Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1912
This 1912 campaign token was recovered from a late 19th- to early 20th-century farmstead in Cowley County. It was issued during Theodore Roosevelt’s unsuccessful Bull Moose Party presidential campaign. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1930-1939
This small bottle was recovered from a late 19th- to early 20th-century farmstead in Cowley County. It once held Vicks VA-TRO-NAL nose drops manufactured by the Vick Chemical Company in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1924-1931
A series of firearm awards given to Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler. Dr. Hertzler was an avid shooter and hunter and won numerous awards in marksmanship and shooting during his lifetime.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1970
An invitation and napkin from the celebration of the republication of “The Horse and Buggy Doctor.” The celebration included an autograph party featuring Dr. Irene A. Koeneke and actor Milburn…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1936-1953
A collection of medical convention badges and pins belonging to Dr. Irene Koeneke. Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
Christmas card signed by Irene A. Koeneke and Arthur E. Hertzler. Card scene is ‘Nearing Harvest at Doxrua.’ Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1894-1970
A collection of items, medals, badges, and documents of Dr. Hertzler’s found in a safety deposit box and a box labeled artifacts. Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1940
This bright blue toy dish was recovered from a late 19th- to early 20th-century farmstead in Cowley County. The concentric rings around the rim are somewhat like those found on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1920
This unusual padlock key was recovered from a late 19th- to early 20th-century farmstead in Cowley County. The key has a ball on the end of the bow, a shank…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1932-1960
This mousetrap was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2021. It has lost its provenience, the record of ownership, and while this is disappointing, it can still be used…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1930
These dish fragments were just a few of those that were recovered from a late 19th- early 20th-century farmstead in Cowley County. A wide variety of decorative patterns were recovered…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1800-1870
This brass black powder flask was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2021. It has lost its provenience, the record of ownership and while this is disappointing, it can…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1920-1990
This dismembered rubber spider must have once been a fright to come upon unknowingly. It was recovered from an archeological site in Cowley County with a small prehistoric component and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1867-1889
These bottles were recovered from the Fort Hays State Historic Site between 1966 and 1970. The bottles range in size from 2 1/8″ to 5″ high and most are clear…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1945
The dinner plate fragment was recovered during a survey of the Murray Trash #3 site, near the Minersville coal mining operation in Cloud County. The porcelain dish is decorated with…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1879-1899
These candy dish fragments were excavated at the Plaster House site in Gray County, possibly a late 19th- or early 20th-century dugout. The fragments were reconstructed in the archeology lab.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1879-1899
This reconstructed ceramicpitcher was excavated at the Plaster House site in Gray County, possibly a late 19th- or early 20th-century dugout. It is decorated with a blue and brown floral…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1879-1899
These buttons were excavated at the Plaster House site in Gray County, possibly a late 19th- or early 20th-century dugout. They include buttons for ladies dresses and shirts. They are…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1879-1899
These marbles were excavated at the Plaster House site in Gray County, a late 19th- or early 20th-century dugout. The marbles are made of clay and glass and represent hours…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1879-1899
This fancy metal toothpick was excavated at the Plaster House site in Gray County, a late 19th- or early 20th-century dugout. This example was suspended from a chain and may…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1880
This enlisted infantry man’s military button was likely used for a coat. The button was collected from the Wells village site in Barton County and donated to the Kansas Historical…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1860-1875
These pinfire shotshell base was collected from the Wells village site in Barton County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2021. The base is marked with “E. B.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1920
This button was recovered from Grinter Place State Historic Site in Wyandotte County. The white glass button was made in the “fish-eye” style. Grinter Place is a two-story brick home…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This lice comb was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Lice combs have tightly spaced teeth to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1855-1950
This marble was recovered from Grinter Place State Historic Site in Wyandotte County. The blue glass marble is a commie (common) and not used as a shooter while playing games.…
