Medium: PhysicalObject
Dividers
Date: between 1850 and 1860
Forged steel winged divider. James Cracroft used this tool while he was working as a cooper in Kansas from 1867 until his death in 1900. He brought coopering tools from…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Chamfering drawknife
Date: between 1850 and 1860
Cooper’s left-handed chamfering drawknife. James Cracroft used this tool while he was working as a cooper in Kansas from 1867 until his death in 1900. He brought coopering tools from…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Saber
Date: between 1850 and 1865
U.S. Navy officer’s saber with a brass hilt, sharkskin grip, and leather scabbard. Produced by the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts. This sword and scabbard were used during the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Tea service
Date: 1903
This silver tea set was given to Reverend Joseph E. and Nancy Jane (McPherson) Hopkins for their 25th wedding anniversary in 1903. The couple moved to Kansas from Illinois in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Woman’s hat
Date: between 1955 and 1965
Conical gray wool hat with a quilted brim. Point of crown is folded over, stitched to side, and trimmed with gray grosgrain bow. Found in the Emporia, Kansas, home of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Woman’s shoes
Date: between 1970 and 1979
Pair of Italian green vinyl high-heeled shoes with open toes. The shoes have slingback straps with metal buckles, and high blocky heels. Worn by Lucinda Bray in Kansas during the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Man’s black leather shoes
Date: between 1920 and 1940
Pair of man’s black leather shoes with gray suede tops and mother-of-pearl buttons. These shoes were owned by Harry Endlich (1887-1983), who bought them at The Palace clothing store in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Scott Brothers Ice Cream carton lid
Date: between 1925 and 1935
Cardboard lid for small cup of ice cream or sherbet, with pull tab at side. From by Scott Brothers Ice Cream Company of Topeka. The company was founded in 1879…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Bronze Napoleon III medal
Date: 1867
Bronze Napoleon III medal awarded to the State of Kansas at the 1867 Paris International Exposition. The front depicts the bust of Napoleon III, President and Emperor of France from…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Carry Nation’s bible
Date: 1903
Inscribed black leather Bible once owned by Carry A. Nation, a devout Christian and nationally recognized temperance advocate. Nation gave this Bible to her nephew, Joseph Moore. Nation, a resident…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Carry Nation’s bible
Date: 1908
Inscribed black leather Bible that belonged to Carry A. Nation, a devout Christian and nationally recognized temperance advocate. The Scottish Home-Workers Association presented this Bible to Nation on December 23,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Crazy quilt
Date: between 1940 and 1949
Crazy Quilt featuring irregularly shaped fabric pieces, and backed with silk ribbons from Kansas fairs. Top is formed of eight Crazy Quilt blocks, with each smaller fabric piece outlined in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Crazy quilt top
Date: between 1899 and 1900
Unfinished crazy quilt without a backing or binding. Quilt features many irregularly shaped pieces of fabric stitched to a cotton foundation and outlined in multi-colored embroidery. Embroidered names include the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Copper funnel
Date: between 1930 and 1949
Copper funnel used for the distillation of bootleg alcohol. Francis “Tim” Bannon, a lawyer and district judge, acquired this funnel following a criminal proceeding in Leavenworth, Kansas, which required its…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Copper kettle
Date: between 1930 and 1949
Five-gallon copper container used for the distillation of bootleg alcohol. Francis “Tim” Bannon, a lawyer and district judge, acquired this container following a criminal proceeding in Leavenworth, Kansas, which required…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Copper alcohol-tester
Date: between 1930 and 1949
Copper alcohol-tester used to determine the strength of bootleg alcohol. Francis “Tim” Bannon, a lawyer and district judge, acquired this tester following a criminal proceeding in Leavenworth, Kansas, which required…
Medium: PhysicalObject
No Saloon button
Date: between 1905 and 1915
Red and white metal “No Saloon” button with celluloid cover. This small button was produced as part the Prohibition movement of the early 20th Century. Organizations like the Anti-Saloon League…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Popsicle Pete sign
Date: 1937
Cardboard countertop advertising sign for Popsicles featuring the mascot “Popsicle Pete.” From Scott Brothers Ice Cream Company of Topeka, Kansas. Scott Brothers was founded in 1879 by Harry C. Scott…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Scott Brothers Ice Cream serving tray
Date: between 1925 and 1940
Cardboard carrying tray with holes for five ice cream cones, from Scott Brothers Ice Cream Company of Topeka. Scott Brothers was founded in 1879 by Harry C. Scott and claimed…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Scott Brothers Ice Cream sign
Date: 1929
Aluminum flavors sign from Scott Brothers Ice Cream Company of Topeka, Kansas. Made by the Wilson-Hurd Company of Wisconsin, the sign has slots for the cardboard inserts printed with names…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Fudgicle sticks
Date: between 1925 and 1935
Wood fudgicle sticks from Scott Brothers Ice Cream Company of Topeka. The words “Fudgicle” and “Free” were concealed by ice cream. When a person ate the frozen treat, he/she received…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Nine-Patch baby quilt
Date: between 1939 and 1945
Nine-Patch baby quilt made of pastel cotton fabrics and tied with blue yarn. Top is composed of twelve large blocks of alternating plain white and pink print squares. Separating the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Crazy quilt
Date: 1887
Elaborately decorated crazy quilt composed of irregularly shaped and multi-colored silk brocades, taffetas, and velvets. Quilt is made up of 20 large square blocks, each with embroidered initials or a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Mixed T baby quilt
Date: 1889
Baby’s cotton quilt pieced in Mixed T pattern. Top is composed of 63 small square blocks in all-over set without sashing. Each block features a large block “T” pieced of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Crazy quilt
Date: 1908
Small quilt or throw made in Crazy Quilt design, with 24 blocks of irregularly shaped multi-colored silk pieces. Each piece is outlined in embroidery stitches. Most blocks are ornamented with…