Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1915-1998
This bottle stopper was recovered during excavations in 2014 of the Adair cabin site, home of Reverend Samuel and Florella Brown and their family, in Osawatomie, Kansas. While Osawatomie was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1912
These five buttons were just a few of those recovered during excavations in 2014 of the Adair cabin site, home of Reverend Samuel and Florella Brown Adair and their family,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1854-1870
These three slides show the only known artifacts from 14WO309, a military site in Woodson County. Shown are a lead ball, a bridle part with the lettering “US,” and a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1912
These 10 marbles were recovered during excavations in 2014 of the Adair cabin site, home of Reverend Samuel and Florella Brown Adair and their family, in Osawatomie, Kansas. The marbles,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1890-1912
This complete bottle was recovered during excavations in 2014 of the Adair cabin site, home of Reverend Samuel and Florella Brown Adair and their family, in Osawatomie, Kansas. Osawatomie and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1912
This gunflint was recovered during excavations in 2014 of the Adair Cabin site, home of Reverend Samuel and Florella Brown Adair and their family, in Osawatomie, Kansas. Gunflints were used…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 2016
Small, rectangular-shaped poster printed on heavy white paper. The poster was used to promote a Melissa Etheridge holiday concert, held at McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University on December 18,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1879-1952
This clay pipe was found along Salt Creek south of Ada, Kansas, and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1975. The pipe style, Pamplin, was named after those made…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1908-1989
Spark plugs were invented in 1860 in France. Since then, many different styles and brands have been manufactured. Shown here are four complete and fragmented spark plugs from a vanished…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
Ear horns or ear trumpets are funnel-shaped tools for improving hearing. They collect the sound waves and direct them into the ear. This ear trumpet was made of a ferrous…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1920-1929
This cast iron Ford Coupe toy car is now missing the front half of the passenger’s side. However, years ago it provided some lucky child with hours of amusement. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1940
This bisque tie-on doll arm was recovered from the Ottawa County archeological site. The arm measures 2 1/4″ long and, while difficult to ascertain, appears to represent a left arm…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1850-1920
This pipe fragment was recovered from the surface of a multicomponent (multiple occupations) site in Elk County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1975. This historic period artifact…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
These three lead bullets were collected from Russell County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2015. Two of the bullets are .32 caliber lead bullets. The other is…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1885-1947
These two beads were the only beads recovered from the Martin Farmstead in Republic County. Both beads were found near the wrap around porch of the house. The rose colored…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1750-1920
This pipe was collected from southeastern Kansas and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1994. The complete pipe is made of white clay, sometimes called pipe clay. The initials…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This lever-type lock key arrived in the collections of the Kansas Historical Society with either no or lost provenience, its record of ownership. While this is disappointing it does not…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This button front was recovered during excavations in 1973 by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University) archeological field school. The button front depicts a cameo of a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1862
This small pocket knife was recovered during excavations in 1972-1973 by the Kansas State Teacher’s College (now Emporia State University). It was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1993.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1943 and 1946
Possible Enemy Chemical Warfare Agents. Approved War Department Graphic Training Aid 3-2, January 4, 1944. Belonged to Private First Class John Lee Meyer, Jr. Meyer, a native of Phillipsburg, Kansas,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1940 and 1945
Souvenir knife made of a piece of shrapnel from the London Blitz. Collected by Private First Class John Lee Meyer, Jr. Meyer, a native of Phillipsburg, Kansas, was drafted into…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1929-1966
This mustard jar was recovered from the cave fill at site in Logan County. The jar shows the typical barrel shape of a mustard jar. On the bottom is the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This frizzen and flash pan for a flintlock firearm was recovered from Montgomery County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2002. The flash pan holds the priming powder…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
These two metal knife blades with tangs were found in Jewell County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1924. The knife on the left was made from a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1842-1853
This metal drive hook was recovered from the Fort Scott National Historic Site during excavations conducted there between 1968 through 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Drive hooks can have…
