Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1853
Elaborately quilted red and green appliqué quilt in Coxcomb and Currents pattern (also known as Flowering Almond). Embroidered at center in pale blue with maker’s name and date: “ELIZABETH STARK…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1875 and 1899
Log Cabin quilt top in pattern variation known as Light and Dark. This unfinished quilt was made using the foundation method, with narrow silk strips basted to a cotton foundation.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1897
Fraternal ribbon composed of brass pin, gray silk, and celluloid medallion. The Sons of Veterans was an Allied Order of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union soldiers’ veterans…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1894
Fraternal ribbon composed of smaller red-white-blue ribbon and larger gold ribbon. The Sons of Veterans was an Allied Order of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union soldiers’ veterans…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1888 and 1894
Fraternal ribbon of ivory silk. The Sons of Veterans was an Allied Order of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union soldiers’ veterans organization. This ribbon was given to…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1893
Fraternal ribbon of white silk with embroidered red, yellow, and blue text and gold-colored fringe. The Sons of Veterans was an Allied Order of the Grand Army of the Republic,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1894
Fraternal ribbon of red silk with gold stamped text. The Sons of Veterans was an Allied Order of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union soldiers’ veterans organization. This…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1892
Fraternal ribbon of red and ivory silk. The Sons of Veterans was an Allied Order of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union soldiers’ veterans organization. Ribbon was given…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1883
Fraternal ribbon of ivory silk with blue text. The Sons of Veterans was an Allied Order of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union soldiers’ veterans organization. This ribbon…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1895
Fraternal ribbon of silver plated pin, ivory celluloid card, and red silk. The Sons of Veterans was an Allied Order of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union soldiers’…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1891
Fraternal ribbon of light-blue silk. The Sons of Veterans was an Allied Order of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union soldiers’ veterans organization. Ribbon was given to all…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1892
Fraternal ribbon of ivory-colored silk. Ribbon was presented to veteran soldiers of the G.A.R. at a dedication ceremony in Olathe, Kansas, in 1892. G.A.R. emblem in the center of the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1892
Fraternal ribbon consisting of metal badge-bar over red, white, and blue silk ribbon layers trimmed in metallic fringe. The crescent moon and star symbol in the center of the ribbon…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1860 and 1890
Fraternal ribbon composed of yellow silk with an off-white silk top layer. The donor (John Arrell Johnson) had served as the first lieutenant, captain, and major of Company A of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1875
A concert ticket for a “grasshopper concert” stamped January 1, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois. The illustration on one side depicts an audience and orchestra of grasshoppers playing the “March through…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1899 and 1902
Tandem bicycle with red painted steel frame. This two-seat bicycle was bought in 1906 by Harry Baugh of Garden City, then handed down to Joe Sartorius, and finally to Joe’s…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1896
This painting depicts the Battle of Byram’s Ford (a.k.a. Battle of the Big Blue), which took place on October 22, 1864, in Jackson County, Missouri. During the battle, the 2nd…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1934
A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing a man seated on left side of open doorway to his one-story sod shanty. According to the artist, the print was executed…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown date
A black ink on paper woodcut showing activity at the Akron, Kansas, Santa Fe depot. Country Depot was drawn by Herschel C. Logan, who was born April 19, 1901 in…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: Unknown date
A black ink on paper woodcut showing a General Store with a horse tied up to the rail, a man leaning back in his chair on the front porch.. The…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1921 and 1938
Woodcut titled “Sod Shanty” by Herschel C. Logan. A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing a man sitting to the left of the open door of his sod house.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1930
A black ink on long fiber bond paper woodcut showing a field of snow-covered haycocks with a farmhouse and barn in the background. The artist indicated this was “a composite…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1934
A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing a country school that according to the artist, was “on old U.S. 40 Highway near Manhattan, Kansas.” District School was drawn by…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1932
A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing a country elevator with two boxcars sitting beside it According to the artist, the scene is set in Minneapolis, Kansas. Hartley’s Elevator…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1934
A black ink on rag paper woodcut showing a house nestled among the hills. The artist said the scene was in the Milford, Kansas area. Kansas Hills was drawn by…
