Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1920-1961
This jar of Cavalier Boot Creme was recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The polish was used to shine and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1980
This key plate from a door lock was recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The ornately decorated plate allowed access…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1877-1920
These oil lamp fragments once held a globe or shade secure on top of an oil lamp. They were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. One fragment show…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1930
These porcelain doll and figurine fragments were recovered at an archeological site in Rice County. The figurine is that of a woman holding a basket in the crook of her…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1980
This small clear glass bottle sherd displays part of an unusual decoration or bottle maker’s mark. The sherd was recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Shown is a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1960-1969
These Dodger soda pop bottles were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Made by The Dodger Company of Dubuque, Iowa, Dodger soda pop was a short-lived (1960s) cola…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1930
These upper ends of medicinal bottles were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The bottle fragments all have a prescription type finish (rim). The hall was constructed in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1919
These bottle bases were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Each base shows a pontil scar, also called a ring pontil, that indicates the bottle was made using…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1920
These toothbrush fragments were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The toothbrush handle has “Le Trocédero” engraved on the top. The Trocadéro is a name for an area…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1950
These bottle closures were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Shown are two lead seals (the larger has molded lettering), a foil cap (advertising Riker’s), and foil cap…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1914-1955
This Pond’s face cream jar was recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The jar contained either Pond’s Cold Cream or…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1930
These bottles were recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The bottle shape was preferred for commercially packaged horseradish. One bottle…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1980
These pieces of jewelry were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. Shown is a brass cuff link with an “M” monogram, a brass rectangular filigree pendant, a thin…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1980
These glass, wood, and plastic beads in assorted shapes and colors were recovered during excavations at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The hall was constructed in 1855 and functioned in a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1800-1860
These flintlock gun parts were recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. Both are part of the firing mechanism for guns…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1940
These lamp fragments were recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. Lamp parts shown are an amethyst colored glass base, an…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1950
These hand mirror fragments were recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The handle and frame for the mirror is brass…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1930
This unusual shaped bottle rim and neck with its cork closure present was recovered from Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The funnel-shaped bottle may have once contained pharmaceuticals. Corks were a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1920-1960
This brown glass bottle with a metal screw-on cap was recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The bottle is decorated…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1851-1950
These slate board fragments, slate pencil stubs, and pen clips were recovered during the excavations at the Kaw Mission State Historic Site in Council Grove in 2016 and 2018. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1 CE-1900
This large horseshoe was recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. A horseshoe is used to support a horse’s hoof. This…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1940-1960
This fragmented drinking glass was likely a promotional item that once held peanut butter. The glass is encircled with branding marks below western scenes. The glass depicts a cowboy in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This firearm butt plate was recovered from the Baker house in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1972. The bottom…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1866-1950
These buttons were recovered from the Emporia State University’s archaeological field school in 1981 and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The oldest button, on the left, is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1905-1960
This kitchen knife was recovered from a farmstead in Chase County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The blade has been sharpened many times on this all-purpose…
