Medium: PhysicalObject
Rosedale Bath and Hotel bath key fob
Date: Unknown
Key fob from Rosedale Bath and Hotel. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Shot Glass from the Kaw Mission, 14MO368
Date: 1905-1918
This aluminum shot glass was recovered during the Metal Detector survey in 2016 at the Kaw Mission in Council Grove by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and volunteers. The lettering below…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Union Infantry Officer’s Coat Button from the Kaw Mission, 14MO368
Date: 1855-1880
This Infantry military button was recovered during the Metal Detector survey in 2016 at the Kaw Mission in Council Grove by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and volunteers. Buttons are measured…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Coffee Cups from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
These coffee cups fragments were recovered during the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program at 14GH102. The Thomas Johnson/ Henry Williams Dugout site was a domestic site related to the settlement…
Medium: PhysicalObject
“Trooper” Cap Gun from the Kaw Mission, 14MO368
Date: Post 1930
This cap gun was recovered during the Metal Detector survey in 2016 at the Kaw Mission in Council Grove by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and volunteers. The Detective Police Snub…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Junior G-Man Corps Badge from the Kaw Mission, 14MO368
Date: Between 1935 and 1945
This Junior G-man badge was discovered during the metal detector survey in 2016 at the Kaw Mission in Council Grove by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and volunteers. The badge was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Bifaces from Riley County
Date: Unknown
These two large bifaces were both recovered from Riley County. The largest biface was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1880 and is made from Florence chert. Its pink…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Solid Shot for 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle from the Kaw Mission, 14MO368
Date: Unknown
This 3-pound solid shot was found at the Kaw Mission State Historic Site in 2016 in association with artifacts from the Civil War. It would have been used with a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Enamelware Pan from the Kaw Mission, 14MO368
Date: Unknown
This complete enamelware pan is decorated in a style called spatterware. The pan is coated with enamel, which when fired created a non-porous glaze on the surface, enabling easier clean…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Portrait of Philip Henry Sheridan
Date: between 1870 and 1888
Miniature portrait of Philip Henry Sheridan. Watercolor on ivory, unsigned and undated. Oval portrait in a leather box. Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888) graduated from West Point in 1854. He quickly…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Frozen Charlotte Doll
Date: 1850-1920
This complete Frozen Charlotte doll was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2016. The bisque doll was molded as a solid piece. This doll measures 2 1/4″ tall, has…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Frozen Charlotte Doll from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1857-1920
This nearly complete Frozen Charlotte doll was recovered from the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during construction monitoring in 2016. Frozen Charlotte dolls, a type of china doll, were…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Marble from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1857-1971
This marble was recovered during the monitoring of construction work at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. It is made of glass with blue, white and red swirls. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Blower
Date: between 1955 and 2000
Burner for bending glass tubes in the production of neon signs. Two crossfiring cannon burners attached to a small square base. Belonged to Emil Kutka of Topeka, former owner of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Enamelware Pitcher from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
This enamelware pitcher was recovered during the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Thomas Johnson/ Henry Williams Dugout site. The pitcher is decorated with marbled cobalt blue…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Tokens from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1855-1937
Two different tokens were recovered during the 2016 Kansas Archeological Training Program at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. One was an aluminum 1 mill tax token from Oklahoma…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Painting
Date: between 1945 and 1955
Unfinished oil painting by Albert T. Reid (1873-1955) depicting George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) leading the soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry out of Fort Hays. The artist began the painting as…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Tobacco Tags from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1860-1929
These three tobacco tags were recovered during the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. Tobacco tags began as a way to brand or…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Brass Button from the Minneapolis Site, 14OT5
Date: Unknown
This brass button was found at the Minneapolis site, a Smoky Hill aspect village occupied around 1232 C.E to 1409 C.E. However, this button comes from a much more modern…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Blower
Date: between 1955 and 2000
Hand torch for bending glass tubes in the production of neon signs. Belonged to Emil Kutka of Topeka, former owner of the Neon Advertising Company. City directories indicate that Kutka…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Ceramic Doorknobs from Fort Hays, 14EL301
Date: 1867-1887
These two doorknobs were among the many recovered from excavations at historic Fort Hays by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. One is only the knob portion while the other has a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Condiment Jar from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1888-1910
This jar was recovered during the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program excavations at 14GH102, the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams dugout site, in Graham County. 14GH102 is a domestic site related to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Goodyear Rubber Button from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1857-1872
This button was among the many that were recovered from the excavations at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Buttons from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: Unknown
These five buttons are among the many that were recovered from the excavations at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program. Descriptions for…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Glass Bottle Stoppers from Fort Hays, 14EL301
Date: 1867-1889
The four bottle stoppers were recovered during excavations in 1966 by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County. All four bottle stoppers are solid glass with…