Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: September 13, 1881 - October 10, 1881
This poster announces the meetings of the Neosho Valley Trotting Circuit for the fall of 1881. The competitions were held as: Oswego from September 13th to 17th by C.A. Wilkin,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1905 and 1915
This color postcard, entitled “Athletic Field, State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas,” depicts a birds-eye view of a baseball game in progress at the school. The image includes the baseball field…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1913
Embossed Hallowe’en postcard depicting a girl and boy bobbing for apples, inside a decorative border of alternating jack-o’-lanterns and black cats. Printed Hallowe’en greeting on front, and handwritten message on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1916
Embossed Hallowe’en postcard depicting a pumpkin creature with jack-o’-lantern head and corn body in front of a large smiling moon resembling a squash. Printed Hallowe’en greeting on front, and handwritten…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1914
Embossed Hallowe’en postcard depicting a kneeling child cowering below a windowsill on which a black cat is perched. Printed Hallowe’en greeting on front, and handwritten message on back addressed to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1920 and 1939
Embossed Hallowe’en postcard depicting children walking in front of a large jack-o’-lantern. Elaborate color postcards were popular during the early 20th century. This example was produced by Whitney of Worcester,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1910
Embossed Hallowe’en postcard depicting a trio of pumpkin figures with jack-o’-lantern heads, gourd bodies, and husk arms and legs, seated atop a large oblong squash. A girl rings a bell…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1908
Rectangular embossed color postcard depicting black cats and jack-o’-lanterns and the holiday greeting “Happy Hallowe’en.” Elaborate color postcards were popular during the early 20th century. The International Art Publishing Company…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A postcard showing freshmen students at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1990
Campaign button for Senator Nancy Kassebaum that reads, “Run Nancy Run.” In 1990, Kassebaum supporters wore these buttons to encourage her run for a third term in the United States…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 2001
Three paper dolls made to memorialize victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. Days after the event, students at Topeka…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 2001
Round plastic charity button promoting patriotism in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Cyndy Fulhage, of Beloit, Kansas, produced…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1916
Brass and silk press badge worn by William Allen White of Emporia, Kansas, to the 1916 Democratic National Convention in St Louis, Missouri. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, newspaper editor, and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 2001
This red, white, and blue patriotic banner was displayed in reaction to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. In October 2001,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1996
Red, white, and blue vertical Kansas delegation sign from the 1996 National Republican Convention. Held in San Diego, California, the convention nominated Kansas Senator Bob Dole for the Republican Presidential…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1978
Green and yellow campaign button promoting Senator Nancy Kassebaum. The button reads, “A Legacy of Kansas Leadership.” It was used for Kassebaum’s 1978 election to the United States Senate. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1980 and 1985
Radio Shack model TRS-80 pocket computer with miniature printer. Tom Shrimplin of Manhattan, Kansas, purchased this device ca. 1985 at a local Radio Shack store hoping to gain computer skills.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1882 and 1883
Large steel-plated safe used by Charles Robinson, the first Governor of Kansas. Mosler-Bahmann Safe Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, produced this safe in the 1880s. Along with pastoral scenes and decorative…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1870 and 1930
This walnut partners desk once belonged to Kansas Governor George Hodges and his brother Frank. The desk was used at the general office of the Hodges Brothers Lumber Company in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1850 and 1859
This Rococo-style oak table once belonged to Thomas Carney, the second governor of Kansas. The table features a vinyl writing surface (not original) and cabriole legs with carved dragons. Born…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1893
Small political campaign button featuring Charles Curtis. Born in Topeka, Kansas, Curtis served in the United States Congress and was later elected Vice President. He was the first individual of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1980
Yellow poster promoting Bob Dole’s 1980 campaign for the United States Senate. Born in Russell, Kansas, Dole was partially paralyzed during World War II. He later served in the Kansas…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1919 and 1949
Copper nameplate from the desk of U.S. Senator Arthur Capper. Originally from Garnett, Kansas, Capper established a large publishing enterprise in Topeka. In 1915 he was elected Governor and later…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1850 and 1871
Large steel serving spoon melted during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. A massive fire destroyed four square miles of downtown Chicago on October 8-10, 1871, killing hundreds of people.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1850 and 1871
Eleven steel serving spoons melted together during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. A massive fire destroyed four square miles of downtown Chicago on October 8-10, 1871, killing hundreds of…
