Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1960 and 1965
Joan Ledeboer arrived just in time for Christmas, on December 3,1963, in Belvue, Kansas. Her aunt and uncle, Mary and David Prickett, bought this infant’s Santa Claus ensemble for Joan’s…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1961
This is a 4-cent Kansas Statehood Centennial stamp issued in 1961.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1898 and 1899
Tattered red, white, and blue Filipino flag. The flag was found in a footlocker that belonged to Claude Spurlock (1877-1953), who was born in Perry, Kansas. Spurlock probably acquired the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1899
Miniature US flag awarded to veterans of the 20th Kansas Infantry Regiment at a commemorative reception in Topeka, Kansas, on November 2, 1899. The flag was found in a footlocker…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1942
Jimmy Knight started his food service career in 1942 with this small lunch cart. Knight used this cart to sell food in downtown Topeka, especially near the Statehouse grounds. Knight…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1880 and 1900
This set of wooden blocks was owned by Mary Josephine Patterson Hambleton (b. 1879) and later given to her son, Philip Newton Hambleton (1910-1991). They were used in Lincoln, Le…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1914
The American Manufacturing Concern in Jamestown, New York made these wooden building blocks. Alice Elizabeth Bouse (1912-2002) of Centralia, Kansas received the set as a Christmas gift in 1914.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1927
Corked clear-glass milk bottle filled a wooden structure made to resemble a Masonic symbol and painted blue. The artist was Frederick I. Douglas (1871-1933), born in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, and…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1927 and 1933
Corked clear-glass milk bottle containing a carved wooden figure symbolizing the plantation life endured by the artist’s father. The artist was Frederick I. Douglas (1871-1933), born in Wabaunsee County, Kansas,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1879
Framed mourning print commemorating the death of four children from Parkerville, Kansas. This lithograph commemorates the death of Thomas Poole’s four children—Martha (11), Ida (8), Clara (5), and Walter (4)—who…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1937 and 1945
United States jack flag flown on the USS Wichita battleship, a heavy cruiser launched in 1937. Nicknamed “The Wicked Witch,” the USS Wichita served in the North Atlantic and Pacific…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1937 and 1945
Federal-style pennant flown on the USS Wichita battleship, a heavy cruiser launched in 1937. Nicknamed “The Wicked Witch,” the USS Wichita served in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans during…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1860 and 1865
The Southern Cotton Gin Company of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, manufactured this wood and cast metal cotton gin. Joseph Piazzek, a Polish immigrant living in Valley Falls, Kansas, purchased it for $60.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1917 and 1936
Hand painted porcelain vase decorated by amateur artist Gertrude M. Anderson Armantrout. Born in Topeka, Kansas in 1891, Armantrout painted china as a hobby from 1906 to 1936. Some pieces…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1929
Hand painted porcelain vase decorated by amateur artist Gertrude M. Anderson Armantrout. She signed and dated each piece, marking this one “November 1929.” Born in Topeka, Kansas in 1891, Armantrout…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1915
Hand painted porcelain jardinière decorated by amateur artist Gertrude M. Anderson Armantrout. She signed and dated each piece, marking this one “August 1915.” Born in Topeka, Kansas in 1891, Armantrout…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1916 and 1925
This child’s creamware dish with five yellow chicks was produced by the Roseville Pottery Company. The rolled edge design prevented spilling. Roseville introduced a juvenile pattern line in 1910, using…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1950 and 1970
Metal leg brace with leather bands, made between 1950 and 1970. It belonged to the donor’s mother, Betty Jean Funk Thomas (1923 – 2004). Betty was born and raised in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1956
Album containing four records of square dancing music by Carson Robison and his Old Timers, with dance calls by Lawrence V. Loy. Inside front cover has an image of a…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1920 and 1927
Steiff donkey pull-toy with wooden wheels on metal axles attached to the feet. Covered in gray wool felt with a brown leather saddle and a red felt blanket. Black yarn…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1879 and 1880
This ceramic roof tile came from the Hetherington House in Atchison, Kansas. Webster Wirt Hetherington was a prominent businessman in Atchison. He worked at the Exchange National Bank his family…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1915
Round wooden pill container marketing (and originally containing) Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Containing a combination of iron oxide and Epsom salts, Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills were marketed…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1971
Regal China produced this “Trophy Bottle” in 1971 for the James B. Beam Distilling Company. Designed for the 125th anniversary of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s birth, it was filled…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1969
The Ezra Brooks Distilling Company of Frankfort, Kentucky created this University of Kansas Jayhawk decanter in 1969. It originally contained bourbon. Erza Brooks had a full line of University mascot…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1946 and 1956
This pale green ceramic planter with a raised triple leaf design on front and back and a drainage hole in bottom was made by Dryden Pottery in Ellsworth, Kansas between…
