Medium: PhysicalObject
Sled
Date: between 1880 and 1890
Wooden sled. Deck painted red with a full color lake scene towards the back. Purchased by the Jetmore family of Topeka around 1880.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Game of the Telegraph Boy
Date: between 1888 and 1910
Game board for the Game of the Telegraph Boy, copyrighted in 1888 by McLoughlin Brothers of New York. Players move around the board, trying to rise from the rank of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Gavitt’s Stock Exchange card game
Date: 1904
Game of Gavitt’s Stock Exchange with box, instructions, and two promotional leaflets. The deck of 33 cards includes four sets of railroad stocks, each consisting of eight identical cards, plus…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Flight
Date: 1921
Bronze sculpture by Robert Merrell Gage (1892-1981) honoring Topekan L. Philip Billard (1891-1918). Male figure with arms outstretched soaring upwards. Billard was a noted early aviator, purchasing his first plane…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Portrait of John R. Brinkley
Date: between 1930 and 1934
Hand-colored photograph of John R. Brinkley. Taken during one of his campaigns for Governor. By Clarisa “Cassie” V. McColloch of McPherson (1877-1946).
Medium: PhysicalObject
Cartoon by Albert T. Reid
Date: between 1896 and 1910
Pen and ink cartoon drawing by Albert T. Reid. Santa Claus is startled by phonographic “Talking Machine” playing a prerecorded Christmas wish list from a young boy. The cartoon is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Political cartoon – “Fairest Of Them All And She Ought To Vote, But…”
Date: between 1905 and 1912
Cartoon depicts Uncle Sam observing woman in a window watching Chinese, Finnish, Norwegian, Australian, and New Zealander women lining up to vote. Martha Farnsworth drew this cartoon while working to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Hair wreath
Date: between 1870 and 1910
Hair wreath with flowers, butterflies, and a bird on a nest with eggs. The individuals’ names are typewritten on small slips of paper glued to the backing board. Under glass…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Oxshoe
Date: between 1800 and 1870
Left half of a pair of oxshoes. Small, crescent-shaped shoe is made of hand-wrought iron. This shoe was found on the Santa Fe Trail west of Council Grove, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Needlepoint bookmark
Date: between 1880 and 1900
Needlepoint Christmas-themed bookmark.The design is stitched on a small, rectangular-shaped piece of off-white perforated paper, which is sewn to a piece of red silk. The bookmark was made by Ethel…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Stereoscope
Date: between 1901 and 1910
Wood and aluminum stereoscope. Manufactured by Underwood and Underwood with a 1901 patent and a Sun Sculpture trademark. Underwood and Underwood was founded by brothers Elmer and Burt Underwood in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Phonograph
Date: between 1901 and 1905
Edison Concert Phonograph by the Wittmann Company of Kansas City, Omaha, and Lincoln. Serial number C8009. Patent dates from 1888 to 1898. Includes a large brass horn. Won by William…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Stereograph
Date: 1901
Stereograph. “(64)-1560-Eiffel Tower, 300 metres (985 ft.) High – across the Seine from the Tocadero, Paris, France. Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood.” Underwood and Underwood was founded by brothers…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Stereograph
Date: 1906
Stereograph. “7912. The Automobile Somnambulist – ‘Keep Quiet, I’ll Have it going in a minute.’ Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-87866”. Underwood and Underwood was founded by brothers Elmer…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Stereograph
Date: 1904
Stereograph. “Electric Illumination of the Cascades and of Education and Mines Buildings, World’s Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood.” Underwood and Underwood was founded by brothers…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Stereograph
Date: 1897
Stereograph. “Her Majesty Queen Victoria At Breakfast with Princesses Beatrice and Victoria in the 60th year of her Reign. Copyright 1897 by Underwood & Underwood.” Underwood and Underwood was founded…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Stereograph
Date: 1903
Stereograph. “A Train Utterly Wrecked by the great Flood, Kansas City, Kansas. Copyright 1903 by Underwood & Underwood.” Underwood and Underwood was founded by brothers Elmer and Burt Underwood in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Photograph
Date: between 1910 and 1925
Black and white photograph. Two unidentified women standing in a park. Children playing in the field behind them.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Photograph
Date: between 1910 and 1925
Black and white photograph. Two unidentified young couples seated in a corner.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Photograph
Date: between 1910 and 1925
Black and white photograph. Unidentified group portrait of a man, two woman, and a girl. The women are laughing. Residential street in the background.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Postcard
Date: 1911
Postcard. “Main St. Looking South Preston, Kans.” Black and white photograph. Sent to Miss Lottie Reed of Hutchinson, Kansas by Martha. Green one-cent stamp. Postmark from Fort Preston, July 14,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Postcard
Date: 1911
Postcard. “M.K. & T Depot, Fort Scott, Kans.” Color photograph of red brick depot building. Sent to Mrs. Elizabeth Hall of Devon, Kansas by Elsie, her granddaughter. Green one-cent stamp.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Autograph postcard
Date: 1909
Autograph remailing card. Card designed to be circulated to multiple people to collect autographs. The obverse has the image of an open book with blank pages for the signatures. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Birthday postcard
Date: 1913
Birthday postcard. Greeting on obverse reads “I surely vish dat your birthday brings just vat you vant of eferytings” above a cartoon of a Dutch girl. Sent to Mrs. Fred…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Sheet music, Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Love Song)
Date: 1917
Sheet music for Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Love Song). Written by E. Ray Goetz, Joe Young, and Pete Wendling. Published by the Waterson, Berlin, and Snyder Company of New…