Medium: PhysicalObject
Ceramic Pipe from the Kansas River Valley
Date: Unknown
This pipe was found in the Kansas River Valley and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1925. A raised band surrounds the stem attachment and a series of lines…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Lock Plate from a Montgomery County Farmstead, 14MY2330
Date: Unknown
This lock plate was recovered from a Montgomery County farmstead by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists. The lock is set within the body of door. The cast iron mortise door lock…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Secret Deodorant Jar
Date: 1956-1958
This Secret Deodorant jar was recovered from a farmstead site in Montgomery County by Archeologists from the Kansas Historical Society. In addition to the name brand “Secret” and the floral…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Clock Case from 14CW363
Date: Unknown
Time has not been kind to this metal clock case. While it may have once stood proudly on a desk or a mantle, it was recovered by a Kansas Historical…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Radio advertising sign
Date: between 1950 and 1952
Sign advertising “Hopalong Cassidy” on KWBW radio. Masonite sign shaped like a waving flag on a wooden pole. The sign was used to advertise the “Hopalong Cassidy” radio program on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Bottle from the Fent Site, 14CS703
Date: 1880-1954
This bottle was one of many artifacts recovered during excavation at 14CS703 at an Emporia State University field school. The Chase County artifact collection was donated to the Kansas Historical…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Navy Pin from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: Unknown
This blue and white brass pin was recovered from between the floors during archeological monitoring in 2016 at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. The pin was attached to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Marbles from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site 14GH102
Date: 1877 - 1910
These three ceramic marbles were recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site during the 2006 excavations by Washburn University and the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program. All three marbles…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Doll Fragments from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
These five porcelain doll fragments were recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site during the 2006 excavations by Washburn University and the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program. The collections…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Plumb Half Hatchet
Date: Unknown
This plumb half hatchet was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2003. A Plumb half hatchet is also called a roofing hammer axe. Note the notch in the axe…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Master Butter Knife from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
The master butter knife shown here was recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site during excavations at the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Master butter knives have…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Infantry Insignia from Fort Harker, 14EW310
Date: 1867-1872
These four fragments of a hunting horn insignia were recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program. Insignia such as this were meant to be worn on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Thimble from Fort Harker, 14EW310
Date: 1867-1872
This thimble was recovered from Fort Harker during the 1996 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Thimbles were worn to protect the finger and to push the needle through material…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Beads from a Child’s Treasure Trove, 14EW310
Date: 1930-1959
Shown are eight of the 83 artifacts stored in a jar that was recovered during the Kansas Archeology Training Program excavation in 1996 at Fort Harker in Kanopolis, Kansas. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toiletries from a Child’s Treasure Trove, 14EW310
Date: 1930-1959
Shown are five of the 83 artifacts stored in a jar that was recovered during the Kansas Archeology Training Program excavation in 1996 at Fort Harker in Kanopolis, Kansas. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Pins from a Child’s Treasure Trove, 14EW310
Date: 1930-1959
Shown are three of the 83 artifacts stored in a jar that was recovered during the Kansas Archeology Training Program field school excavation in 1996 at Fort Harker in Kanopolis,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Jewelry from a Child’s Treasure Trove from Fort Harker, 14EL310
Date: 1930-1959
Shown are eight of the 83 artifacts stored in a jar that was recovered during the Kansas Archeology Training Program field school excavation in 1996 at Fort Harker in Kanopolis,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Toys from a Child’s Treasure Trove, 14EW310
Date: 1930-1959
Shown are 13 of the 83 artifacts stored in a jar that was recovered during the Kansas Archeology Training Program excavation in 1996 at Fort Harker in Kanopolis, Kansas. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Sad Iron from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
This sad iron, also called a flat iron or smoothing iron, was recovered during the excavations of the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Buttons from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
Four of these buttons were recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site during the 2006 excavations by Washburn University. They were later donated to the Kansas Historical Society. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Overall Buttons from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1912
These three overall buttons were recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site during the 2006 excavations by Washburn University and the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Rubber Buttons from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
These three hard rubber buttons were recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site a domestic site related to the settlement of Nicodemus, Kansas, an all black community in Graham…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Hat Pin from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
This hat pin fragment was recovered during the excavations of the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site. The hat pin fragment has…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Pipes from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
These two pipe fragments were recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site during the 2006 excavations by Washburn University. They were later donated to the Kansas Historical Society. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Ice weight card
Date: Unknown
Residents would place this card in their front window to indicate how much ice (by weight) they wanted from the T. Payne Company at 1759 South 21st Street in Kansas…