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Portrait of a Heroic Fireman
ca. 1857
1937.328
Polychrome painted and carved wood
Artist/Maker: Unidentified Artist

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Rebel Line At Fisher's Hill, Virginia
September 21-22, 1864
1945.580.47
Position of the 19th Corps under General Emery in Battle near Winchester, Virginia
September 21-22, 1864
1945.580.57
City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, 26 September 1864; verso: sketch of a fragmentary plan
September 26, 1864
1945.580.78
Street Scene, Rue St. Jacques, Paris, France
September 26, 1874
1935.85.2.36
State of Connecticut response to Tilton
September 3, 1864
MSS.Misc.Tilton.1
Townscape,
September 3, 1876
1935.85.2.214
The Battle of Peebles' Farm, Virginia (Poplar Springs Church)
September 30 - October 2, 1864
1945.580.19
Indenture of Peter van Dyck and Cornelia, his Wife, Documenting the Administration of Margrieta van Varick's Estate
September 4, 1719
MSS.VanCortlandtPapers.vanDyck
Copy of Couture's "The Prodigal Son", Le Havre, France
September 5, 1876
1935.85.2.215
The Fugitive's Story
September 7, 1869
1936.630
Letter from Lucy Green Bakewell Audubon to her grandchild Lucy
September 8, 1870
MSS.BV.Audubon.9
State of Minnesota response to Tilton
September 9, 1864
MSS.Misc.Tilton.2
Street Scene, Granville, France
September 9, 1874
1935.85.2.50
Church/Chapel in Dives, France
September 9, 1876
1935.85.2.216
WWII Allied Ships in New York Harbor
September 9, 1941
Union Pickets Going Out for the Night near Masons Hill, Virginia
September-December 1861
1945.580.20
Candle snuffer and tray
snuffer: 1763/64; tray: 1751/52
1964.46ab
Margot, Denny, and Fan
Summer 1882
1935.85.3.49
Portrait of Florence Rapallo
Summer 1883
1935.85.3.72
Photograph of Elizabeth Hughes with her mother
summer, 1918
Pair of napkin rings and two thimbles
Thimbles, 1810-1850; Napkin rings, 1870-1900
INV.13695a-d
Charlie Parker Residence
Undated
Joseph Papp Public Theater
Undated
Phelps Stokes – J. P. Morgan Jr. House (Also known as the Morgan Library)
Undated
Woolworth Building
Undated