Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1910-1950
This toy saddle was recovered from a farmstead in Chautauqua County during excavations by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The detailed saddle has a hole on its top for attachment of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1910
This pipe fragment was recovered from a farmstead in Chautauqua County during excavations by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The pipe is manufactured of clay in a two-part mold (mold seams…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These pipe bowl fragments were recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The pipes are made of clay and decorated with a variety of reed…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1980
These three brass disks were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The function of these disks is likely decorative, but it is unknown to what they were attached.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1920
This wick trimming scissor fragment was recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Scissors like this one were used for trimming candle wicks allows the candle to have a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1870
This spent and smashed bullet was recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. This lead bullet would have been crimped into place at the top of the ammunition casing.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1870
These bullets were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The ammunition consisted of a bullet (shown here) and gunpowder wrapped in a paper tube. The two larger bullets…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1820-1870
This percussion cap was recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. These caps were used for powder ignition in muzzleloading and early breechloading guns. By the 1860s and 1870s…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1986
These china buttons, all with assorted colors around and on their edges, were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall. The Hall, in Lecompton, was designated a National Historical Landmark for…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1986
These buttons were recovered during an excavation in 1988 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew members at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Shown are recessed 4-hole sew through buttons, black…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1920
These wooden buttons were collected during an excavation in 1988 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew members at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The buttons include recessed 4-hole type with…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1940
These shell buttons were collected during an excavation in 1988 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew members at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The buttons include a recessed 4-hole button,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1920
These buttons were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Center-bar buttons are named for the bar that crosses the center of the button for attachment purposes. Constitution Hall…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1940
These five buttons were collected during an excavation in 1988 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew members at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Shown are dome and cone shaped buttons,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1856-1920
These brass buttons were recovered during excavations in 1988 at Constitution Hall, in Lecompton, by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew. Three of the buttons are decorated in floral or…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This cup fragment was recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The porcelain cup is decorated in a blue and white Willow pattern, transfer printed…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1849-1880
These Infantry buttons were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. They are Sanders type two piece buttons with an Omega shank attachment. The buttons depict a left facing…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This brass smoking pipe cover was recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Pipe covers protected the pipe and the tobacco within from wind and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This complete pipe and pipe bowl fragments were recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The pipes are made of white clay, sometimes called pipe…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These pipe stem fragments were recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The pipes are made of white clay, sometimes called pipe clay. The stems…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These pipe fragments were recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The pipes are made of white clay, sometimes called pipe clay. The bowls and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1900
This doll arm was recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The doll arm is made of bisque porcelain and has…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1940
These dish fragments were recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. Shown are saucers, cups and plates decorated by transfer printing,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862-1929
These bottle fragments were recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The side panel on the left advertises Seeley’s Extract that…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1910-1940
These ink bottles were recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. Both bottles are machine-made in a square design that offered…
