Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1885-1947
These six buttons were recovered from the Martin farmstead in Republic County. The top row of buttons are all 2-hole sew through buttons made of plastic, metal, and rubber. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1885-1900
This rubber button has a back stamp stating “I. R. C. Co. Goodyear 1851,” indicating it was manufactured by the India Rubber Comb Company. These types of buttons were most…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1834-1843
This brass 4-hole sew through button was recovered at the Kaw Mission during the 2018 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. It was made by the Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This figurine head is made of porcelain. She has high brow with painted eyebrows, eyes, and lips. Her hair is pulled back into a low bun and is similar to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This serving dish, which was reconstructed in the Archeology lab at the Kansas Historical Society, is made of whiteware. The octagonal dish decorated by a transferware pattern and still has…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1885-1947
These two marbles represent hours of fun at the farmstead where they were recovered. Both marbles are ceramic, one with a blue glaze and the other unglazed. Both marbles are…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1920
There were some sad children at Constitution Hall in Lecompton when their porcelain dolls were broken. The lower face, leg, and two arms with hands were once part of at…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This small bottle may have once held medicinal or toiletry liquid. The 1.25″ high clear glass bottle had a bead finish and a cork closure. It was recovered from the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1885-1947
This nearly complete dinner fork with metal tines and a bone or wood handle was recovered from the Martin farmstead in Republic County. The site was the location of an…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This crock, which was reconstructed in the Archeology lab at the Kansas Historical Society, is made of glazed stoneware and was used for storing food. It is labeled as a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1891-1986
These eight examples of maker’s marks from the Meakin family of potteries were recovered from Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Five were from the J. and G. Meakin pottery of Hanley,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This broken bottle sherd was recovered from excavations at the Baker House in Morris County in 1972 at the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
Though cracked and stained, this glass bottle stopper with a tapered shank survived a fire in 1862. Bottle stoppers were essential to close sealed bottles to the air once they…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These five dish fragments were possibly part of a single dish or pitcher. They are decorated with a pressed technique, sometimes called mold-pressed. The decoration shows the profile of a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1900
These pipe stem and bowl fragments were recovered from Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Different colored clays were used to make the pipes. One pipe bowl had a red glaze applied…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1946-1969
This beverage bottle, missing its base, was once filled with a refreshing soft drink. The popularity of the drink was short-lived, just 15 years. It was recovered from Constitution Hall…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1820-1869
This hammer from a caplock gun was recovered from an Early Ceramic village with a historic period presence in Elk County. The caplock gun hammer replaced the flintlock firing system…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1861-1967
These five dish sherds all have portions of maker’s marks still visible on the base. The top left sherd advertises the T. & R. BOOTE’S pottery of Burslem, England, in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1881-1885
These two base sherds were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. The sherd on the left has advertising, “SON & HULM/RICHARD ALCO/EM, ENGLA,” for the pottery of Richard…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
These two center bar buckles were recovered from a site that may be the location of a camp used by General George A. Custer and the Seventh Calvary in Ellis…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1986
This pair of right-handed children’s scissors was recovered from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. Children’s scissors have several safety features such as blunt tips, a blade that is shorter and less…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1920
This brass hair pin, in a two-point style, once graced a ladies hair. The hair pin was recovered from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. The building was named a National Historical…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1986
Thimbles were worn to protect a finger while pushing through a needle during sewing. These two were recovered from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton, named a National Historical Landmark for its…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1920
These three slate pencil fragments were recovered from Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Slate pencils were used on slate boards and were meant to be erasable. Constitution Hall, in Lecompton, was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
This delicate brass brooch was made in a filigree-like floral pattern with a possible silver center. The brooch was collected at a site that may be the location of a…
