Medium: PhysicalObject
Greensburg street sign
Date: 2007
Homemade street sign constructed of a 2″ by 4″ piece of wood and two rectangular-shaped pieces of plywood. Street names (Main and Scott) are spray painted in green on plywood…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Movie poster
Date: 1951
Narrow, rectangular-shaped poster promoting the re-release of the movie “Dodge City.” The poster is printed in sepia tones. The film starred Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Ann Sheridan. Flynn…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Movie poster
Date: 1953
One-sheet poster for the film “Topeka.” Printed on lightweight white paper. The film starred Bill Elliott as a bank robber who changes his ways and decides to protect his town…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Movie poster
Date: between 1966 and 1967
One-sheet poster advertising the movie “Gunfight in Abilene.” The poster is printed on heavy white paper and has a horizontal orientation. The film starred Bobby Darin as a sheriff who…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Whizzo the Clown goose
Date: between 1960 and 1980
Whizzo the Clown used this stuffed toy goose as a television prop. Whizzo was a character created by Frank Wiziarde, a children’s entertainer in Kansas City, Missouri. He was best…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Whizzo the Clown suitcase
Date: between 1960 and 1980
Yellow and red television prop suitcase used by Whizzo the Clown. Whizzo was a character created by Frank Wiziarde, a children’s entertainer in Kansas City, Kansas. He was best known…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Flower Basket quilt
Date: between 1840 and 1880
Pieced and appliquéd cotton quilt in flower basket pattern. Design features 32 flower baskets set in staggered rows, alternating with elaborately quilted white blocks. Baskets are pieced of red and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Double Irish Chain quilt
Date: between 1900 and 1904
Cotton quilt pieced in variation of Double Irish Chain pattern. Pieced blocks feature mostly brown or tan prints, and are edged with triangles in a light-blue print. Pieced blocks alternate…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Crazy quilt
Date: between 1888 and 1915
Crazy Quilt made up of irregularly shaped cotton and silk fabric pieces assembled around a central blue medallion featuring the embroidered letter “H.” Each fabric piece is decorated with featherstitched…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Tropical Butterflies
Date: 1951
Preliminary scientific butterfly illustration drawn by Ottawa artist William H. Howe (1928-2009), who spent a lifetime drawing butterflies. Howe’s interest in insects surfaced as a boy in California, when he…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Moth illustration
Date: 1950
Preliminary scientific moth illustration drawn by Ottawa artist William H. Howe (1928-2009), who spent a lifetime drawing butterflies and winged insects. Howe’s interest in insects surfaced as a boy in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Swallowtail Butterflies
Date: 1950
Preliminary scientific butterfly illustration drawn by Ottawa artist William H. Howe (1928-2009), who spent a lifetime drawing butterflies. Howe’s interest in insects surfaced as a boy in California, when he…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Butterfly illustration
Date: 1949
Preliminary scientific butterfly illustration drawn by Ottawa artist William H. Howe (1928-2009), who spent a lifetime drawing butterflies. Howe’s interest in insects surfaced as a boy in California, when he…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Sphinx Moths
Date: 1949
Preliminary scientific moth illustration drawn by Ottawa artist William H. Howe (1928-2009), who spent a lifetime drawing butterflies and winged insects. Howe’s interest in insects surfaced as a boy in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Pacific Coast spring butterflies
Date: 1944
Preliminary scientific butterfly illustration drawn by Ottawa artist William H. Howe (1928-2009), who spent a lifetime drawing butterflies. Howe’s interest in insects surfaced as a boy in California, when he…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Bowl
Date: between 1917 and 1942
“Mistral Blue” pattern Henriot Quimper ceramic bowl. This bowl is part of set made in France and owned by Virginia Bostick McArthur (1888-1977). As a child, she lived near Salt…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Chamber pot
Date: between 1900 and 1913
Ceramic chamber pot, part of a multi-piece toilet set made by Johnson Brother Pottery, England. Flow blue pattern with raised foliate designs. Johnson Brothers was one of the largest earthenware…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Pitcher
Date: between 1827 and 1833
White ceramic ironstone pitcher with a green transfer-printed design overall featuring hand-tinted red, blue, and yellow flowers. The design is very similar to Spode pattern B173. The pitcher was owned…
Medium: PhysicalObject
French Yerri doll
Date: 1918
A French Yerri doll purchased by a U.S. nurse during WWI. The doll is wearing a traditional Alsatian costume and a black fur hat. This Yerri doll was created in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Gesundheit mug
Date: between 1933 and 1935
Stoneware mug with printed design depicting man drinking a pint of beer labeled “non-alcoholic.” The word “Gesundheit” (meaning “good health to you”) and its accompanying image are associated with the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Inkwell
Date: between 1850 and 1890
Earthenware inkwell with white glaze. Hinged lid, hollow body, round opening at center top encased in brass collar. Transfer-printed flowers decorate top of lid and front of inkwell. This inkwell…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Whizzo the Clown birthday club card
Date: between 1970 and 1986
Paper membership card for the Birthday Club sponsored by Whizzo the Clown. Whizzo was a character created by Frank Wiziarde, a children’s entertainer in Kansas City, Kansas. He was best…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Serving plate
Date: 1976
Ceramic serving plate in the shape of Kansas, made of Kansas clay and wheat by art students from the University of Kansas for the nation’s bicentennial year. Kansas Secretary of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Football helmet
Date: between 1920 and 1928
Brown leather and wool football helmet made by the Schmelzer Company, a sporting and athletic goods retail and wholesale firm located in Kansas City, Kansas. The helmet’s user is not…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Uniform boots
Date: between 1950 and 1955
Pair of large, white rubber “Mickey Mouse” boots. Lace-up front with nylon ties. The donor, a veteran of the Korean War, purchased these boots from another veteran in western Kansas.…