Medium: PhysicalObject
Toothbrush
Date: between 1942 and 1945
Toothbrush with a white celluloid handle. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this toothbrush while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese during World War II. Born…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toothbrush
Date: between 1942 and 1945
Toothbrush with dark brown celluloid handle. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this toothbrush while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese during World War II. Born…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toothbrush
Date: between 1942 and 1945
Toothbrush with brown celluloid handle. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this toothbrush while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese during World War II. Born in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Deck of cards
Date: between 1942 and 1945
Standard deck of playing cards. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired these cards, possibly in a Red Cross box, while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Spongeware Mixing Bowl from Quindaro, 14WY314
Date: 1857-1862
Much of this mixing bowl was recovered when the Quindaro townsite was excavated in the 1980s. The whiteware bowl is decorated with two panels of blue spongeware design bordered by…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Currier and Ives “The Old Grist Mill” Plate from the Hale Ritchie House, 14SH375
Date: 1950-1969
This partially reconstructed dinner plate was recovered from the cistern at the Hale Ritchie House in Topeka, Kansas during excavations in 2004. The plate was manufactured by the Royal China…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Marbles from the Hale Ritchie House, 14SH375
Date: Unknown
These two marbles were recovered from the cistern at the Hale Ritchie house in Topeka during excavations in 2004. The marbles are commies and not used as shooters while playing…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Bottle from Quindaro, 14WY314
Date: 1857-1863
This small aqua tinted glass bottle was recovered from excavations at the Quindaro Townsite in Wyandotte County. The complete bottle is just 2 3/4 inches high and may have once…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Osgood’s India Cholagogue Bottle from Quindaro, 14WY314
Date: 1857-1865
This patent medicine bottle was recovered from excavations at the Quindaro Townsite in Wyandotte County. The aqua tinted glass bottle has a pontil on the bottom and is embossed on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
American flag
Date: between 1940 and 1942
Wool forty-eight star U.S. flag. Appliqued stars. National Ensign from the USS Ralph Talbot, a destroyer in the U.S. Navy fleet. The Talbot was anchored at Pearl Harbor on December…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Horse, Mule, and Oxen Shoes from Fort Atkinson, 14FD305
Date: 1850-1854
Several different styles of shoes were recovered from Fort Atkinson in Ford County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2015. Shown here are two smaller mule shoes (“U”-shaped),…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Hand mirror
Date: between 1941 and 1945
Small mirror in celluloid case. Hinged metal stand attached to the back. The mirror has a Japanese label on the back. It was housed in a wooden Red Cross box,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Cigarette pack
Date: between 1943 and 1945
Unopened package of cigarettes. The label on the package is printed in Japanese. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this pack of cigarettes while being held as a Prisoner of War…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Cigarette pack
Date: between 1943 and 1945
Unopened package of cigarettes. The label on the package is printed in Japanese. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this pack of cigarettes while being held as a Prisoner of War…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Vessel from a City Dump
Date: 1936
This complete vessel was found in the city dump of Anthony, Kansas in 1936 and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1969. It appears to have been made on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Letter sweater
Date: between 1930 and 1933
University of Kansas letter sweater. Man’s wool, v-neck, long-sleeved, pullover sweater with a large blue “K” sewn to chest. Glenn Cunningham wore this sweater while attending the University of Kansas…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Glenn Cunningham’s Olympic Trophy
Date: 1936
Trophy for Most Popular Man presented to Glenn Cunningham by his fellow American Olympians at the 1936 Games in Berlin. Silver-plated cup mounted to a black plastic pedestal. Glenn Cunningham…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Tobacco pouch
Date: between 1943 and 1945
Small paper bag containing loose tobacco. The label on the bag is printed in Japanese. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this tobacco while being held as a Prisoner of War…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Chopsticks
Date: between 1942 and 1945
Pair of ebony chopsticks. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired the chopsticks while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese during World War II. Born in Topeka,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Chopsticks
Date: between 1942 and 1945
Bundle of ten chopsticks held together by a piece of metal wire. Most of the chopsticks are bamboo; one is made of ebony. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired the chopsticks…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Chopsticks
Date: between 1942 and 1945
Pair of ebony chopsticks. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired the chopsticks while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese during World War II. Born in Topeka,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Cigarette pack
Date: 1934
Package of Porto Rican American Tobacco Company cigarettes. A tax stamp on the package indicates that they were sold in 1934. These cigarettes belonged to Colonel James C. Hughes. Born…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Tobacco box
Date: between 1941 and 1945
Small carboard box containing rolled tobacco. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this box of tobacco while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese during World War…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Tobacco box
Date: between 1941 and 1945
Small carboard box containing rolled tobacco. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired this box of tobacco while being held as a Prisoner of War (POW) by the Japanese during World War…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Prisoner 56 patch
Date: between 1942 and 1945
White cotton patch with black numbers and Japanese characters embroidered on one side. Col. James C. Hughes wore this patch while being held as a Prisoner of War in the…