Medium: PhysicalObject
World War I toy soldier
Date: between 1914 and 1925
This figure represents a World War I shooting a rifle. Made of lead, he is part of a set of toy soldiers dating from 1914 to 1925.
Medium: PhysicalObject
World War I toy soldier
Date: between 1914 and 1925
This figure represents a World War I soldier playing a bugle. Made of lead, he is part of a set of toy soldiers dating from 1914 to 1925.
Medium: PhysicalObject
World War I toy soldier
Date: between 1914 and 1925
This figure represents a World War I soldier sitting at an anti-craft gun. Made of lead, he is part of a set of toy soldiers dating from 1914 to 1925.
Medium: PhysicalObject
World War I toy soldier
Date: between 1914 and 1925
This figure represents a World War I soldier carrying an American flag. Made of lead, he is part of a set of toy soldiers dating from 1914 to 1925.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Plate
Date: between 1891 and 1921
This white porcelain plate has raised elements and is decorated with an image of a mountain, flowers and bamboo. The plate’s mark, “SHOFU,” indicates the Nagoya Potteries in Japan produced…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Kansas Centennial doll
Date: between 1960 and 1961
The Kansas Antique Doll Club designed this doll for the Kansas Centennial in 1961. The doll was meant to represent dolls carried by children traveling through Kansas at the time…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Condiment jar
Date: between 1884 and 1909
This porcelain condiment jar with a notched lid and matching saucer is hand painted with a knot-work design. The trademark indicates Moritz Adekauer (M.Z. Austria) produced this piece between 1884…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Child’s plate
Date: between 1916 and 1925
This child’s creamware plate with six yellow chicks around the edge was produced by the Roseville Pottery Company. Roseville introduced a juvenile pattern line in 1910, using animal motifs and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Vase
Date: between 1875 and 1898
Two-handled, hand-painted porcelain vase with floral motif including pansies and leaves. The Hubbe Brothers of Germany made this vase between 1875 and 1898.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Teapot
Date: between 1885 and 1902
Terracotta teapot with traditional tea leaf straining holes in the spout. This teapot was made in Osaka, Japan between 1885 and 1902. It was acquired in Sendai, Japan where donors…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Cowboy hat
Date: 2005
A cowboy hat worn by Kansas native Danni Boatwright while competing on “Survivor: Guatemala.” This Kansas City Chiefs hat is made of straw and is spray-painted pink. In 2005, Boatwright…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy cupboard
Date: 1893
This toy cupboard of light oak was given to Ida Ann Vaughn about the time of her mother’s death in 1893. Ida was born November 3, 1892 on a farm…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Krazy Ikes construction set
Date: between 1954 and 1965
A set of “Krazy Ikes” plastic construction pieces. This set was made between 1954 and 1965 by the Whitman Publishing Company, who began making boxed games and jigsaw puzzles in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Tinker Toys
Date: between 1920 and 1932
Wooden Tinker Toy set made between 1920 and 1932. William Kvicala received this set as a gift between 1936 and 1940. William grew up in Nortonville, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Erector set
Date: 1935
This erector set of steel and iron parts in a cardboard box was made in 1935. The Erector Set was created by A.C. Gilbert and marketed by him in 1913.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy chest of drawers
Date: 1892
Toy chest of drawers is made of natural finish quartered oak, three drawers with two wooden pulls each and an oval mirror in a swivel frame with circular decorations at…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Construction set
Date: 1931
This set consists of wood pieces, and a book of objects you can build with the set. It was made by the G.B. Lewis Company in Watertown Wisconsin in 1931.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Lincoln Logs
Date: between 1970 and 1979
This is a set of Lincoln Logs in a cardboard container from the 1970s. The log cabin is one an images associated with Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln Logs first appeared in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy stove
Date: between 1950 and 1960
Enameled coral pink “Kiddie Kooker” electric stove. This stove was made in the 1950s by The Sparks Bourne Handy Corporation.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy typewriter
Date: between 1960 and 1970
Toy typewriter made of lithographed tin with folded seams and rolled edges. When the red lever flanked by pair of functional red keys is depressed, the printing dials at the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy washboard
Date: between 1900 and 1930
Toy washboard of pine and zinc made between 1900 and 1930. A green label on the back contains the quote: “Little Girls must learn to wash. For Washing is a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Admiral Byrd
Date: 1936
A black ink on rag paper woodcut, portrait of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr. in dress uniform by Herschel Logan. A member of the Prairie Printmakers, Logan executed this…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Back Porch
Date: 1928
A black ink on rice paper woodcut of a porch with a wooden crate sitting on it, by Herschel Logan. One of the Prairie Printmakers, Logan executed this work in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Autumn
Date: 1924
A sepia, orange and beige ink on paper woodcut of a one and a half story house by Herschel Logan. One of the Prairie Printmakers, Logan executed this work in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
The Fighter
Date: 1930
A black ink on rag paper print of boxing champion Jack Dempsey, by Herschel Logan. Logan, one of the Prairie Printmakers, executed this work in 1930. He was born April…