Medium: PhysicalObject
Bottle from Fort Hays, 14EL301
Date: 1867-1889
This clear glass bottle has a flared finish on an angled neck. The small bottle, just 2 inches high, was mouth-blown. It was recovered during excavations in 1966 by Kansas…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Kaolin Pipe
Date: Unknown
This pipe was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1963 and may have originated in Florida. The pipe is made of a white clay, also called Kaolin or pipe…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toothbrushes and a Toiletry Brush from Fort Hays, 14EL301
Date: 1867-1889
These toothbrush heads and handles and toiletry brush handle were recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County. Three of the artifacts, all toothbrushes, have holes drilled in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Walking Cane Head from Fort Hays, 14EL301
Date: 1867-1889
This carved ivory head for a walking cane was recovered in 1966 from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by archeologists from the Kansas Historical Society. The representation…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Slate Board Fragments from Fort Hays, 14EL301
Date: 1867-1889
These three slate board fragments were recovered in 1966 from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Slate boards were personal sized blackboards, reusable…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Cavalry Button from 14EL428
Date: 1869-1870
This military button was collected during a survey in 2017 in Ellis County. The button has a “C” on the front that designates it as a cavalry button. There is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Chipped Stone Artifacts from the Garret Site, 14TO327
Date: 2000 BCE-1000 CE
This stemmed dart point and two bifaces were recovered during the 1997 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school at the Garret Site in Trego County. The artifacts are made of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Dinner Plate from the Camp Falington Dump, 14CW338
Date: 1938-1940
This dinner plate fragment was recovered from a trash dump at Camp Falington, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Crawford County. All CCC camps received their supplies, including this…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Serving Bowl from the Camp Falington Dump, 14CW338
Date: 1935-1940
This serving dish fragment was recovered from a trash dump at Camp Falington, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Crawford County. All CCC camps received their supplies, including this…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Rifle Brass Cap or Patch Box Cover from the Tobias Site, 14RC8
Date: 1834-1889
This modified brass patch box cover was recovered from metal detection survey conducted during the 2019 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Tobias site in Rice County. It…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Glass Button from 14CW348
Date: 1875-1925
This fancy black glass button was recovered at an archeological site in Crawford County by a Kansas Historical Society archeologist. The button is decorated with a fleur de lis pattern…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Bifaces from the Wullschleger Site, 14MH301
Date: 1-1800 CE
These bifaces were collected from the Wullschleger site in Marshall County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1961. The bifaces, or cutting tools, were made of Permian chert…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Medicinal Bottles from the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association Dump, 14SH379
Date: 1919-1950
These medicinal bottles were recovered from the dump at the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association in Shawnee County. All four bottles have a small mouth external thread finish (the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Ink Well from the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association Dump, 14SH379
Date: 1919-1950
This ink well was recovered from the dump at the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association in Shawnee County. The clear glass square bottle was machine-made with two rings at…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Medicinal Bottles from the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association Dump, 14SH379
Date: 1919-1950
These two brown bottles were recovered from the dump at the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association in Shawnee County. Both bottles have crown finishes (the top of the bottle)…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Dishes from the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association Dump, 14SH379
Date: 1919-1950
These two dish fragments were recovered from the dump at the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association in Shawnee County. Shown are a saucer with a floral transferware pattern and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Dishes from the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association Dump, 14SH379
Date: 1919-1950
These dish fragments were recovered from the dump at the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association in Shawnee County. Shown are a dinner plate decorated with green bands and a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Medicinal Bottles from 14CW363
Date: Unknown
These two bottles were recovered from a historic site during an archeological survey by a Kansas Historical Society archeologist in 2010. The larger bottle has a cork with a clear…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toy Shovel from 14CW363
Date: Unknown
This toy scoop shovel was recovered from a historic site during a survey by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 2010. The site, in Crawford County, is a sink hole that…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Hobble dress
Date: between 1910 and 1914
This dress belonged to Marion Kirk King of Garnett, Kansas. King wore the dress on Election Day, November 3, 1914. It was the first presidential election in which Kansas women…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Pencil Sharpener from the Martindale Cabin, 14GR332
Date: Between 1945 and 1960
Germany’s World War II era war-oriented industry and pencil sharpeners are not often thought of together. However, that is the connection suggested by the Kansas Historical Society’s archeologist who analyzed…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Buttons from the Martindale Cabin, 14GR332
Date: 1857-1930
These six buttons were recovered from the Martindale Cabin in Greenwood County. Shown are china, bone, plastic, and bakelite buttons decorated with faceted surfaces, rays, and in a black calico…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Frozen Charlotte Doll from the Martindale Cabin, 14GR332
Date: 1857-1914
This nearly complete Frozen Charlotte doll was recovered from the Martindale Cabin in Greenwood County. Frozen Charlotte dolls, a type of china doll, were made from 1850 to the 1920s.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Silver Napkin Ring from the Martindale Cabin, 14GR332
Date: 1857-1930
This silver napkin ring, recovered from the Martindale Cabin in Greenwood County, must have added a touch of elegance to the table. The napkin ring has a molded floral pattern.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Jewelry from the Martindale Cabin, 14GR332
Date: 1857-1930
These five jewelry pieces were recovered from the Martindale Cabin in Greenwood County. Shown are a gold-plated brass bowtie, possibly for a stick pin, and four beads: a round orange…