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Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
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Watchman's rattle
ca. 1775-1875
1937.1742
Watchman's rattle
ca. 1775-1875
1952.15
Watchman's rattle
1775-1875
1938.5
Watchmen's rattle/ noisemaker
1875-1900
INV.7877
Watchstand / bouquet holder with 2 flasks
1840-1875
INV.8738a-e
Water main:1804 on Washington St. NYC ...taken out... 1911
1770-1804
1953.308
Model hand pump fire fighting cart
1874
1937.485
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.895
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.897
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.896
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.887ab
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.893
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.894
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.899
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.898
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.891
Watering bit
1875-1950
INV.892
Wax flower corsages (4)
1900-1950
Z.1242a-d
Wax sample with impression of signature seal
1850-1900
INV.7460d-f
Wax sample with impression of signature seal
1850-1900
INV.7460a-c
Wax seal in box
ca. 1900
Z.3276
Wax wafers (6)
1850-1900
Z.1501.27a-f
Wax wafers and paper seals in wooden box
1850-1900
Z.1831a-c
Wax wafers and seals in wooden box
1850-1900
Z.1484a-f
Wax wafers in cardboard box
1870-1910
Z.1475.4ab
Wax wafers in cardboard box
1870-1910
Z.1475.7ab
Wax wafers with seal in metal container
1830-1880
INV.7776a-e
We Like This Block button
2006.5.72
We the people want ... Jobs, Equality and Detente button
2006.14.26
We want to live: Diasarm now button
2006.5.83
Facsimile weather cock
1906
INV.5750
Memo book in envel: belonged to Margaret Ann Morrison...
1850-1900
INV.11412
Weight
1880-1910
INV.1359a
Weight
1880-1910
INV.1359b
Weight
1880-1910
INV.1359c
Weight
1750-1850
INV.505
Medieval Weight
ca.1500
Z.3554
Weights (3)
1880-1920
INV.1358a-c
Welded chain cross for Shrine
2001
2003.4b
Wells fargo strong box
ca. 1865
1975.33
Western saddle w/tag
ca. 1900
INV.6336
Whale jaw bone
ca. 1850
1945.216
Whale tooth
1910-1940
1943.93
Whale tooth
1840-1900
1981.36
Whale tooth
1840-1900
1981.37
Whale tooth
1820-1880
1981.31
Scrimshaw whale tooth depicting the clipper ship "Cosmos"
1910-1940
1943.28
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.92
Whale tooth
1840-1900
1981.34
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.94
Whale tooth
1910-1940
1943.15
Scrimshaw
1981.35
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
ca. 1880
1943.110
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.22
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.97
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.88
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.24
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1860-1890
1933.198
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.25
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.152
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.33
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.18
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.98
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.90
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.13
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.29
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.86
Scrimshaw
1910-1940
1943.78
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.81
Scrimshaw Whale's Tooth
ca. 1850
1945.215
Whale's Tooth
1910-1940
1943.75
Whale tooth
1910-1940
1943.82
Scrimshaw
1920-1939
1941.773a
Scrimshaw
1910-1940
1949.19
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.12
Whale's tooth
1875-1925
1982.68[dup2]
Whale's tooth
1840-1860
1945.270
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1840-1900
1943.109
Whale's tooth
1830-1900
1943.150
Whale tooth
1860-1910
1943.151
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.84
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.87
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.89
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.91
Scrimshaw
1910-1940
1943.95
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.96
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.99
Whale tooth
1800-1875
INV.7448
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.30
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.31
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.79
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.27
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.23
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.26
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.83
Scrimshaw
1920-1939
1941.773b
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.9
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.11
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.14
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
1943.76
Scrimshaw whale's tooth depicting City Hall.
early 19th century
1955.34
Whale tooth
1830-1870
1981.32[dup]
Whale tooth
1850-1890
1981.33[dup]
Whale's tooth
1910-1940
1943.20
Charlton Street
1971
1982.68
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
1910-1940
1943.21
U.S. Coast Guard Line-Throwing Gun (Flair Gun)
1875-1890
1953.104
Spear
1800-1830
1922.138
iron
471
measuring device
1750-1850
1249
Wheelbarrow
1804-1824
1943.379
Whetstone holder
1825-1875
INV.755[dup]
Whirligig
1875-1900
INV.8180
Whirligig
1800-1850
INV.8061
Whirligig
1875-1900
INV.8181
Whirligig
1800-1850
INV.8179
Whist board
ca. 1905
Z.943ab
Whist markers
ca. 1890-1910
INV.11743ab
Whistle
1850-1900
INV.10133
Whistle
1850-1900
INV.8133
Ornate whistle w/ribbon
1800-1875
INV.11042
Whistle
1830-1850
1930.21
Whistle
1875-1925
Z.2156
Whistle
1920-1940
2002.1.2618
"Citibank Believes in the Bronx"
1970s
2003.68.1
"Senior Citizens Blow the Whistle on Crime"
1970s
2003.68.2
Whistle
ca. 1960
2003.68.4
Whistle on ribbon
1750-1825
INV.12433
Whistles (3)
1800-1865
1964.64a-c
Cap
1942
1946.42d
Cap
1942
1946.42c
WWI; white; Navy cap; marked LM Wright
1928-1930
1950.33
Whyte's/344 W. 57th St., N.Y./145 Fulton St., N.Y. Stir spoon
1950-1980
2004.45.1
Wick pick
1840-1900
1943.54ab
Wick trimmer excavated at a Revolutionary War military camp in New York City
1760-1783
INV.5941.94
Wig: bald top-long sides- Benjamin Franklin style
1850-1900
INV.12181
Wig: grey hair, long in back, netted lining
1850-1900
INV.12173
Wig: ponytail w/ribbon, bun curls, bald top of linen
1780-1880
INV.12175
Wig: ponytail w/ribbon, bun curls, bald top of linen
1780-1880
INV.12177
Wig: ponytail wrapped in linen bag, curls w/bald hairline
1770-1820
INV.12179
Wig: white curly hair, netted lining
1850-1900
INV.12174
Wig: long dark brown hair
1870-1920
INV.12178
Wig: red hair, netted lining
1830-1880
INV.12176
Wig: pony tail wrapped in linen bag; brown hair, w/hair pins
1850-1900
INV.12182
Wig: curly crest w/hairpin
1750-1800
INV.12180
Wig: w/ponytail w/black bow & ribbon and bun curls
1870-1920
INV.12172
Wig and bag
1900-1950
1956.173.13ab[dup]
Wig box
1720-1750
191
Wig curler
1760-1775
INV.5924.77
William the Silent Award for Journalism medal
1950-1960
2007.18.4.2
10 buttons on paper w/document, ref. to Willkie
ca. 1940
INV.2201.1
Wind-up toy: waltzers
1900-1930
1937.1557
Wind-up toy: horse-drawn buggy
ca. 1870
1955.5
Clockwork toy: Le Gai Violiniste
1860-1900
INV.4541
Wind-up toy: three musicians
1900-1930
INV.7629
Window glass fragments (3) from St. Paul's Chapel
1766
Z.1422a-c
Windup toy
1870-1900
INV.4514a-c
Doll on tricycle
1860-1910
1937.1228
Clockwork toy: seated musician
1900-1930
INV.4529
Paak Paak
1910-1935
INV.5253
Windup toy: musician and dancer
1900-1930
INV.7622
Old Aunt Chloe, The Negro Washerwoman
1870-1900
1962.28
Wine bottle
1910-1940
2002.1.306
Wine bottle
1959
2002.1.3419
Wine glass fragment
1760-1783
INV.5806.1
Wine glass fragment
1760-1783
INV.5802.50
Wine glass fragment
1770-1810
INV.10210.17
Wine glass fragment
1770-1810
INV.10210.16
Wine glass fragment
1760-1783
INV.6168.35
Wine glass fragment
1760-1783
INV.5924.639
Wine glass fragment
1760-1783
INV.5924.644
Wine glass fragment
1760-1783
INV.5924.647
Wine glass fragment
1760-1783
INV.5924.648
Wine glass fragment
1760-1783
INV.6318.403
Wine glass fragments (2)
1770-1810
INV.10210.14-15
Wine glass fragments (5)
1770-1810
INV.10210.8-12
Wine glass fragments (9)
1770-1810
INV.10210.18-26
Wine label
ca. 1815
INV.110
Wine making hydrometer
1920-1960
2002.1.3264
Fur hat: German field cap
1940-1945
1945.496
Wisk/beater
1800-1850
1920.99
Coat
1943-1946
1946.70a
Women's power button
2006.5.132
Wood block and document from church in Holland which the Pilgrims attended
ca. 1620
186
Wood block in envelope
1600-1800
1974.49
Wood box containing six iron locks
1750-1850
INV.911a-f
Wood button fragments (2) excavated at Fort Haldimand
1760-1783
INV.5940.47-48
Wood buttons (2) excavated at Fort Lennox
1800-1820
INV.6196.66-67
Wood engraving tool
1850-1900
1936.475
Wood fragment
1800-1900
INV.10808
Pieces of Peter Stuyvesant pear tree in envelope
1600-1850
1953.295
Wood fragment and twine from Chinese junk Keying
1840-1847
INV.303
Wood fragment from Abraham Lincoln's log cabin
ca. 1809
238
Wood fragment from battleship Niagara
ca. 1812
2008.42.405
Wood fragment from building in which the Declaration of Independence was signed
1750-1800
INV.836
Wood fragment from Merrimac
ca. 1862
2008.42.393
Wood fragment from Old Dutch Church w/document
1700-1800
INV.831
Wood fragment from ship "Tennessee"
1850-1864
INV.7565
Wood fragment from ship Cumberland
2008.42.403
Wood fragment from Sir William Johnson's coffin
1774
INV.825
Wood fragment from stage of Bowery Theatre
ca. 1845
Z.1282
Wood fragment from steamer "Osceola"
1880-1900
1941.850
Wood fragment from the "Merrimac" w/document
ca. 1862
INV.835
Wood fragment from the flag staff at Fort Sumter
ca. 1861
235
Wood fragment from the frigate "Constitution"
1795-1812
1941.831
Wood fragment from the steamship "Columbia"
ca. 1881
1941.853
Wood fragment from the steamship "Thomas McManus"
ca. 1861
1941.829
Wood fragment from U.S.S. Congress
2008.42.402
Wood fragment of the "Florida"
1850-1900
INV.1253e
Wood fragments from Confederate privateer Rattlesnake (ex-Nashville)
ca. 1863
2008.42.390
Wood fragments from the "Merrimac"
1860-1865
Z.932
Wood fragments from U.S. Frigate Alliance
1778
2008.42.391
Wood from tree under which George Fox preached w/docu. and label
1750-1844
INV.830
Wood graver
1850-1900
1936.477
Wood log from tree under which George Fox preached w/document
1750-1844
INV.838
Wood molding fragment from the steamboat "Lexington"
1885-1895
1941.852
Wood molding fragment from the steamship "Adirondack"
1880-1900
1941.851
Wood molding fragment from the steamship "Thomas Cornell"
ca.1863
1941.830
Wood molding from steamship "Saratoga"
ca. 1877
1941.827
Wood ornament fragment
1800-1900
INV.1091
Wood Printer's Blocks
1880-1910
2002.1.1083
Wood scrap
1850-1900
1936.481
Wood scrap
1850-1900
1936.480
Military tool
1850-1900
INV.5595
Pike halved?
1700-1800
INV.5735
Woodcarving (bird)
1850-1900
INV.4454
Carved Dog
1850-1900
INV.5280
Woodcarving (horse)
1850-1900
1952.348a
Carved lion
1850-1900
INV.8184
Wooden block
1800-1900
INV.8956
Wooden box made from the bed of Robert Burns
1800-1860
INV.823
Wooden disk
1850-1900
Z.1547
Wooden disks (2)
1830-1880
Z.1868ab
Wooden end of hammock netting w/Liberty Cap carved in center from "Niagara"
ca. 1813 or 1913
1933.249f
Wooden figures
1850-1900
INV.8839
Wooden horse measuring stick
1850-1900
1953.299
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Wooden object
1800-1900
INV.5807
Wooden peg
1800-1850
Z.1817ab
Carved boot
1850-1925
1947.124
Wooden soldier
1875-1925
INV.8834
Adirondack Rail Road
1875-1900
2000.729
Wool card
ca. 1820-1850
2079
Wool cards
1800-1840
Z.1681ab
Wool cards
1700-1750
1920.25ab
Hetchel
ca. 1820-1850
1920.24
Wool wheel
N-353
Wool wheel
1800-1875
Z.3264
Wool wheel
Z.566
Wool wheel
Z.964b
Wool wheel (bench and wheel)
1750-1850
Z.964ab
Wool wheel (bench and wheel)
1750-1850
1920.23ab
Wool wheel (bench and wheel)
1750-1800
Z.56ab
Wool wheel (bench only)
1700-1800
N-355
Worcester table knife
ca. 1751-1783
1957.307a
Coat
1944
1946.41a
Work for Peace Ribbon
2006.5.88
Shirt
1944
1946.41c
Work shirt
2002.27
World Trade Center dust
2001
2002.19
World's Fair Souvenir Scarf
1964
2008.36.3
World's Fair Souvenir Scarf
1964
2008.36.4
Wrapper
1980-2000
2002.1.1670
Wrapper
1980-2000
2002.1.1671
Wrapper
1980-2000
2002.1.1672
Wrapper
1980-2000
2002.1.1673
Wrapper
1980-2000
2002.1.1674
Wrapper
1980-2000
2002.1.1675
Wrapper
1950-1980
2002.1.4820
Wrapper/ Candy
2002.1.1046
Wrapper/ Food
1940-1960
2002.1.982
Wrapper/ Food
1988
2002.1.984
Wrapper/ Food
1990-2000
2002.1.983
Writing case
1864-1865
1966.67
Writing case with accessories
1860-1890
INV.8517a-aaaa
Writing case with accessories
ca. 1862
INV.7787a-x
Writing desk
1840-1860
1946.199ab
Writing tablet with accessories
ca. 1889
INV.8547a-f
Yardage
2002.1.4844
Yardage
2002.1.4845
Yardage
2002.1.4846
Yardgoods (2 lengths)
ca. 1939
2006.7.2.1-2
Yardstick with case
1850-1900
INV.7851a-d
Yes Nixon: no jelly button
2006.14.10
Yes yes Nanette Dembitz button
2006.14.77
Yoke
ca. 1825-1850
Z.136
Yoke
1750-1850
2002
Youth for Ford Button
2006.14.8
Zebra
1875-1925
INV.4527
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1935
INV.8154
Humpty Dumpty Circus
1903-1935
INV.8153