Medium: PhysicalObject
A Kansas Wheatfield
Date: 1923
This artwork is a black ink on rice paper woodcut showing a field of haycocks at dusk or dawn. A Kansas Wheatfield was drawn by Herschel C. Logan, who was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Lost Hope
Date: 1927
A black ink on rice paper woodcut showing a deserted oil derrick and a collapsing shed. Lost Hope was drawn by Herschel C. Logan, who was born April 19, 1901…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Monday Morning
Date: 1934
A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing a farmhouse with a woman rocking on the front porch, the laundry hanging on a line in front of her. According to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Noonday Rest
Date: 1938
A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing cows grazing and resting under a tree. The artist described this as a “composite scene of a typical Kansas vista.” Noonday Rest…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Sorghum Mill
Date: 1938
A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing a horse hitched to a mill grinding sorghum. A man in a hat behind the mill is feeding shafts into the back…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Summer Evening
Date: 1923
A black ink on kid finish Bristol paper woodcut showing farm house nestled among trees. The sketch was used on the invitation to the Mid-Western Artists Exhibition in Kansas City…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Summer Afternoon
Date: 1923
A black ink on long fiber bond paper woodcut showing two-story farm house with large cloud behind it. According to the artist, the sketch “was used on several cards, invitations,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Trosper Homestead
Date: 1934
A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing a dilapidated frame house. Trosper Homestead was drawn by Herschel C. Logan, who was born April 19, 1901 in Magnolia, Missouri, and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Tornado
Date: 1938
A black ink on paper woodcut showing a tornado moving through a farm yard. Tornado was drawn by Herschel C. Logan, who was born April 19, 1901 in Magnolia, Missouri…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Twilight
Date: 1923
A black ink on rice paper woodcut showing two barns with a narrow footpath leading to them. The artist made this sketch on his old boyhood farm near Winfield. Twilight…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Victim of the Dust
Date: 1938
A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing a deserted farm house with dust piled against and around it. The artist described it as “a composite of several sketches of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Nicodemus quilt top
Date: between 1875 and 1900
Unfinished quilt top made in a variation of the Love Apple appliqué design. The quilter was Mary Jane Lewis Scruggs, born in Missouri in 1866 to former slaves. Scruggs’ family…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Indian Attack near Russell, Kansas
Date: 1931
Adolph Roenigk, of Lincoln, Kansas, commissioned Jakob Gogolin to complete this painting in 1930. Roenigk wanted to reproduce the image for a book he was writing entitled, “Pioneer History of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Indians Surround Buffalo near Russell
Date: 1930
Adolph Roenigk, of Lincoln, Kansas, commissioned Jakob Gogolin to complete this painting in 1930. Roenigk wanted to reproduce the image for a book he was writing entitled, “Pioneer History of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Southern Kansas Fair Association, Wichita, Kansas
Date: 1891
This poster announces a fair to be held in Wichita, Kansas, sponsored by the Southern Kansas Fair Association.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Russell County fair
Date: October 4, 1921 - October 7, 1921
This poster announces the Russell County fair. The poster includes an illustration of a woman with farm produce and livestock. The fair officers are J. W. Blair, president, and H.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Sixth annual fair, Osborne, Kansas
Date: 1895
This poster announces the sixth annual fair of the Osborne County Fair Association to be held at Osborne, Kansas. Highlights of the fair include trotting, running and pacing races; livestock…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Osage County fair, Burlingame, Kansas
Date: 1896
This poster announces the twentieth annual Osage County Fair sponsored by the Osage County Fair Association to be held at Burlingame, Kansas. Highlights of the fair include livestock shows, a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Seventh annual fair, Riley, Kansas
Date: 1895
This poster announces the seventh annual fair of the Riley County Agricultural Society to be held at Riley, Kansas. Highlights of the fair include trotting, running and pace races; and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Custer’s dumbbell
Date: between 1869 and 1871
This dumbbell was forged by Fort Hays blacksmith Thomas Kennedy around 1869. It was used by General George Armstrong Custer during his time at Fort Hays. Custer stayed at the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Princeton, Kansas
Date: 1975
This photograph shows a view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Princeton, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
A Corner of Bryce Canyon
Date: between 1935 and 1945
Small vertically oriented intaglio print on white paper. Penciled artist’s signature below print. The artist was a founding member of the influential Prairie Print Makers, a group dedicated to promoting…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Civil War Valentine
Date: between 1861 and 1865
Joseph Forrest sent Valentines to Elizabeth Ehrhart during the Civil War. They were residents of Macon County, Illinois, and became engaged in 1858. Joseph enlisted on July 25, 1861 at…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Jess Willard’s saddle
Date: between 1915 and 1925
Jess Willard was born in Pottawatomi County, Kansas, and was world heavyweight boxing champion from 1915 to 1919. He used this item while he performed in the Buffalo Bill Wild…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Hyer cowboy boots
Date: between 1923 and 1950
Cowboy boots manufactured by the Hyer Boot Company of Olathe, Kansas. These boots feature Kansas symbols, including stitched wheat and sunflowers, and inlays of Jayhawks (the mascot for the University…