Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These decorated whiteware sherds were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. The three…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This toy cup and saucer were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These dish sherds were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Both are decorated…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These decorated whiteware sherds were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Left to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1900
These pottery sherds where recovered at the Kaw Mission State Historic Site during the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Each sherd has part of a Maker’s Mark. Maker’s…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1910-1929
These milk bottles bases were recovered from the Kaw Mission State Historic Site in 2018 during the Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. They were manufactured by the Thatcher Glass…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These glass buttons were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. From left to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 2020
“I Voted” pen with stylus. Voters were given the pens when casting ballots in person during the 2020 primary election because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pen/stylus reduced the spread…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1931
Impressionist-style landscape painting created by Dowdal Davis in 1931. Davis was born in Independence, Kansas, in 1913. While a student at Independence High School, Davis showed a talent for art,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1966
A Topeka Police Department emergency pass. The pass was given to C.E. Ritchey to allow him access to his home after an F5 tornado hit Topeka, Kansas, on June 8,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1950 and 1959
Circular-shaped aluminum canteen with a cotton fabric cover. This canteen was used at Camp Daisy Hindman, a Girl Scout camp that operated south of Dover, Kansas, from 1929 to 2017.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This pitcher fragment was recovered from the Baker house in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972. The collection was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These toothbrush fragments were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Shown is a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This possible box sextant, now in fragments, was recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This ceramic pipe bowl fragment was recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This cuff link stud was recovered during excavations in 1973 by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school at the Baker Store in Morris County.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This nearly complete clay pipe was recovered during excavations in 1972 by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archaeological field school. The pipe is decorated in a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This brass decorative piece was recovered during excavations in 1972 by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school at the Baker house in Morris County.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This crank mechanism was recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. After showing the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These black glass buttons were recovered during excavations in 1973 by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school at the Baker Store in Morris County.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This nearly complete woodwind key was recovered during excavations in 1972 by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archaeological field school. The key is made in a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1880
This enlisted infantry man’s military button was likely used for a coat. The button was recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Kaw…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This single blade pocket knife was recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeology field school in 1973. Though…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1869
This cast iron cook stove door was collected from the Hyatt Townsite in Anderson County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2007. It is decorated with a profile…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These three-pronged fork fragments were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Three-pronged forks are…
