Collection Highlights

Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper

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Child's plates (3)
1825-1875
Child's plate
1820-1850
Child's plate
1850-1890
Child's plate
1825-1875
Coverlet: cream colored chenille floral design
1800-1830
Child's plate
1830-1880
Child's plates (pair)
1825-1875
Child's cup
1820-1850
Jacquard coverlet
1840
Garfield and Arthur
1880
Lace Sampler
ca. 1800
Quilt
1810-1830
Campaign kerchief of Cleveland and Stevenson
1892
Quilt top
1825-1875
Quilt top
1825-1875
"The Picture Alphabet"
1850-1855
Sampler
1800
Textile fragment
1800-1850
Woodcarving (lion)
ca. 1870
Woodcarving (parrot)
ca. 1870
Cloth: George Washington w/shield of U.S.
ca. 1876
Kerchief
1940-1945
Kerchief
1930-1950
Time capsule chest
1914
Sewing box
1850-1925
Andirons (pair)
1780-1805
Top hat
1860-1865
Christopher Columbus (1446-1506)
ca. 1835-1845
Child's plate
1818-1846
Woven coverlet: cream colored chenille
1800-1830
Child's plate
1825-1875
The Referee
1880
The Photographer
1878
Rip Van Winkle Returned
1871
Coverlet
1840
Neighboring Pews
1883
Crib quilt
1840-1850
Bubbles
1873
The Mock Trial: Argument for the Prosecution
1877
Mechanical toy (three chickens in a coop)
1825-1875
Panel: printed design
1800-1850
Sampler
1828
Landing Of The Norsemen
1893
Box
ca. 1750
Bridebox
1800-1850
Crazy quilt
1887
Box
1800-1840
Family register theorem painting
1810-1840
Sampler
1840
Kerchief
1930-1950
Kerchief
1930-1950
Kerchief
1938
Kerchief
1938
Sample card: BZ no. 2 w/7 samples
1850-1900
Bookmark: Faith, Hope and Charity
1840-1870
Kerchief
1938
Kerchief
1938
Parting Promise
1870
Sample card: BZ no. 14 w/11 samples
1850-1900
Box
ca. 1918
DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828)
1817
Door plate
1840-1890
Medicine chest
1880-1900
Ruth
1845
Hudson River Bridge near Waterford, New York
1832
Typewriter
1895-1910
Bed curtains and valance
1840-1870
Textile fragment
1750-1820
Bed hanging fragment
1750-1820
Textile fragment
1750-1800
Jacquard coverlet
1830-1850
Box
ca. 1831
Box
1800-1840
Vases (4)
1850-1900
Sampler
1800
Needlepoint
1830
Handkerchief
1930-1950
Flag: 33 stars
1859-1861
Needlework picture
ca. 1912
"Innocence"
1802
Needlework picture
1800-1820
Needlework picture
ca. 1839
Textile: photograph of 2 girls
ca. 1900
Mourning embroidery
ca. 1810
Fragment of Confederate flag from ram "Tennessee"
1860-1865
Case
1825-1900
Mug
1800-1900
Apotheosis of Franklin
1944
Printed textile of Christmas stocking
1889
Footwarmer
1768
Butter mold
1795-1835
Kerchief
ca. 1800
"Independence to America"
ca. 1800
Candle box and candles
1750-1840
Sack
ca. 1769
Log cabin quilt
1875-1900
Needlework and watercolor of U.S.S. New Orleans
ca. 1898
Silas Sadler Packard (1826-1898)
1890
Panel:
1866-1891
Mariner's Compass quilt
1830-1840
Henry Hubbard
Mid-19th century
Embroidery of Columbian World's Fair
1893
Textile fragment
mid 1730s
Printed textile
1837
Textile: photograph of woman w/sticks /fern design
ca. 1900
Textile: photograph of sailors /leaf design
ca. 1900
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1922
Textile: photograph of sports team /fern design
ca. 1900
"Chateau de Luxembourg"
1853-1857
Beadwork picture
1825-1850
Textile: photograph of soldiers w/cannon /ivy design
ca. 1900
Textile: photograph of banner; camp Wadsworth
ca. 1900
Textile: photograph of banner; camp Wadsworth
ca. 1900
Haversack
1855-1865
Travel kit w/latch
ca. 1836
The Early American Sampler
1941
Quilt top (unfinished)
ca. 1790-1810
Needlework and watercolor-
1880-1900
Henry Clay (1777-1852)
Mid-19th century
Sugar spoon
ca. 1850-1860
Badge
1784
Scarf: V-shape w/Mexican designs
1941
Sampler
early 19th century
Flag mounted in frame:Amer.Flag Motif w/animal images,slogan
ca. 1844
Needlework of sailor's homecoming
1825-1875
Kerchief
ca. 1815
Kerchief
1840
Strip quilt
1780-1850
Urns from garniture set
1800-1900
Tablet
1840-1857
Carpet bag
1850-1890
Broadside
1841
Butter mold
ca. 1785
Candlestick
1790-1800
The Charity Patient
October 1866
Printed textile: Canada/USA, 1939
1939
Printed textile: Pearl Harbor, 1941
1941
Ernest Taylor Pyle ("Ernie," 1900-1945)
1944
Sidney Hillman (1887-1946)
1939
Piece of textile: floral w/George Washington images
1932
Kerchief
ca. 1819
Textile fragment
ca. 1815
Pieced quilt squares (8)
1820-1870
Posnet with lid
1700-1800
Scarf: sorority insignia
ca. 1936
Scarf: New York City tourist spots
ca. 1939
Coverlet
1780-1830
Scarf: national monuments
1941
Container
1850-1890
Needlework picture
1846-1855
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
1925
View of Sneden's Landing from Dobbs Ferry, New York
1858
General John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948)
ca. 1919
Kerchief
1880
Box lock and key
1830-1850
Trivet
1750-1830
Grater
1800-1900
Lock and key
1650-1700
Textile fragment
ca. 1870-1880
Scarf: war motifs
1941
Oil lamp
ca. 1850
Scarf: Colonial Williamsburg
1941
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Pieced quilt squares (189)
1930-1940
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
June 1921
New York Crystal Palace
ca.1854
George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925)
January 8, 1925
Scarf: Protection to American labor
1888
Quilt
1800-1850
Clendenin J. Ryan, Sr. (1881-1939)
1937
Embroidery
1850-1860
Tea caddy
1820-1850
Collage, Portrait in Frame: Jenny Lind
1850-1855
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
Needlework picture
1850-1855
Kerchief
1867
Candlestick
1800-1840
Vase
ca. 1850
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt
ca. 1900
Kerchief
1939
Memo holder
1890-1920
Scarf: Gettysburg Address
1941
Scarf: rodeo scene
1941
Woodcarving (squirrel)
ca. 1870
Woodcarving (eagle)
ca. 1870
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
Winter 1831
Scarf: Spring Cotton Mills
1939
Scarf: Air Corps insignias
1941
Kerchief
1800-1820
"The Storming of Quebec"
ca. 1800
Kerchief
1952
"Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
ca. 1800
Kerchief
1876
"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
ca. 1800
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Male Iroquois Native American
Mid-19th century
Scarf:...Adm. Dewey, w/photo image
ca. 1899
Scarf: Pan American Exposition, 1901
1901
Trivet
1800-1840
Textile: photographs of NY
ca. 1951
Kerchief
1952
Scarf: portrait George Washington
1941
U.S.S. Constitution
1949
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
ca. 1802
The Picket Guard
1861
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
1887
Unidentified woman
Mid-19th century
Niagara Falls
1818
Scarf: map of New York State
1941
Spirit of St. Louis
1927-1933
Needlepoint primer: Eliza
1860-1890
Handkerchief: bee and floral designs
1870-1880
Scarf: San Antonia Texas
1942
Kerchief
1850-1900
Scarf:
1941
Coffee or spice grinder
1770-1830
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Food grater
1850-1900
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Bedcover or wall hanging (palampore)
ca. 1720-1740
Scarf: United States of America
1941
Scarf: automobile motif
1941
Unidentified man
Kerchief
1871
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
1950
U.S.S. Maine
ca. 1898
Scarf: map of the United States of America
1953
Malvina Hoffman (1887-1966)
1917
The Hiker
1904
Bookmark
1840-1875
Scarf: autumn motif
1941
Scarf:
1941
Steamship fixture
1850-1900
Scarf: battleship motif
1941
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Handkerchief
1920-1940
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Chamberstick
1780-1830
Oil lamp
1901-1915
Scarf:
1942
Fish slice
1865-1897
Jenny Lind
ca. 1850
Miss Bell Gurnee and Miss Lucy B. Gurnee
ca. 1900
Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939)
1948
Mrs. John G. Heckscher (d. 1898)
ca. 1890
The Four Seasons of Manuela
1952
Kerchief
1892
Kerchief
1888
Jar
1843-1859
Kerchief
1880
Kerchief
1880
Fire screen
1845-1865
Name plate
ca. 1926
Scarf: Samuel Slater, father of American manufacturers
1890
Pillow cover
19th c.
The Truant
1871
Scarf: New York Worlds Fair, 1939
1939
Teaspoon
ca. 1815
Embroidered picture of flowers
1850-1900
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled textile fragment
1811-1856
Stenciled textile fragment
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Candlelighter
1840-1890
Change purse: beaded
1800-1900
Jug
1827-1829
General Zachary Taylor
1848
Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
1941
Flag, Civil War, First Regiment, New York Dragoons
ca. 1865
Kerchief
1880
Kerchief
1880
Sewing kit w/needles & scissors
1840-1880
Kerchief
1884
Kerchief
1912
Kerchief
1912
Kerchief
1888
Flatware handles (9)
1750-1800
1957 Calender
1957
Political plate
1920-1930
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1851
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Kerchief
1876
Scarf: gypsy design
1930-1945
Stenciled textile fragment
1811-1856
Textile fragment on backing: G. Washington
1932
Bucket
1800-1850
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Cheese strainer
1800-1850
Declaration of Independence
ca. 1820
Curtain
1790-1800
Textile fragment
ca. 1790
Kerchief
1880
Monitor Civil War case w/carved work
ca. 1865
Kerchief
1880
Banner
1896
Card case wrapped in document
ca. 1835
Kerchief
1880
Kerchief
1912
Kerchief
1888
Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Sr. (1838-1918)
ca. 1924
Charger
1720-1770
Basin
1780-1800
Coffeepot
1800-1830
Purse
1790-1825
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Purse
1825-1875
Kerchief: Alexander Hamilton
1805-1806
Bandana: red triangular
ca. 1835
Measure
1850-1900
Chafing dish
1740-1790
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Kerchief
1848
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Embroidered bookmark
1840-1900
The Bushwhacker: The Wife's Appeal for Peace
1865
Courtship In Sleepy Hollow: Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel
1868
John Rogers III (1866-1939)
1871
Curtains (4) and textile fragments (4)
1790-1800
Table mats
ca. 1850
Faust and Marguerite, Their First Meeting
1890
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
1958
Mrs. John Theodore Saxe (ca. 1850-1881)
1871
Kerchief
1888
Yardage
1880
Banner
1884
Diaphragm mimeograph
ca. 1897
Democratic Crying Towel
1952
Handkerchief
1952
Kerchiefs (two uncut)
1824
Kerchief
1889
Kerchief
1876
Kerchief
1815-1820
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1860
Textile fragment
ca. 1830
Grill
ca. 1910
Ball from the steeple of the Garden Street Church
ca. 1750
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Bell
ca. 1921
Coffeepot
1825-1860
Pitcher or measure
1860-1890
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Printed cotton drape w/ curtain rings
1790-1800
Bookmarks (qty. 3)
1850-1900
Bag: embroidered w/soldiers & 1914-1918
1918
Linen towel: Fulton's Folly
1941
Kerchief
1888
Textile fragment
1840
Kerchief
1896
Kerchief
1888
Campaign flag
1884
Diaphragm mimeograph
1887-1900
Sewing case
1898
L'Empereur Napoleon
ca. 1830-1840
Wallet
1764
Lord Eldon, John Scott (1751-1838)
1838
Kerchief
1848
Doll's quilt
1845-1875
Coffeepot
1825-1860
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Stenciled quilt piece
1811-1856
Printed textile of Nelson funeral procession
1806
Stenciled textile fragment
1811-1856
Herb grinder
1750-1840
Chamberstick
1800-1860
Linen towel: show boat
1941
Needlework picture
1808
Textile yardage
1846-1848
Slipcover
1820-1870
Candle mold
1800-1830
Textile fragment: top hats and spectacles
1872
Textile fragment: chintz w/NY scene and floral
1800-1850
Textile fragment: Brooklyn Bridge w/floral background
ca. 1883
Printing press
ca. 1882
Bowl
1815-1875
Kerchief
ca. 1815
Trade sign
1850-1870
Big Heart
Mid-19th century
John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850)
ca. 1850
Textile: Washington and Grant ?
1889
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
Mid-19th century
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Grinder
1800-1850
Jug
1870-1930
Printed textile
1876
Pieced quilt square
ca. 1873
Canister and lid
1820-1880
Chamberstick
1840-1870
Teaspoon
1823 - 1835
Memorial Embroidery
ca. 1814
Linen towel: horseless carriage
1941
Snake jug
1871
Tablecloth: New York World's Fair, 1939
1939
Table churn
1810-1860
Die
1800-1838
Tablecloth: log cabin - pastoral
1941
Die
1800-1838
Die
1800-1838
Die
1800-1838
Die
1800-1838
Memo book in envel: belonged to Margaret Ann Morrison...
1850-1900
Campaign kerchief
1888
Kerchief
ca. 1815
Foot warmer
1800-1850
Teaspoon
ca. 1775
Sensitizing box
1850-1870
Foot warmer
1800-1830
Mrs. Gerardus Duyckinck II (1733-1811)
ca. 1755-1760
Pot
1730-1760
Pieced quilt square
ca. 1875
Kerchief
ca. 1815
Quilt
1830-1880
Printed textile of Harrison and Morton
1888
Mug
ca. 1750
Candlesticks
1640-1660
Textile fragment
1783
Coverlet
1780-1830
Printed textile of Washington and Lincoln
ca. 1860
Kerchief
1776-1777
Embroidery of Eastern and Western hemispheres
ca. 1819-1827
Action Between the U.S. Frigate "President" and the H.B.M. Sloop-of-War "Little Belt"
c.1811
Printed tablecloth: Washington
1941
Busk
1750-1850
Vial of cobalt powder
1800-1838
Tablecloth: Declaration of Independence
1941
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Campaign kerchief
1864
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Printed textile of Lindburgh
1927-1933
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Printed cotton drape w/curtain ring
1783
Printed textile of War of 1812 battles
ca.1815
Parasol with detachable handle
1870-1900
Centennial quilt
ca. 1876
Handkerchief
1888
Printed textile of American flag
1840
Printed textile
ca.1813
Printed textile
1876
Brighton Beach
1850-1900
Textile: photograph of waterfall /lace design
ca. 1900
Pillowcase: photographs of soldiers/fern design
ca. 1900
Needlework
1838
Textile: photograph of banner; Grace Adele, orcha
ca. 1900
Embroidery of woman with sheep
1790-1810
The Village Schoolmaster
1861
"Exhibit of G. E. Stonebridge"
ca. 1900
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
1834
John James Audubon (1785-1851) (after Robert Havell Jr.)
ca. 1955
Printed textile: a Joffre - la patrie, 1914-1915
ca. 1915
Doll's wig in box
1850-1925
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887)
1849
The Eisenhower Toile
1952
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Kerchief
ca. 1814
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Printed textile of Tripoli expedition and Decatur
ca. 1815
Pieced quilt square
1800-1850
Trivet
1650-1750
Pressing iron
1700-1750
Skewer holder
1780-1850
Mustard spoon
ca. 1840
Set of pressing irons in box
ca. 1900
Shelf clock
1880-1900
Mrs. William Waldorf Astor, (Mary Dahlgren Paul, 1853-1894)
1890
Mrs. Isaac Bell (Adelaide Mott, 1828-1901)
1890-1900
Mrs. Samuel R. Carter (Elizabeth "Betsy" S. Biddle, 1866-after 1931)
Before 1890
Mantel clock
1770-1789
Pot
1800-1820
Banjo clock
1821-1832
Flag
1861
Flag: shamrock
ca. 1861
Mrs. Charles Betts Hillhouse (ca. 1870-1933)
1899

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