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Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood

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Tin/ Candy
1900-1930
Transportation token
1930-1960
Pinback button
1989
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
1869-1885
Parking meter
ca. 1990
Pastry jagger/crimper
ca. 1800-1850
Soldier on horse
1875-1915
Medicine bottle
1840-1870
Gold thread excavated at a Revolutionary War military hut
1760-1783
Am I Not a Woman & a Sister
1838
Badge: Westchester Exempt Firemen's Assn., 1901
1901
Medicine
1880-1920
Lotion tube/box
1906-1930
Tobacco
1980-2000
Pinback button
1890-1920
Civil War token
1863
Campaign cane
ca. 1952
Pipe
1880-1920
Dollhouse furn: 2-drawer chest
1920-1940
Cannonball excavated at Fort Washington
1760-1783
Primer box
1862
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1997
Playing card
1940-1960
Store display
1888-1900
Campaign token
1960-1968
Medal: Armory Seventh Regt. N.Y.S.N.G....
1877
Verdi
Button
Ribbon
early 20th century
Sausage Grinder
1800-1850
Joslyn Model 1864 Carbine
1864-1865
Easel
1850-1900
Paperweight/Calendar
1892
Button
ca. 1965
Beer premium
1930-1950
Postcards/ periodical
1996
Pinback button
1896-1910
Stick pin
Redheads 50 Matches
ca. 1960-1980
Washboard
1930-1950
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
Medallion: Peace of Versailles
Doll
1830-1860
Gavel: The Gov;t Club
1923
English History
1894
Medicine
1906-1920
Cup
1980-2000
Photographic equipment
1892-1910
Pinback button
1995-2000
Button
1968
Republican Convention Delegate Badge
1900
Bonnet badge
1760-1783
Ship's clock
ca. 1928
Toy cupboard
1860-1880
Nail excavated at a Revolutionary War site
1760-1783
Lantern slides (12)
1880-1890
Box
1900-1930
Pin-back button
1956-1968
Cue stick
License plate
1964
Souvenir token
1900-1920
Centennial of George Washington Inauguration Commemorative Medal
1889
Seal press
Teaspoon
ca. 1950
Colt bullet mold
1855-1865
Miniature set of dishes (23)
1850-1900
Foot warmer
1800-1850
Officer's coat
1775-1785
Civil War token
1863
Tool
1890-1930
Token
1890-1930
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
SUPPORT/HR1300/NATIONAL/HEALTH CARE/FOR ALL/AMERICANS/NOW!
1980-1985
Voltaire Medal
1778
New Tokyo
ca. 1960-1980
KING DAY JAN. 15TH
1968-1969
Top
ca. 1869
Doll: old oriental woman
1890-1920
Fire helmet
1840-1868
World War I Plaquette
1917
Badge: Cent. of Washingtons Inauguration
1889
Shaving Mug
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1920-1970
Tin
1930-1950
Coaster
1940-1970
Civil War tokens (2)
1863
Republican National Convention Badge
1916
Simon Simple
ca. 1920
Erie Canal Celebration Medal
1826
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Flute and case
1831-1835
Sporran
1860-1865
William H. Harrison Presidential Campaign Medal
1840
Pin-back button
1896-1910
Hardware/ household
1900-1920
Store display
1930-1960
Political banner
1840
Medallion in case: Cooper Union...1859
ca. 1899
Political button
Aerial camera equipment
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Darning egg: green
1900-1950
Poupards (4)
1900-1940
Tailcoat
1820-1835
Game of Authors
ca. 1900
Fugio cent
1787
Box
1920-1940
Shopping bag
1991-2000
Thimble/ beverages
1940-1960
Pinback button
1896-1910
Captain Isaac Hull Naval Medal
1816-1885
Top of the Six's
ca. 1960-1980
Pin-back button
2011
Medal: relief of Lincoln
1868-1895
Cup
1875-1925
Jenny Lind Doll
1850-1880
Cake board
1780-1830
The Jolly Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Perfume Bottle
1940-1970
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Bottle/ medicine
1930-1950
Advertising sign
1900-1930
Button
1984
Allied Artists of America Medal
1927
The Great Game of Pharaoh's Frogs
1891
Button: w/photograghs of Pres.Mckinley and his cabinet 1900
Fragment from the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
ca. 1887
Child's plate
1825-1875
Coachman's overcoat
ca. 1925
Paperweight
ca. 1882
Fan
1890-1920
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pen
1930-1950
Button
1952-1956
Medallion: Centennial of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
1925
Book-shaped wooden piece of Merrimac
1863
Pin-back button
2016
The Game of Domino
ca. 1895
Apple parer
1800-1830
Wallpaper fragment from Mount Vernon
1780-1790
Dragoon helmet
1800-1825
Still bank
ca. 1881
Medicine
1930-1960
Souvenir token
1836
Tobacco premium
1900-1930
Pinback button
1896-1910
Button
1968
Ribbon
late 19th - early 20th century
Cane
Tobacco jar and cover
1890-1900
Walking-stick
1790-1840
Bottle w/label: Dr. Moyle's Inhaler & Catarrhal Douche
1871-1885
Advertising ribbon
ca. 1909
Fish Pond
1909
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
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
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
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
Zachary Taylor Indian Peace Medal
After 1860
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
US Merchant Token: admit to Wood's Minstrels. 1857
1857
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
Tobacco
1930-1950
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (3)
1833
Ribbon
ca. 1926
Matchbook
1941
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
Epaulet
ca. 1777
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
Jeton in envelope: head of Louis XV
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
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
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
Gentleman's costume: 1797
ca. 1962
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
Medal: Lincoln and Hamilton 1861
1861 or later
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
Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Medal
1824
Pin-back button
Shopping bag
ca. 2008
Modeling tool
1850-1900
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
Coin: USA, 1867 lll
1867
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
Medallion: ...America
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
Hat
1942
Gasoline truck
1920-1940
Covered box
ca. 1775-1850
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
Coin in box: half dollar: Bridgeport Conn.Centennial, 1936
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
Thames Tunnel Medal
1845 or later
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
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
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
William Starling Powder Horn
1760
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
Medal
1909
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
Apple parer
ca. 1853
Eibar spanish cartridge pistol
Purse
1770-1776
Hat
1864
Hair Grooming
1960-1990
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
Gentleman's costume: 1806
ca. 1966
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
Marquis de Lafayette Medal
1789
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
Food spear
1950-1990
Horatio C. Burchard Mint and Treasury Medal
1879-1885
Medal
ca. 1911
Pen
1968
Box
1890-1930
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
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1880-1910
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
Coin:U.S. Trade Dollar, 1876
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

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