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Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth

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Fireman's Belt: 1st Asst. Engineer
1850-1900
Mystic Cubes or the Spelling Bee Game
1891
Pin-back button
1965-1975
Perfume Sample
1970-2000
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Visit of the Prince of Wales Medal
1919
American flag pin
Pin-back button
2016-2017
Stool
1900-1930
1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition Medal
1876
Ribbon: Coney Island for...1893
Collection of bullets & grape shot: Civil War
Purse
1780-1830
Shako
1861-1865
Button
1966
Sack/ Food
1910-1940
Miniature plate
1875-1900
Label
1940-1960
Badge/ medal
1921
Pin-back button
Ribbon
ca. 1928
Clam shucking knife
1850-1910
Dollhouse furn: table
1920-1940
Pull toy: Landau
1880-1890
Chapeau bras with case
1890-1900
Civil War token
1863
Box
1890-1940
Box
1880-1920
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Pin
1995
Montyon-Franklin Society Medal
ca. 1833
The Barclay
Button w/ribbon
1936
Ribbon
1888
Gentleman's costume: 1942
ca. 1964
Butter mold
1825-1875
Cut Up Rink: Fun on Roller Skates
1883-1895
Box/ Collar
1866-1910
Box
1900-1940
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Pinback button
1944-48
Governor Isaac Shelby Military Medal
1821
STEVENSON/1960
1960
Bottle w/label: Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
1840-1850
New-York Historical Society Medal for Achievement in History
ca. 1931
Pestle
ca. 1800-1850
Schuyler Colfax
Little Learner's ABC
1899
Purse
1790-1825
Model 1763 French Infantry Musket
1763-1766
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1940
Pinback button
1940
Trade sign
1880-1900
Sewing notion
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Still bank
1840-1860
Token
1876
Doll tiara
1870-1880
Souvenir cane
ca. 1939
Miniature chalice
1900-1930
Toy armchair
1750-1800
Model of torpedo boat: improved 1st class, Yanow and Co.
ca. 1900-1950
Respirator
2001
United Nations/1975/International Womens Year
1975
Hardware/ household
1920-1940
Clothes hanger
ca. 1940
Tag
1900-1940
Viva McGovern Shriver
1972
American Institute Medal
ca. 1881
Janssen's
Ribbon pin
ca. 1892
Miniature armchair
1960-1980
Trade sign
1800-1850
Grandma's Game of Useful Knowledge
1901
Tea Caddy
1920-1960
Napkin
1980-2000
Swizzle stick/ food spear
1940-1960
Insignia
1910-1920
INV.13710.2
Hee Seung Fung
ca. 1960-1980
Clock reel
1750-1800
Token: A Government Dollar Contains...Sept 1896
Pills
1850-1900
Model 1898 Krag Rifle
1898-1903
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1880-1920
Jumper
1942
Paperweight
1890-1920
Pinback button
1940-1960
Parsons Family Arms Medal
ca. 1876
Medicine
1980-2000
Store display
1900-1940
Pinback button
1940-1990
Hard Times tokens (2)
1841
Harvard University D.K.E. Award Medal
1907
Commemorative cane
ca. 1840
Baby doll
1875-1880
Hotel key
1890-1910
Dress helmet with plume
1867-1882
Picture blocks
ca. 1900
Sewing Supplies
1890-1920
Spoon
1930-1950
Letter opener
1900-1940
Collar or cuff stud
1896-1920
Pin
1938-1942
Tercentenary of the Purchase of Manhattan Island Medal
1926
McCain '08
2009
Milestone
ca. 1802
Hour Glass
1800-1812
Gentleman's costume: 1939
ca. 1962
Belt clasp excavated at a Revolutionary War site
1760-1783
The Merry Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Pencil/ Food
1930-1950
Playing card
1940-1960
Store display
1880-1910
Medallion:Albany Bicentennial...1886
1886
Caffe Roma
ca. 1960-1980
Tin of mints
2012
Flax brake
1800-1850
Trousers
1985-1898
Paperweight
1890-1920
Box/ Food
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1906-1920
Ribbon
1890-1925
Pinback button
1980-2000
Bottle: Price's Patent Candle Co...
1860-1890
Hard Times token
1837
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Bicycle
1866
Bottle: Dr's S.S. Fitch & Son ...The Queen's Toilet
1830-1870
Delftware fragment excavated at Fort Washington
1740-1783
Game of Baseball
1886
Medicine
1920-1950
Perfume bottle
1950-1990
Badge/ medal
1927
Pin
1920-1930
Pin
1996
Medal: Lt.General T.J Stonewall Jackson 1821-1863
1863 or later
Political button
1950s-1970s
Transportation Tokens: Brookyn & Queens Transit Corp., Transfer
Doll panty hose
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Lady's costume: 1630
ca. 1967
Child's plate
1825-1875
Needle wax
1840-1880
Pair of glow-in-the-dark "2000"
1999
Box
1890-1920
Pinback button
1992
Shoe Cleaner
1940-1960
Iron
1880-1920
Captain Jacob Jones Naval Medal
1821-1885
Anche Vivolo and Vivilo
ca. 1960-1980
Advertising notepad
1901
Miniature tankard
1900-1925
Miniature table
1875-1900
Dolls' house
1920-1960
Paperweight
1890-1920
Paperweight
1890-1920
Coaster
1940-1970
Tobacco/ cigar ribbon
1880-1920
Pinback button
1970-1990
Button
ca. 1994
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 8th Issue
1913
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Fire helmet
1890-1920
Jolly Sailor Coin Bank
ca. 1957
Fire helmet frontpiece: engineer, C.F.
1820-1850
Game of Words and Sentences
ca. 1885
Mug/Shaving
1900-1930
Mug
1910-1940
Box/ Candy
1896
Pinback button
1990-2000
Political novelty
1952-1956
Ulysses S. Grant Indian Peace Medal
1871-1879
Pin-back button
2008
Pin-back button
1968
Wood fragment from the "Merrimac" w/document
ca. 1862
Coin: Rexivba
Badge w/ribbon & pin
1898
Doll: in pink and white striped dress
ca. 1880
Ostrich feather ornament
1880-1920
Box
1900-1940
Hair Grooming
1911-1930
Pinback button
1940-1950
Hardware/ household
1910-1940
Tin
1980-2000
Ashtray
ca. 1990
Shoe button hook
ca. 1897-1914
Box of crayons
ca. 1946
Purse: w/floral motif
1900-1950
Savonarola Chair
1800-1806
Shovel
1800-1900
Civil War token
1863
Letter Opener/ Candy
1940-1960
Hardware/ household
1950-1970
Thimble/ laundry
1900-1940
Match safe
1905-1915
400th Anniversary of Discovery of the Americas Medal
1892
'Copter Club
Pin
1868
Ribbon
ca. 1886
Doll, bride
1880-1900
Camera and accessories
1885-1895
Game of Snap
ca. 1890
Booklet
1890-1930
Swizzle stick
1950-1990
Swizzle stick
1920-1958
Typewriter
1888-1900
Lieutenant Robert Henley Naval Medal
After 1878
Standing Driver
c.1880
J. Gordon Bennett Aeronautical Cup Plaquette
ca. 1910
Milk carton
ca. 1937
Chapeau (reproduction)
ca. 1900
Winchester Model 1886 Rifle
1886-1898
Medals (2)
1906
Foot warmer
1800-1850
Trousers
1901
Souvenir Tile/Calendar
1913
Watch Face
1910-1940
Bottle/ food
1880-1910
Badge/ medal
1900-1930
Gentleman's costume: 1914
ca. 1962
Sash
1910-1920
Pair of ear pendants
ca. 1904
Commemorative cane
2004
Collander
1975-1925
Toy cupboard
1875-1900
Teapot (6) excavated at a Colonial house
1760-1783
Edward W. Parsons & Mary F. Taber Marriage Medal
1876
Medicine
1910-1930
Shopping bag
1996
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Office supply
1890-1920
Badge
ca. 1872
THE STOCK YARDS
Campaign pin
1868
Gentleman's costume: 1799
ca. 1968
Razor blades (5) excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
The Game of Nations
ca. 1898
Button
1970-1980
Shopping bag
1990-2000
Shoe horn
1890-1930
Pinback button
1948-1952
Nixon/Lodge
Royal circus cage wagon
ca. 1910
Nutcracker
1775-1875
Stevenson Taylor Commemorative Medallion
1926
Cartridge belt
1890-1898
James Monroe Indian Peace Medal
After 1817
Sternboard from the "Portsmouth"
ca. 1843
Sock dryers (2)
1870-1880
Paperweight
1876
1933 Chicago World's Fair Elongated Cent
1933
Fan
1890-1920
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Pinback button
1960
Button
ca. 1968
Hard Times token
1841
Ribbon
ca. 1928
Campaign cane
ca. 1888
Coin: half dollar, Sesquicentenneal, 1776-1926
Basket
1900-1950
Pull toy (horse)
1875-1900
Whale's tooth
1840-1900
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1650-1750
Medicine
1906-1930
Shopping bag
1980-1995
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Clothing hanger
1900-1940
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
1847
Le Madrigal
Button w/ribbon
Medal
ca. 1848
Soldiers (11)
1880-1920
Moustache comb
1878-1898
The Game of Old Maid
ca. 1900
Sewing Needles
1910-1930
Watch Face
1880-1940
Playing cards
1901
Pinback button
1940
Pin-back button
Kodama
ca. 1982-2007
Bobbin
1780-1820
Box lock cannon barrel flint pistol
1760-1780
Apple parer
1800-1830
Souvenir draft capsule from World War I in box
ca. 1918
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Pinback button
1900-1930
Pen wipe/ tobacco
1890-1920
Ruler
1920-1940
Marbles (14)
1850-1920
Poultry tag
1905-1930
Hard Times token
1837
William McKinley Inauguration Souvenir Badge
1897
Badge with lanyard
2009
Apple parer
1825-1850
Apothecary bottle with stopper
1850-1900
Sword and scabbard
1860-1890
The Game of Basket Ball
1898
Ashtray
1910-1950
Booklet
1940
Bar tray
1898-1903
Pinback button
1896-1910
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ca. 1950-1960
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Political button
1940s
Religious Token: 1870 Puton the whole Armor of God
1870
Doll bathing suit
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Miniature table
1920-1940
Ribbon
1800-1900
Box w/lid: Be Firm For Adams
1824
Footlocker with belongings
1860-1890
Paperweight
1890-1930
Watch brochure
1997
Ashtray
1920-1940
Pinback button
1908
Medal: B'klyn Union League
1912
Il Cortile
ca. 1960-1980
Lady's shoehorn
ca. 1920
Toy gun
ca. 1869
Files (29)
1775-1795
Dolls' house cupboard
1920-1960
Decorating Samples
1950-1970
Pencil
1940-1960
Shopping bag
1980-2000
Thimble/ vacuum
1900-1940
Tobacco tag
1870-1930
Button
ca. 1995
The Circle of Friends of the Medallion 3rd Issue
1911
Dexterity game
1930-1950
Pocket telescope
ca. 1820
Butter mold
1825-1875
Presentation shield: East Morrisania
1850-1900
Gavitt's Stock Exchange
1903
Optical
1880-1920
Toy
1930-1950
Printing
1928
Pinback button
1896-1910
Souvenir
1917-1920
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Medal
1878
Insignia
ca. 1860s
Shopping bag
Smith Carbine
1861-1865
Coin:...1623
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Campaign Medal
1872
Walking-stick
1888-1912
Set of surgical instruments in case
ca. 1776
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
Pair of men's shoes with shoe bags
Fan
1894
Cigarette silk
1890-1920
Sign
1900-1920
Campaign ribbon
1844
Mounted Animal specimen: Bat
1849
Box of crayons
ca. 1925
Toy rocking chair
1875-1915
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1935
Chapeau bras
1866-1875
Pin-back button
1972
Fan
1911
Greeting cards
1993-2000
Travel
1953-1960
Udall For President
1976
5-4 is not a mandate
2003
Allied Relief Medal
After 1916
Pencil sharpener
1930-1948
Badge & plaque in case
Flask or case bottle
1700-1800
Fire helmet: N.Y. Exempt Assn. C.T.
1854-1880
Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle
ca. 1885
Sewing Supplies
1890-1930
Certificate
1918
Button hook
1890-1930
Pinback button
1952-1956
Bryan and Silver
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Souvenir Glass
1964-1965
Pompon
1860-1890
Bell
probably 1960s
Snuffbox made from wood of the U.S. Constitution
1845-1847
Hard Times token: Union Steam Washing, N.Y. 1837
1837
Buttons
1860-1865
Navel bayonet and scabbard
1862
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1910
Button
1977
Bottle Cap
1920-1960
Plate
1915
Lady's costume: the mid-18th century
ca. 1957
Pin-back button
2003
Doll
ca.1904
Commemorative cane
2005
Miniature chair
1875-1900
Miniature tea set
1900-1930
Dress hat
1930-1945
Pine tree shilling
1652
Paperweight
1895-1930
Doll
1910-1920
Thimble/ music
1900-1960
Badge
1890-1940
Button
ca. 1969
Amerigo Vespucci Commemorative Plaquette
1903
BARBETTA
Badge w/ribbon & pin
1899
Pin: American Insitute...
Soldiers (12)
1840-1870
Phonograph record in box
1904
The Bugle Horn or Robin Hood and His Merry Men Game
1871
Bottle
1898-1900
Wallet
1958
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Musical recording
1910-1920
Button
Bookmark
1863
Gas lighter
ca. 1910
Collec. of 2 token, North American Token, Commerce,1781
Pretty Picture Blocks
ca. 1890
Rum Bottle
1760-1785
Artist's Paint Box
1870-1890
Canteen w/strap attachment
1890-1918
Coin : half dollar, Columbian Expos. Chicago 1893
Pin-back button
Tin/ Food
1890-1930
Trade sign
1890-1930
Sack
1860-1890
Responsible Leadership Humphrey-Muskie
1968
New York Chapter Knights of Columbus
1954
Ribbon
ca. 1900
Captains Creighton, Low, and Stouffer Life Saving Medal
ca. 1875
Campaign cane
ca. 1904
Miniature Furniture, Smoker's Stand
ca. 1983
Mechanical toy (Punch and Judy)
ca. 1890
Shako
ca. 1860
Pin-back button
1984
Handle
1890-1940
Souvenir token
1893
Travel/ food
1940-1960
Insignia
1860-1900
Button
World's Columbian Exposition Award Medal
1893
El Toro Marisqueria
Ribbon
1899
Collection of buttons: Wings for Willkie
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Milestone
1822-23
Mixed Pickles
ca. 1890
String Holder
1880-1910
Fan
1980-2000
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Insignia
1910-1920
We Want F.D.R. Again
The Rainbow Room
ca. 1960-1990
Butter mold
ca. 1825-1875
Miniature Furniture, Tilt-top Table
ca. 1983
Dog Tags
1943-1945
Microscope in case
1875-1900
Spanish cartridge box
1880-1895
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Box/ bottle/ food
1906-1920
Perfume Box
1900-1930
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Official Souvenir Medal
1904
Photographic equipment
1880-1920
Pinback button
1896-1910
Hard Times tokens (2)
1837
Campaign ribbon
1888
Buckle
1775-1783
Collection of barrels,crates,and bags
1800-1900
Scientific toy in box: Demuth's Patent Pulsating Bottle Imp and Blood Tester
1875-1900
Fragment of spigot excavated at Revolutionary War barracks
1760-1783
Games of Jerome Park Steeple Chase, Balky Horse and Pool
ca. 1880
Button
ca. 1990
Tube
1930-1950
Tobacco
1926
Pin
1920-1930
Historical memorabilia
1930-1960
George Washington Bridge Commemorative Medal
1931
Keith Haring
Ribbon
ca. 1861
Conquest of St. Christopher Medal
1666
Lady's costume: 1724
ca. 1967
Needlecase
1845-1855
The Exciting Laughable New Game, Pillow-Dex
1896
Sewing Pins
1890-1930
Box/ Food
1948
Tobacco premium
1890-1920
Medallion
1928
Campaign ribbon
1876
Zinno
ca. 1960-1980
Parallel rule
ca. 1900
Doll's coat
1910-1940
Trick Pony
ca. 1885
Dolls' house candelabra
1920-1960
Paperweight
ca. 1880-1920
Watch Face
1880-1940
Tin/ Food
1890-1920
Beverages
1990-2000

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