Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1882-1925
This nearly complete soup bowl was recovered from excavations at the Quindaro Townsite in Wyandotte County. The bowl was a surface find in Feature 34, a cellar, and may represent…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1863
This whiteware pitcher fragment may be an example of hotelware or restaurant ware, a sturdy type of tableware. It was recovered from excavations at the Quindaro Townsite in Wyandotte County.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This center bar belt buckle was recovered during excavations at historic Fort Hays, in Ellis County, by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1966. Formerly the buckle was shiny brass, as…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These four brass keys were among the many that were recovered during excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1966. A key consists…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
This brass button was recovered during excavations at historic Fort Hays, in Ellis County, by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1966. The brass alloy has a high copper and zinc…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1865
This General Service Button was found on the surface of an archeological site in Clark County. The button, manufactured by the Scoville Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut, measures to 3/4″…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1868
Both of these coins were recovered in 1966 from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Archeologists from the Kansas Historical Society. One is a shield nickel minted…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
The ladies comb was recovered in 1966 from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by archeologists from the Kansas Historical Society. The comb could have been worn like…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1933-1934 CE
This advertising token was collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The Plowboy site was home to the Kansa, the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1976
This slide, taken in 1976 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists, shows the remnant of a sod house in Cheyenne County. The view is to the west of a doorway and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1840-1950
This ornate container, possibly a jewelry box, was collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The box may be made…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900-1950
This whimsical hand painted coffee cup was from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The cup had been refit by the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These eight buttons were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Shown are a broken shell button, a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This brass thimble was recovered by Kansas Historical Society archeologists at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station, in Washington County, the location of a pony express station, a post office, a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1891
This dinner plate or platter was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and volunteers at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station. This…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This key was collected from a multicomponent (multiple occupations) camp site in Hamilton County and donated in 1975 to the Kansas Historical Society. Shown is a luggage key meant to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These two plate sherds, decorated in a floral flow blue patterned with gold trim, were reconstructed in the Archeology Lab at the Kansas Historical Society. One can tell that the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1899-1930
This button hook and shoe horn were collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The Plowboy site was home to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1890
This ice cream scoop was collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The Plowboy site was home to the Kansa,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1930
14HM313, in Hamilton County, is a multicomponent site with both prehistoric and historic artifacts, of which this bit is one. While there are many different styles of bits, this particular…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: November, 1957
This authorized dealer decal was created by the Woods-Beeton Decal Company of Wichita, Kansas and used by the Hesston Corporation, an agricultural implement manufacturer in Hesston, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1864-1921
This glass telegraph insulator was collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The Plowboy site was home to the Kansa,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1920-1950
This malted milk jar was collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. Horlick’s Malted Milk was meant to be served…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1861-1910
These were recovered from the Plaster House site in Gray County during excavations by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The Plaster House is possibly a late 19th or early 20th century…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1879-1899
This thimble was recovered from excavations at the Plaster House site, a dugout in Gray County. Thimbles were worn to protect the finger while pushing through a needle during sewing.…
