Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1913
Two hand painted lanternslides inside a handmade wood frame. One depicts a robin, the other a pink rose and carnation. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1913
Hand painted glass lanternslide depicting a daisy, morning glory and tulip, inside a handmade wood frame. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel Reader between 1866 and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1876
Hand painted lanternslide depicting two flowers in a handmade wood frame. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel Reader between 1866 and 1913. Reader was a Kansas…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1913
Hand painted lanternslide with two panes inside a handmade wood frame, depicting a child and a louse. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel Reader between 1866…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide, Texas Gallinippers
Date: between 1866 and 1913
Pair of hand painted lanternslides in a handmade wood frame. The two paintings depict a large mosquito head and mosquitoes attempting to carry away a man’s bucket. The latter scene…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1913
Two hand painted lanternslides depicting landscapes, inside a handmade wooden frame. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel Reader between 1866 and 1913. Reader was a Kansas…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1913
Hand painted lanternslide in a handmade wood frame. Depicts a white farmhouse, perhaps the house built by Samuel Reader for his wife, Lizzie, in 1872. This slide is part of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide, Site of Castle Fotheringay
Date: between 1866 and 1913
Hand painted lanternslide in handmade wood frame. Titled, “Site of Castle Fotheringay / Execution of Mary Q. of Scots.” This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel Reader…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1913
Hand painted lanternslide with handmade wood frame. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel Reader between 1866 and 1913. Reader was a Kansas farmer who was active…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: 1866
Hand painted glass lanternslide of a ship at sea. This slide is housed in a leather frame with a lever so that the ship can appear to be rocked back…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1913
This is a hand painted lanternslide with handmade wooden frame. This slide is part of a collection of slides made by Samuel James Reader depicting his experiences in the Civil…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide, Capturing a Yank at Big Blue
Date: between 1866 and 1913
This is a hand painted lanternslide with handmade wooden frame. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel James Reader documenting his experiences in the Civil War. It…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1913
This is a hand painted lanternslide with handmade wooden frame. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel James Reader documenting his experiences in the Civil War. It…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide
Date: between 1866 and 1913
This is a hand painted lanternslide in handmade wood frame. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel Reader between 1866 and 1913. Reader was a Kansas farmer…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Samuel Reader lanternslide, Home Defender
Date: 1901
Hand painted lanternslide of temperance advocate Carry A. Nation smashing a barrel of rum with an axe. This slide is part of a collection made by Samuel Reader between 1866…
Medium: PhysicalObject
20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry flag
Date: between 1898 and 1899
Silk regimental flag of the Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, which served in the Spanish-American War from 1898 to 1899. The flag is blue with the State Seal in the center.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Spur
Date: between 1900 and 1910
Metal and leather spur made by the Harpham Brothers of Lincoln, Nebraska. Belonged to (and probably used in retirement by) Colonel James Oakes of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry. Oakes was…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Military uniform jacket
Date: between 1872 and 1879
Woolen dress military jacket, as prescribed by U.S. Army regulations from 1872 to 1879. Worn by Colonel James Oakes of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry. Oakes was the commanding officer at…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Amelia Earhart sculpture
Date: between 1979 and 1981
Small plaster bust of aviatrix Amelia Earhart by Kansas artist Peter “Fritz” Felten, Jr. The model is associated with the 1981 installation of statues in the Kansas statehouse rotunda. A…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Senator Arthur Capper sculpture
Date: between 1979 and 1981
Small plaster bust of Senator Arthur Capper by Kansas artist Peter “Fritz” Felten, Jr. The model is associated with the 1981 installation of statues in the Kansas statehouse rotunda. A…
Medium: PhysicalObject
William Allen White sculpture
Date: between 1979 and 1981
Small plaster bust of newspaper editor William Allen White by Kansas artist Peter “Fritz” Felten, Jr. The model is associated with the 1981 installation of statues in the Kansas statehouse…
Medium: PhysicalObject
General Dwight Eisenhower sculpture
Date: between 1979 and 1981
This small plaster bust by Kansas artist Peter “Fritz” Felten, Jr. depicts General Dwight Eisenhower. The model is associated with the 1981 installation of statues in the Kansas statehouse rotunda.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Sun plane
Date: between 1830 and 1850
Cooper’s wooden sun plane, with arced wooden stock and steel blade. James Cracroft used this tool while he was working as a cooper in Kansas from 1867 until his death…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Croze
Date: between 1836 and 1852
Wooden post of a tight barrel croze. James Cracroft used this drawknife while he was working as a cooper in Kansas from 1867 until his death in 1900. He brought…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Twist bit
Date: between 1850 and 1860
Double-twist spiral auger bit. James Cracroft used this bit while he was working as a cooper in Kansas from 1867 until his death in 1900. He brought coopering tools from…