Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These buttons were recovered during excavations at the Baker house in Morris County, undertaken by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972. Three of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These calico buttons were recovered during excavations at the Baker house in Morris County, undertaken by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These embroidery scissors were recovered during excavations at the Baker house in Morris County, undertaken by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This reconstructed sauce dish was recovered during excavations at the Baker house in Morris County, undertaken by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This door lock, hinge fragment, and hook was recovered in 1966 from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The lock would have been…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These toothbrushes were recovered in 1966 from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The toothbrushes have holes drilled in the heads for inserting…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This brass advertising banner was recovered by Kansas Historical Society archeologists during excavation at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County. It may have been fixed to a display box for…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This door lock was recovered in 1966 from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The lock was made by the Russell and Erwin…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1821-1970
This small clear glass bottle was recovered at the McGee/Harris Stage Station site in Osage County. The bottle has a reinforced finish and was closed with a cork or stopper.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1821-1870
These plate fragments were recovered at the McGee/Harris Stage Station site in Osage County. Both fragments were once part of dinner plates, one decorated using a method called transfer printing…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This axe head was recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. There are many…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1821-1870
This sad iron, missing its detachable handle, was recovered at the McGee/Harris Stage Station site in Osage County. Sad irons have been used for ironing clothes since the Middle Ages…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1821-1900
These hog ring pliers were recovered at a Santa Fe trail stream crossing site in Osage County. The pliers have a special grooved jaw to hold the hog rings when…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1821-1870
This tintype picture frame was recovered at a Santa Fe trail stream crossing site in Osage County. Tintypes, also called melainotypes or ferrotypes, are made by creating a positive on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1821-1870
This unexceptional piece of metal was once helpful in keeping wagons moving along the Santa Fe trail. The square wagon box washer was recovered at a Santa Fe trail stream…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1869
These wrenches were recovered during a survey at the Havana Stage Station in Osage County. These heavy-duty wrenches may have been used on passing stagecoaches and wagons. The wrench on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 2017
This LGBTQ Diversity Pride flag was designed and made by Gilbert Baker. Baker, an artist and activist, was born in Chanute, Kansas, in 1951 and grew up in Parsons. As…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These pipe stems were recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Each stem retains its bit, also called a button or lip, that is held…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This pipe was recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The pipe was hand made by French pipe manufacturer, L. Fiolet of St. Omer (1768-1921)…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1869
This pipe stem was recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The stem has “PETER” on one side and “DORNI” on the other in block…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1821-1870
This lead ball ammunition was recovered at a Santa Fe trail stream crossing site in Osage County. The .064 caliber ball was used in a muzzle loading gun. The transition…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1823
This Liberty dime was recovered at a Santa Fe trail stream crossing site in Osage County. The silver dime, minted in 1823, is a type called “Capped Bust,” meaning it…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This pipe bowl front was recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Shown is the lower half of a man’s face with a worn nose,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These pipe bowl fragments were recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. This pipe style, Pamplin, was named after those made at the Pamplin Pipe…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These pipe stem fragments were recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. All but one pipe fragment is made of white clay, sometimes called pipe…
