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This button front was recovered during excavations in 1972-1973 by the Kansas State Teacher's College (now Emporia State University). It was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1993. The archeological site in Morris County was the location of the Baker House, which burned in 1862. The button front depicts a cameo of a helmeted woman facing right. She wears a laurel wreath upon her head and has pendant-type earring.
Date: 1862
Item Number: 444326
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444326
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework - Sewing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button
People - European Americans
Places - Counties - Morris
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
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