Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1971
This piece of fabric has been cut into a half-square triangle quilting piece. It was recovered during excavations at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Last Chance Store…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1882
This base of a serving bowl was recovered during the excavations at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The four…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1866-1925
These four thread spools were recovered during the excavations at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. All of the spools are wooden…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1971
These four marbles were recovered at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the excavations at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program. Three of the marbles are ceramic and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
Leisure time activities are well represented at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove by these two dice, possibly from a board game, and the four dominos. All four of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1844
This quarter was minted in 1844 in New Orleans. It was recovered from the site of the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program, the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. It…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This complete aqua bottle may have once held medicine, either prescribed or patented. It was recovered during the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Last Chance Store in Council…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1851
This unique three-cent silver coin was recovered during the excavation at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. The coin was minted in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1891 - 1921
This toy iron and dish were recovered from the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the archeological monitoring of the site in 2016. They were found during the removal…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1866
This 1866 shield nickel was recovered during the excavation at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program. It was minted in 1866 in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This bottle, with the cork in place, and metal cup were recovered at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. During…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1898
This decorated teaspoon would have been a shiny silver-plated piece of flatware when it was in use. It was recovered from excavations at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown
This nearly complete pair of eyeglasses was discovered at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the excavations at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Both lens…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1914
This handbill advertises a baseball game between Gaylord and Smith Center on July 19, 1914. Both teams had competed a few days earlier in a four-team tournament held in Smith…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1909
This photograph from 1909 features Roy McMahon of Alma, Kansas. McMahon was an infielder for the Clay Center minor league baseball club in the Class D Central Kansas League. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900
Member ribbon from the 29th Annual Meeting of the Kansas State Dental Association in Topeka, May 3-5, 1900. Gold on white. Member badge at top and circular button with the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1910 and 1930
Clark Heater Number 7-D by the Chicago Flexible Shaft Company. Metal wedge-shaped case covered in green wool carpet. Drawer on right side for holding coal. Vents on left side and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1896 and 1934
Counter display for Dr. C.L. Stocks’ Kansas Headache Cure containing twelve individual boxes of medicine. The display and boxes are cardboard faced with pale blue paper. The individual boxes each…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1915 and 1935
Quarantine sign for scarlet fever. Black block letters on red cardboard. Families whose members were ill with a contagious disease would purchase and display a quarantine sign either in the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1923 and 1940
Jar of Seelye’s Fro-Zona ointment. Opaque white glass jar with black metal lid and paper label. The A.B. Seelye Company of Abilene was established in 1890 and incorporated in 1897.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1923 and 1938
Jar of Vaporizing Mentho-Goose-Grease Compound distributed by Foltz Pharmacy of Hutchinson. Includes opaque white octagonal jar with lid, orginal box, and blue paper envelope with a free sample of Foltz’s…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1913 and 1919
AbilenA Water. Brown bottle with tin cap and yellow, red, and blue paper label. Bottle is about half full of clear liquid with white sediments at bottom. AbilenA Water was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1892 and 1894
Sheer white nurse’s hat. Gathered and pleated around edge. Part of the student uniform of Edetha Dodds Womer (1869-1949), the first graduate of Christ Hospital of Topeka’s nursing program in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1906 and 1935
Small round tin of Mentholatum. Cover illustration of a young girl dressed as a nurse. Manufactured by the Mentholatum Company of Wichita. The company was originally founded as the Yucca…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1904 and 1910
Dr. Scott’s Electric Hair Brush. Ornately decorated blue-green hard rubber brush with black bristles. Also includes the original carboard box and enclosed catalog. George August Scott’s hairbrushes and other “electric”…
