Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1947
These paste gems were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Paste gems are generally made of glass…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These spoon and handle fragments were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Though eroded, four different patterns…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1880-1940
This marble was recovered from an historic farmstead in Atchison County by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 2012. The marble is made of clay and represent hours of fun for…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1879
This small aqua tinted glass bottle was recovered from excavations at the Quindaro Townsite in Wyandotte County. It has an open pontil scar on the base and a flared finish…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This key plate was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The fancy plate allowed access to the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These dish fragments were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. A wide variety of decorated dishes were…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These dish fragments were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. A wide variety of decorated dishes were…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These pocket watch gears were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The site was the location of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These china and bisque doll fragments were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The fragments represent at…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This glass bottle stopper was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Bottle stoppers were essential to close…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1930
This brass smoking pipe cover was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Pipe covers protected the pipe…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These white glass buttons, all with assorted colors around and on their edges, were recovered during excavations at the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1900-1941
This button was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Wording on the button is “FOR GENTLEMEN” in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These glass buttons were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. All are in the 4-hole dish style.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These shell buttons were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Shown are 2- and 4-hole buttons. One…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These buttons were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Shown are glass, bone, hard rubber, and plastic…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These glass and jet buttons were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Shown are buttons decorated with…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
This nose bridge fragment was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. This wire frame segment sat on…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1920
These metal shank buttons were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Shown are (from left to right)…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1900
This lancet was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Lancets such as this one were used during…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1920
This metal hairpin was recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Hairpins generally are long and are used…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1941
These dominoes were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. The larger domino may have been homemade. Dominoes…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1882
This finial was recovered from Fort Wallace in Wallace County in the vicinity of the Officer’s Quarters. A finial is an ornamental piece generally at the top of an object.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1865-1882
These .50-70 cartridges were recovered from Fort Wallace in Wallace County at the Enlisted Men’s Barracks. Both were recovered in the vicinity of the Enlisted Men’s Barracks. Fort Wallace was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1857-1920
These bottle fragments were recovered from the 1991 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Hollenberg Pony Express Station in Washington County. Each has words related to the products…
