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These five buttons were just a few of those recovered during excavations in 2014 of the Adair cabin site, home of Reverend Samuel and Florella Brown Adair and their family, in Osawatomie, Kansas. Osawatomie and the Adairs were much involved with the abolitionist movement during the "Bleeding Kansas" years. The buttons include a handmade wooden five-hole button with offset holes, two shell 4-hole buttons, a china 4-hole button, and a china 2-hole button. The four white buttons were likely used on shirts, waistcoats, underwear, or for children's clothing. The larger wooden button could have been used for trousers, jackets, and some dresses.
Date: 1855-1912
Item Number: 446289
Call Number: 14MM327
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 446289
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Clothing
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework - Sewing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - European Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Historic sites - John Brown Museum
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
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