Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880 - 1940
This marble was recovered from an historic farmstead in Atchison County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 2012. The marble is made of clay and represent hours of fun for…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1950 and 1970
Print of a watercolor painting showing the AT&SF Depot and Sequoyah Harvey House, located at Syracuse, Kansas. The original watercolor was painted by Cecil Petterson. Petterson was born in Chanute,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900-1960
Shown are denture mold fragments from both upper and lower plates that were recovered during excavations at the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Kaw Mission. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1940
This medicine bottle base and rim was recovered from the Kaw Mission State Historic site during archeological investigations in 2016. The maker’s mark is PD & Co for the drug…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1851-1951
This partial three-pronged fork was recovered from the Kaw Mission State Historic site during archeological investigations in 2016. Three-pronged forks are less common than those with four-prongs. They are sometimes…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1790-1869
This flintlock lock plate with frizzen, flash pan, main spring, and frizzen spring was found in Harveyville, in Wabaunsee County, and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1977. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1929-1950
This bottle was recovered from a Chautauqua County farmstead during a 1995 salvage project by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The bottle base is embossed with “PATENT DESIGN 77716 597” and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1895-1950
These sauce dish fragments were recovered from a Chautauqua County farmstead during a 1995 salvage project by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The whiteware fragments refit and are decorated with a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1895-1930
These toys were recovered from a Chautauqua County farmstead during a 1995 salvage project by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Shown is a porcelain doll head with blue eyes and traces…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1895-1950
These plate and saucer fragments were recovered from a Chautauqua County farmstead during a 1995 salvage project by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The transferware patterns on the dishes were deliberately…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1870-1871
These metal buttons were recovered from the possible location of the Billy Dixon Trading Post in Ellis County during the 2013 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The button on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1870-1871
These pieces of horse tack were recovered from the possible location of the Billy Dixon Trading Post in Ellis County during the 2013 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Shown…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1878-1935
These buttons were recovered from a farmstead in Chautauqua County during a 1995 salvage excavation by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Shown are a bone 4-hole sew-through button, a glass 4-hole…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1885-1935
These two bottles were recovered from a farmstead in Chautauqua County during a 1995 salvage excavation by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The clear glass bottle has an external small mouth…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1878-1935
These marbles were recovered from a farmstead in Chautauqua County during a 1995 salvage excavation by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The red and white marbles and the blue and white…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1920-1952
This toy fireman figure was recovered from a farmstead in Chautauqua County during salvage excavations by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1995. The fireman is made of yellow molded plastic…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1870-1871
These mule and donkey shoes were recovered from the possible location of the Billy Dixon Trading Post in Ellis County during the 2013 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1937-1960
This bottle was recovered from a Chautauqua County farmstead during a salvage excavation in 1991. The clear glass medicine bottle has a black plastic screw-on cap, embossed graduated markings for…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1937-1960
This pop bottle fragment was recovered from a Chautauqua County farmstead during a salvage excavation in 1991. The orange flavored soda that the bottle contained was manufactured by Vess Soda…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1932-1965
This green glass medicine bottle was recovered in 1995 during a highway salvage project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at a Chautauqua County farmstead. The bottle was manufactured by…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900-1965
This whetstone was recovered in 1995 during a highway salvage project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at a Chautauqua County farmstead. Whetstones are also called sharpening stones or water…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900-1965
This door knob and latch assembly was recovered in 1995 during a highway salvage project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at a Chautauqua County farmstead. The white ceramic door…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1878-1978
These egg cup fragments were recovered during the 2002 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Cottonwood Ranch in Sheridan County. An egg cup is used to hold boiled…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900-1965
This clock’s spring mechanism was recovered in 1995 during an archeological salvage project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at a Chautauqua County farmstead. The clock spring controlled the wheels…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900-1965
These buttons were recovered in 1995 during an archeological salvage project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at a Chautauqua County farmstead. One metal button front advertises the “LAKIN MCKEY”…
