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1844 Quarter from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1844
This quarter was minted in 1844 in New Orleans. It was recovered from the site of the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program, the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. It shows a seated Liberty on one side and an eagle on the other. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Advertising Token from the Plowboy Site, 14SH372
Date: 1933-1934 CE
This advertising token was collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The Plowboy site was home to the Kansa, the Potawatomi, and Euro-Americans. At various times, the site contained a farm, a trading post, and a post office with nearby military trails, Mormon routes, a railroad and the California-Oregon trail. One side of the token depicts a Union Pacific train with the words: UNION PACIFIC LUCKY PIECE. The reverse depicts the Alcoa logo with the words: A SAMPLE OF THE ALUMINUM IN THE NEW UNION PACIFIC TRAIN BUILT BY PULLMAN CAR & MFG. CORP. ALCOA ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA GREENDUCK CHI.
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Bears Grease Jar Lid from the Quindaro Site, 14WY314
Date: 1857-1863
This lid from a jar of Bears Grease hair conditioner was recovered from excavations at the Quindaro Townsite, an archaeological district now part of Kansas City, KS. The lid reads "Genuine BEARS GREASE (For T)he Hair PREPARED BY JULES HAUEL Perfumer 120 Chestnut St. PHILADELPHIA." Hauel was listed as being located at the 120 Chestnut Street address until 1854 when he moved. He continued to make the Bears Grease product until 1865.
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Bisque Doll from 14GR301
Date: Unknown
This bisque doll head and body was recovered from the Curry site in Greenwood County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. The Curry site was a multicomponent (multiple occupations) site occupied periodically during the Archaic, Early Ceramic and Middle Ceramic Periods. However, this doll shows that there was also modern material recovered at the site. The doll had jointed arms and legs and may have once had a painted face and hair, though, if so, no trace remains.
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Bottle from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: Unknown
This complete aqua bottle may have once held medicine, either prescribed or patented. It was recovered during the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. Time and oxidation have created an interesting white swirling pattern on the surface of the bottle. There was no bottle maker's mark on the bottom to aid in dating the bottle. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Brass Button from the Minneapolis Site, 14OT5
Date: Unknown
This brass button was found at the Minneapolis site, a Smoky Hill aspect village occupied around 1232 C.E to 1409 C.E. However, this button comes from a much more modern time period and was intrusive on the site. It was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1972. The decorated front of the button depicts the Dutch royal sheild topped by a crown and supported by two lions, likely a modern reproduction. Archeologists have to take into account all artifacts from a site, not just those that seem appropriate for the time period or group being researched.
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Buffalo Brick from the Quindaro Site, 14WY314
Date: 1902-1966
This brick, with the word "Buffalo" molded on one side, was recovered from excavations at the Quindaro Townsite, an archaeological district now part of Kansas City, KS. The Buffalo Brick plant of Buffalo, Kansas, was in operation from 1901 to 1966, though they did not begin to manufacture bricks until 1902. As these dates are somewhat later in Quindaro's history it may be that the brick was part of a dumping episode.
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Button Blank from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1857-1945
This small wooden button blank would have been used to create shell buttons, most likely for use on infant's clothing. It was recovered during the excavations at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. Shell buttons were most popular from the late 1800s until World War II, when plastic buttons began to dominate the market. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Buttons from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: Unknown
These five buttons are among the many that were recovered from the excavations at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program. Descriptions for the buttons are from left to right: a handmade wooden five-hole button with offset holes, it may have been painted; a very small (ligne 14) shell button with a sunburst or floral cut pattern; a metal loop button with a floral pattern; a china red and white calico four hole button decorated in a triad design; and a china blue and white four hole button decorated in a zig-zag design. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Buttons from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1857-1971
These six buttons are among the many that were recovered from the excavations at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program. The two buttons on the left are glass calico buttons showing two different patterns. Next to the calico buttons is a wooden four hole button and a glass two hole button. On the right are two black glass buttons, one with either a "5" or an "S" on the front and the other decorated in facets.
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Buttons from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
Four of these buttons were recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site during the 2006 excavations by Washburn University. They were later donated to the Kansas Historical Society. The button on the right was recovered during excavations at the site by the Kansas Archaeology Training Program staff and participants. This domestic site was related to the settlement of Nicodemus, Kansas, an all black community in western Kansas. The buttons (from left to right) are: a large 4-hole shell button (perhaps for a coat), a glass 4-hole dish button, a small 4-hole shell button (child's size), a blue and white mottled glass 3-hole button (child's size), and a 2-hole shell button.
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Ceramic Pipe from the Quindaro Site, 14WY314
Date: 1850-1859
This ceramic pipe was recovered during excavations at the Quindaro townsite in 1986. It was first associated with a feature at the site that was discovered to be a late 19th to early 20th century farmstead. However, as it was recovered deeply buried in a trench the Archaeologist determined that it dated from the 1850s. The pipe has a faint mark, perhaps a maker's mark, on either side of the stem. A small amount of charcoal-like residue is at the base of the pipe bowl's interior, though there are no other signs that it had been smoked.
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Child's Cup from Quindaro, 14WY314
Date: 1857-1863
This child's cup was recovered from excavations at the Quindaro Townsite in Wyandotte County. The brief occupation of the Quindaro Townsite and the rapid sealing of archeological deposits help today's Archeologists to see a snapshot in time. Though the cup is missing a handle and several key words from the verse, enough remains to conjecture it was a religious poem for the month of April.
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Child's Shoe Sole from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1857-1971
The sole to a small child's shoe was one of many artifacts recovered during the excavations at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the 2016 Kansas Archeological Training Program. The sole is 4.75" long, 1.75" at it's widest point and 1.1" at it's narrowest. This would be a Toddler's size 5 by today's standards. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Coffee Cups from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
These coffee cups fragments were recovered during the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program at 14GH102. The Thomas Johnson/ Henry Williams Dugout site was a domestic site related to the settlement of Nicodemus, an all black community in western Kansas. Interns at the Kansas Historical Society spent many hours reconstructing the broken cups. Each cup has a molded dot and curvilinear pattern above the base.
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Condiment Jar from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1888-1910
This jar was recovered during the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program excavations at 14GH102, the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams dugout site, in Graham County. 14GH102 is a domestic site related to the settlement of Nicodemus, an all black community in western Kansas. Though somewhat clouded with a patina, the base reveals that the jar was made for the "H. J. Heinz Co."
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Cup and Bottle from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: Unknown
This bottle, with the cork in place, and metal cup were recovered at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. During the removal of some of the floor boards, a space was noted behind a wall below. When the stones were removed it was discovered that the space housed this bottle and cup in addition to a broken glass tumbler and a whittled piece of wood. The bottle has no bottle maker's mark to help identify the time period when these items were stored behind a wall in the cellar.
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Davis' Vegetable Pain Killer Bottle from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1845-1945
This bottle was recovered during the excavations at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. The small bottle has molded advertising for "DAVIS' VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER." This popular pain killer was patented by Perry Davis in 1845 and its ingredients included mainly opiates. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Dishes from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
These four fragments of dishes were recovered during the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program excavations at 14GH102, the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams dugout site in Graham County. All four dish fragments are decorated in a slightly different floral pattern. From left to right: a porcelain cup; a porcelain fragment with both a molded and painted pattern embellished with gold paint; a whiteware plate or saucer fragment with a scalloped edge; and a porcelain fragment with gold trim made by the Pope-Gosser China Company of Coshocton, OH. The domestic site is related to the settlement of Nicodemus, an all black community in western Kansas.
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Dish with Maker's Mark from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1850-1861
This fragment of a dish, either a plate or a saucer, was recovered during the archeological monitoring of the Last Chance Store in Council Grove in 2016. On the bottom of the dish the nearly complete maker's mark from potter John Alcock is shown. John Alcock operated his pottery in Cobridge, Staffordshire, England from 1850 until 1861. Additional advertising on the dish notes the piece to be "Imperial Ironstone China." The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Doll Fragments from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
These five porcelain doll fragments were recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site during the 2006 excavations by Washburn University and the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program. The collections from Washburn University were later donated to the Kansas Historical Society. The fragments include a portion of black hair & eyebrows along with a portion of the doll's face, a fragment of a doll's left hand and three pink cheek fragments. This domestic site was related to the settlement of Nicodemus, Kansas, an all black community in western Kansas.
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Dominos and Dice from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: Unknown
Leisure time activities are well represented at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove by these two dice, possibly from a board game, and the four dominos. All four of the dominos appear to be handmade. All of these artifacts were recovered during the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program at the Last Chance Store. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Earring from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1857-1971
This earring was recovered during the archeological monitoring at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove in 2016. The style is called a French Hook with an amber colored glass bead and tear drop pendant. The bottom of the hexagon pendant is faceted. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Enamelware Pitcher from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102
Date: 1877-1910
This enamelware pitcher was recovered during the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Thomas Johnson/ Henry Williams Dugout site. The pitcher is decorated with marbled cobalt blue and white enamelware, a process first invented in Germany in the 1760s as a way to coat iron so as to prevent rust and a metallic taste in food and drink. In America enamelware production began in the 1870s and continued until the 1930s. For this piece, after its life as a pitcher had passed, it served as a target, being hit at least seven times. The Thomas Johnson/ Henry Williams Dugout site was a domestic site related to the settlement of Nicodemus, an all black community in western Kansas.
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Eyeglasses from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: Unknown
This nearly complete pair of eyeglasses was discovered at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the excavations at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. Both lens are cracked, but complete within their frame. One of the adjustable bows has been lost. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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