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Ax
Date: between 1900 and 1904
Iron and oak felling ax marked along one side: "This axe used by Blanche Boise in smashing the glass cover to picture of Custer's Last Fight." Topeka resident Blanch Boise was a follower of the nationally recognized temperance advocate Carry Nation. Boise was known for violent acts directed at entities associated with the illegal consumption of alcohol. On January 9, 1904, Boise entered the Kansas State Historical Society rooms in the Kansas Statehouse and attacked a framed Anheuser-Busch advertisement depicting a print of Cassilly Adam's famous painting, "Custer's Last Fight," found on Kansas Memory with the Item Number of 305138. Boise was arrested and incarcerated that night. Working in conjunction with Carry Nation, Boise later continued her temperance work by smashing the glass fronts of four Topeka saloons and two drugstores.
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Axe Head from the Adair Cabin, 14MM327
Date: 1855-1912
This axe head was 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 Western or Wisconsin style axe head has a faint manufacturer's mark. It is 22.5 cm long with one bit end measuring 11.9 cm and the other 11.1 cm.
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Bungstart
Date: between 1880 and 1930
Oak bungstart with bowed handle and detachable head. This bungstart served as a mallet to remove corks (bungs) from a beer keg.
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Carry Nation's broadax
Creator: William Beatty & Son
Date: 1901
This steel broad ax was given to Carry A. Nation, a devout Christian and nationally recognized temperance advocate. Nation, a resident of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, achieved infamy for attacking saloons with a hatchet to discourage drinking and was frequently jailed for vandalism. In January 1901, Nation embarked on a highly publicized trip to Topeka, Kansas, to attend a meeting of the Kansas Temperance Union. During her trip, she assaulted multiple saloons while brandishing axes. According to Robert Scott, an employee of a Kansas Avenue hardware store, Nation entered the store during a raid on a nearby saloon and asked, "Mr. Scott, have you a hatchet I could use?" Scott provided Nation with this axe. William Beatty and Son, a long-established tool company located in Chester, Pennsylvania, produced the axe.
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Handsaw Medallion from 14CT382
Date: 1887-1900
This brass handsaw medallion was recovered during 1995 archeological investigations at a farmstead in Chautauqua County. The medallion is a screw that features the makers' mark on the top. This medallion is labeled with "H M FINCH'S PAT DEC 27 1887 COLUMBIA ST LOUIS." This advertising was used by the Simmonds Hardware Company of St. Louis, Missouri.
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Plumb Half Hatchet
Date: Unknown
This plumb half hatchet was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2003. A Plumb half hatchet is also called a roofing hammer axe. Note the notch in the axe blade used for pulling nails.
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Saw Handle from Fort Scott, 14BO302
Date: 1874-1972
This wood saw handle was recovered from the Fort Scott National Historic Site during excavations conducted there between 1968 through 1972 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. The saw handle is most similar to a Disston saw, manufactured and sold by the Henry Disston and Sons, Inc. The handle was originally a closed handle style, but was modified by an owner by sawing through the hand grip. The lower portion of the was cut off, perhaps accidently during the modification, and then repaired with a screw. The initial "E" has been incised onto the handle. When Fort Scott was built it was on the western military frontier, but is now located within the city limits of Fort Scott.
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