Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This clear glass ink bottle once held “BANKERS INK” manufactured in “KANSAS CITY” as is embossed on the side panel. To the embossed panel’s left is a sunken panel which…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This clear glass ink bottle was recovered during excavations in 1966 at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County. On the front of the bottle are intertwined monograms, S M Co,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
Shown are four of the many ink bottles recovered in 1966 during excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County. All are what is described as conical or cone ink…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This clear glass flask was recovered from historic Fort Hays in Ellis County during excavations there by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1966. The flask was mouth blown with a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1911
This clear liquor flask was recovered during excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1966. The flask was mouth blown with a cup…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1870
This flask was recovered during the 1966 excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The bottle has “For Pike’s Peak” and “Old Rye” embossed…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1962 and 1973
Moonscape prop from the “Major Astro” television show. Miniature lunar landscape with craters made of plaster of Paris on a plywood board. During the show, a camera would slowly pan…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1877-1910
These four fragments of dishes were recovered during the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program excavations at 14GH102, the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams dugout site in Graham County. All four dish fragments…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1870-1883
This fragment of a three cent U. S. Postal stamp was discovered during the archeological monitoring at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove in 2016. The delicate fragment was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1861
This fragment of a dish, either a plate or a saucer, was recovered during the archeological monitoring of the Last Chance Store in Council Grove in 2016. On the bottom…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1971
This earring was recovered during the archeological monitoring at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove in 2016. The style is called a French Hook with an amber colored glass…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1971
This wooden peg was recovered from the archeological monitoring at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove in 2016. It was fashioned by whittling or carving, perhaps on a handy…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1943
Homemade crown from the 1943 Fiesta Mexicana. The crown is made of stiffened fabric and is decorated with sequins, pearls, and rhinestones. Fiesta Mexicana has been an annual event in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1943
Fiesta Mexicana has been an annual event in Topeka, Kansas, since 1933. It serves as a celebration of Mexican culture and a fundraiser for Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. This…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1942
This poster is the second in a set of three nutrition posters promoting the use of whole wheat and enriched flour. A unique chart is printed on each side of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1942
This poster is the first in a set of three nutrition posters promoting the use of whole wheat and enriched flour. A unique chart is printed on each side of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856
Irregularly shaped piece of red sandstone, carved on one side. This is a piece of the original red sandstone marker placed in 1856 to mark the initial point of the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1935 and 1939
Series of silk screen prints of Kansas birds by Margaret Whittemore. Born in Topeka in 1897, Whittemore studied graphic arts at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Taos Art…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1984
Wood folk art chair carved by chainsaw artist Ray Murphy. The chair was carved from a stump removed from the grounds of the Kansas Statehouse. The historic cottonwood tree was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1892 and 1900
Palmer Cox Brownie paper doll. Part of a series distributed as a promotional item with Lion Coffee from the Woolson Spice Company of Toledo, Ohio. The doll’s head and body…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1900 and 1909
Maple Ouija Board and planchette with black stencilling. Light-colored wood board with clipped corners. From the home of Lena Hamilton Casebier, in North Topeka. In 1854, Leonard Wendell took a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1857 and 1858
This ballot box was discovered in January 1858 under a woodpile in Lecompton, Kansas. It contained 1,838 fraudulent pro-Lecompton Constitution ballots. The Lecompton Constitution was created by mostly proslavery delegates…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1961
Ceramic plate produced in 1961 to commemorate the Kansas Centennial.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1901 and 1903
The political cartoon by Albert T. Reid addresses segregation in women’s clubs. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) promoted civic improvements through volunteer service. Organizations at the state or…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1902 and 1910
Glass and metal vending machine by the Automatic Clerk Company for Mansfield’s Choice Pepsin Gum. The machine sell packs of the gum in either peppermint or blood orange for a…
