Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These two lighting fixture fragments were recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeology field school in 1973. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1867
This shoulder scale strap was collected from Camp Fletcher in Ellis County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2019. The strap was worn by enlisted and Non-Commissioned officers…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1867
This stamped brass hat pin was collected from Camp Fletcher in Ellis County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2019. The pin shows the arms of the United…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1867
These two gun wrenches, used for gun maintenance, were collected from Camp Fletcher in Ellis County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2019. Camp Fletcher was abandoned in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1867
This brass front piece for a military buckle plate was collected from Fort Fletcher and donated in 2019 to the Kansas Historical Society. Camp Fletcher, in Ellis County, was abandoned…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1853-1868
This silver half dime was recovered from Fort Zarah during the 1969 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school, a joint project undertaken by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and Kansas Anthropological…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This stove leg was collected at Fort Zarah in Barton County and donated in 1973 to the Kansas Historical Society. The ornate cook stove leg was collected from the building…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1878-1882
This canning lid liner advertises the Consolidated Fruit Jar Company, of New York, was recovered from Constitution Hall, in Lecompton. The company’s initials, C F J C, are intertwined in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These pipe stem and bowl fragments were recovered from Fort Zarah in 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the location of the original fort building. The top row shows…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These five pipe stems were recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County during the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) field school in 1973. The stems are…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This pipe stem was recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by Emporia State Teacher’s College’s (now Emporia State University) archeology field school in 1973. The stem advertises “MURRAY”…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This lamp burner fragment was recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) during their archeological field school in 1973. Shown…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This picture frame and glass was recovered from the Baker house in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This glass inkwell was recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by an Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Inkwells were designed…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These four metal buttons were recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Two are 4-hole…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These five china buttons were recovered from the Baker store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school in 1973. Shown is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These three china buttons were recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by the Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) in 1973. Shown is a black and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These three black glass buttons were recovered during excavations in 1973 by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school at the Baker Store in Morris…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This gilt button has a back mark advertising its manufacture by Kendrick and Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. The two part button, which is missing its loop attachment, was made in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These five buttons were recovered from Fort Zarah. Shown are two china 4-hole dish buttons, a bone 4-hole button with a recessed center, a metal 4-hole pants button, and a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
This black coat or jacket button was recovered from Fort Zarah. The button back advertises the “NOVELTY RUBBER CO. GOODYEAR’S PATENT 1851.” This is the mark of the Novelty Rubber…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
These four shell buttons were recovered from the Baker Store in Morris County by Emporia State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeology field school in 1973. Shown is a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1869
This General Service buttons was recovered at Fort Zarah, in Barton County, during excavations at the 1969 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school, a joint project undertaken by Kansas Historical…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1869
These five gilt buttons are what button manufacturers refer to as “rich orange colour.” One button has this back mark, which refers to the color and quality rating of the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1885-1947
Shown are three examples of 2-hole shell buttons with recessed centers. The buttons were recovered from the Martin Farmstead in Republic County. The site was the location of an archeological…
