Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1940
This postage stamp from 1940 was recovered by Kansas Historical Society archeologists during excavation at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County. The stamp features an uplifted torch symbolizing enlightenment. It…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1910-1950
This toy wheel was recovered from the surface of a late 19th- early 20th-century farmstead in Atchison County. The wheel advertises “BUDDY L TOYS EAST MOLINE ILL.” Buddy L Toys…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1870-1873
These lead minie balls were recovered from a military encampment in Crawford County. Though somewhat difficult to ascertain, both artifacts have grease rings present and solid bases. The military temporarily…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1870-1873
This rifle butt end plate was recovered from a military encampment in Crawford County. The now rusty end plate was used to protect the butt end of a gunstock. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These doll fragments were recovered from Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The fragments represent four different dolls, all made of porcelain. Fort Hays was added…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These toy dishes were recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The cup and teapot are made of porcelain. Fort Hays was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This porcelain duck or goose head was recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The head was inserted within the neck of the bird and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These Frozen Charlotte dolls were recovered during excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Frozen Charlottes, a type of china doll, were made from…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These doll legs from five dolls were recovered from excavations at Fort Hays in Ellis County. Shown are a porcelain and bisque complete and lower legs with either ladies high…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1930
This marble was collected from the Gwin-Strother farmstead in Bourbon County by Kansas Historic Society archeologists in 1996. The marble is made of glass with a red swirl pattern and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1930
This doll head from a Brown County farmstead was recovered during a survey by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Now mottled with a blue stain, the head still retains traces of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1895-1905
This porcelain doll arm was recovered from the surface of a farmstead in Brown County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. They were able to date the doll arm to circa…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1891-1893
This Smith and Wesson pistol box was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1989. When it arrived it did not hold a pistol but rather protected a ladies beaded…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This fragmentary figure was recovered during the 1967 excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Found in a pit toilet filled with burned trash, the female figure…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1906
This penny was recovered from a Brown County farmstead by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The obverse side has Liberty with a headdress in profile and the date of 1906. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These toy dishes were excavated in 1968 at Fort Hays in Ellis County. Though difficult to see, the small plate has a pattern of flourishes around its rim. It is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These pool cue chalks were recovered during excavation in 1966 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at historic Fort Hays. The use of chalk on the tip of a pool cue…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1960
These dish fragments are what is left of someone’s prized serving dishes on a farmstead in Brown County. Shown are a porcelain serving bowl handle, a porcelain rim with gilded…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1700-1900
These gun parts were collected in Riley County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1956. Shown are two flintlock firing mechanisms with flash pans. One of these also…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1882
This dinner plate and matching saucer was recovered from Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. They were excavated at different locations, but both were manufactured by the Bridgwood and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1889-1905
This small plate was recovered during excavations at Fort Hays in Ellis County. The whiteware plate was found in fragments and reconstructed in the archeology lab. It was manufactured by…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
The bottle fragment was excavated during the 1969 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school, a joint project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and Kansas Anthropological Association volunteers. This side…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1869
These ceramic pipe bowls were collected from the Hyatt Townsite in Anderson County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2007. Pipes like this are called figural or face…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1878-1978
This wise old owl was recovered during the 2002 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Cottonwood Ranch in Sheridan County. It is not known what the tin owl…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These glass bottle stoppers were recovered from Fort Zarah during the 1969 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school, a joint project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and Kansas Anthropological…
