Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1929
These glass insulator fragments were collected from Constitution Hall in Lecompton, which was designated a National Historical Landmark for its role in the 1857 Lecompton Constitution. The building is also…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1986
This pocket watch plate was collected from Constitution Hall State Historic Site in Lecompton. Plates provide housing for the inner parts of a watch. The building was named a National…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1882
These three pottery sherds were collected from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. The maker’s marks indicate the dishes were made by the J. W. Pankhurst pottery of Hanley, England. The building…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
This axe head was collected at a historic site that may be the location of General George A. Custer and the Seventh Calvary’s camp. The site is near Fort Hays…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
These two tin cans were collected at a historic site that may be the location of General George A. Custer and the Seventh Calvary’s camp near Fort Hays in Ellis…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1863-1900
The base of this dish fragment shows the maker’s mark from the Glasgow Pottery Co. of Trenton, New Jersey. The mark was typical circa 1884. The dish was recovered from…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900-1947
This blue plastic dice was recovered from the Martin Farmstead in Republic County. The site was the location of an archeological salvage project in 1992, due to impending highway construction,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
This small lead bar was collected at a site that may be the location of a camp used by General George A. Custer and the Seventh Calvary. The site is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
These two horseshoes were collected at a site that may be the location of a camp used by General George A. Custer and the Seventh Calvary. The site is near…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1940-1947
This medicine jar was recovered from the Martin Farmstead in Republic County. The site was the location of an archeological salvage project in 1992, due to impending highway construction, and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1894-1968
These four medicine bottles were recovered from the Martin Farmstead in Republic County. From left to right is a bottle manufactured by the Obear-Nestor Glass Company of East Saint Louis,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1929-1947
These bottles were recovered from the Martin Farmstead in Republic County. The smaller bottle has a 12 flute body and is marked with “1/8 oz.” The bottle with the cap…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
These military buttons were collected at a site that may be the location of a camp used by General George A. Custer and the Seventh Calvary. The site is near…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1869-1870
These military buttons were collected at a site that may be the location of a camp used by General George A. Custer and the Seventh Calvary. The site is near…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900-1970
This compact lid was recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. Compacts, also called a powder box or case, often had a mirror in the lid. The building was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1920
These artifacts were collected during an excavation in 1988 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew members at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. On the left is a promotional item for…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1950
These eight marbles are just a few of those collected from Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The ceramic and glass marbles help to document the presence of children at Constitution Hall.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1950
These spectacle fragments were recovered from Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Shown are temples, frames, nose pads, and a single bifocal lens. The site, which was named a National Historical Landmark…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1920
This fragment of a spur was recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. Shown is the arm or heel band portion of a spur. Spurs are generally shaped to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1930
This suspender hook has the French phrase “Mon. Choix” on the front. This roughly translates to “my choosing.” It was recovered from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. The building was named…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1930
These dish sherds are all made of yellowware, a type of earthenware. They were collected from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. Yellowware was produced in the United States from the 1820s…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1970
This collection of toys was recovered from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. Shown are an iron wheel, an iron hammer head, two plastic toy soldiers, a jack, a plastic ballerina, an…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1930
Shown are examples of banded ware or annualarware decorated dishes. They were recovered from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. The building was named a National Historical Landmark for its role in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864
The brass bosses on these leatheer scraps are decorative, not functional. The leather could have come from boots, gauntlets, saddle bags or some unknown leather item. They were recovered during…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1930
These dish sherds are just a few of the many recovered from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. The sherds shown here all have floral patterns made by hand painting or transferware.…
