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The New-York Historical Society will be open on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 from 10am to 6pm

Collection Highlights

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Titlesort icon Related People Date Object Number
The Solitary Oak (The Old Oak)
1844
1858.75
The Truant Gamblers (Undutiful Boys)
1835
1858.23
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1805
1867.306
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
1863
S-189
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
White Mountain Scenery, Franconia Notch, N.H.
1857
S-105
Wig curler
1760-1775
INV.5924.77
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
ca. 1770
1864.5
William Walton (1706-1768)
ca. 1750
1902.3