace
ca. 1960-1980
Shaving kit that belonged to John Pintard
ca. 1817
Miniature mold
1875-1900
Miniature armoire
1960-1980
Printing roller
1780-1830
Game of Authors
ca. 1890
Sewing Needles and Pins
1895-1910
Pen
1980-2000
Button hook
1890-1930
Plate
1900-1920
Civil War token
1863
Aero Club of America Medal
ca. 1908
Spoon
mid 20th Century
World War I Plaquette
1917
Pin
ca. 1888-1892
Powder horn
1780-1840
Tea caddy
1820-1850
Collection box:...Victims of War, Debt to France
ca. 1914-1918
Paperweight
Jar/ Food
1950-1990
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Tin
1890-1920
Ruler
1910-1930
1924 New York City National Democratic Convention Commemorative Medal
1924
Badge
Mason jar
Coin: half dollar, Charter of Albany 1686, 1936
Jumping jack
1800-1820
Campaign hat
1898
Sestertius in envelope: Roman w/Hadrian on face
Printer's Block
1890-1940
Puzzle
1952
Personal item
1990-2000
Pinback button
1896-1910
Token from peep shows
ca. 1995
Ribbon
ca. 1910
Advertising paperweight
1893
Medal: World's Columbian Exposition 1492-1892...Chicago
1893
Child's minature books (8)
1812-1817
Coal wagon
1900-1925
Knitting sheath
1775-1825
Scarf pin
1860-1865
Beer bottle
1890-1910
Cork
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
Ruler
1948
Fulton National Bank Medal
1909
Golden Jubilee, Hotel Astor
Medal: relief of Lincoln
1868-1895
Abraham Lincoln Mourning Ribbons
1865
Cape
1855-1875
Mortar and pestle
1750-1800
Holster
1860-1875
Paperweight
1890-1910
Tin/ Food
1906-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Canister
1881-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Medal: General Lafayette
1876
AFL-CIO COPE/FOR LBJ & HHH
1974
Bottle: Dr D.Jayne's Alternative...
1850-1860
Man figure
1850-1900
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
After 1880
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1910
Shako with pompon
ca. 1865
The ABC of Feathers and Songs
ca. 1890
Clock part
1871
Box
1890-1920
Tobacco pipe
1900-1960
Insignia
1890-1920
Lady's costume: 1780's
ca. 1958
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Pair of doll gloves
1870-1880
Commemorative cane
ca. 1892
The Game of Domino
ca. 1895
Baluster from the steamboat "Mary Powell"
ca. 1861
Walking-stick
ca. 1840
Needle case
1800-1850
Stirrer
1950-1980
Jar
1884-1920
Tin/ washing supplies
1910-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medal
1983
Pin-back button
1972
Medal: NY and Brooklyn ...
1883
Tête-à-tête
Advertising ribbon
ca. 1909
Sealing press
ca. 1884
Campaign button: Roosevelt Laborer's Choice
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III
1770-1776
Dress coat
1912
Paperweight
1880-1910
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Transportation token
1970-1978
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1928
Central Falls
ca. 1960-1980
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Doll's cradle
1850-1900
Miniature Furniture, Large Corner Cabinet
ca. 1983
Yellow dog w/basket with star cart
1860-1890
Grapeshot (52) excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Checker taxi cab
1982
Button
ca. 1975
Sewing supply
1910-1940
Advertising clock
1890-1900
Pinback button
1890-1920
Memorial Mass Program: Robert Kennedy
1970
Republican County Committee's Captain Badge
ca. 1900
Matchbook
1940-1945
Chiromagica
ca. 1870
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
VETS/FOR/IKE
1952-1956

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