Inkwell
This inkwell was excavated at Fort Hays in Ellis County. The distinctive shape is commonly called igloo, domed, teapot, turtle, or monitor. The lettering on the side of the bottle reveals it to be...
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This knife was excavated in 1972 from a campsite in Johnson County. The site dates to what Archeologists call the Early Ceramic period. The knife may have been used for other purposes such as scraping...
View ArticleGrasshopper Falls phase Early Ceramic Vessel
This reconstructed pottery vessel was found at the Booth Archeological site, a hamlet site in Jackson County, Kansas. The pot was reconstructed from many sherds, with the spaces filled in with...
View ArticleAerial view of the Army Service Schools and Staff College at Fort...
This is a color postcard with an aerial view of the Army Service Schools and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The postcard shows Riverside Drive, residences, north bridge and Missouri River.
View ArticleDelhi School in Dickinson County, Kansas
This is a photograph showing students at Delhi School in Dickinson County, Kansas. Three students are identified: (eighth from left) William Jolitz, (tenth from right) Mary Blunderfield, and (eighth...
View ArticleDoran lily pool at Gage Park in Topeka, Kansas
This is a color postcard showing the Doran lily pool at the Reinisch Memorial Rose Garden at Gage Park in Topeka, Kansas.
View ArticleHarry Leroy Woolston
Here are five photographs of Harry Leroy Woolston who worked as a toll collector at the east end of Missouri River bridge at Atchison, Kansas. He worked for the Atchison & Eastern Bridge Company...
View ArticleJohanna (Bohm) Jolitz and Lydia Berthe Jolitz's home in Talmage, Kansas
This is a photograph of Johanna (Bohm) Jolitz standing on her porch in Talmage, Kansas. The house was owned by Lydia Berthe Jolitz and her mother Johanna (Bohm) Jolitz. It was built by Johanna's sons.
View ArticleMosby-Mack baseball players, Topeka, Kansas
Three players from the Topeka Mosby-Macks are shown in this snapshot from 1945, pictured left to right: Paul Fink, Don Bliss, and Bud Fawl. The Mosby-Macks were an American Legion team representing...
View ArticleTableware Maker's Marks
Tableware sherds found at the Canville Trading Post site, 14NO396, in Neosho County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1994. The sherds show the maker's marks of potteries of J. & G....
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