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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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Shell Button from the Enright Site, 14JO188
Date: 1750-1900
This button was collected from an archeological site in Johnson County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2022. The button, in a four-hole style, shows use wear along one edge. The Enright site is what archeologists call a multicomponent site, meaning it was occupied at various times, from approximately 10,000 years ago to today.
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Shell Buttons from Constitution Hall, 14DO321
Date: 1856-1940
These shell buttons were collected during an excavation in 1988 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew members at Constitution Hall in Lecompton. The buttons include a recessed 4-hole button, decorated 4-hole buttons, a 4-hole dish button, and 2-hole buttons. The Hall, in Lecompton, was designated a National Historical Landmark for its role in the 1857 Lecompton Constitution. The building is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The hall was constructed in 1855 and functioned in a variety of different roles.
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Shell Buttons from the Adair Cabin, 14MM327
Date: 1855-1912
These shell 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. The buttons include a small burned 2-hole button, likely a child's, three recessed 2- hole buttons, and a single fish eye 2-hole button. Osawatomie and the Adairs were much involved with the abolitionist movement during the "Bleeding Kansas" years.
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Shell Buttons from the Mahaffie Farmstead and Stagecoach Stop, 14JO356
Date: 1858-1886
These four shell buttons were recovered during excavations in 1988 at a joint venture between Kansas Historical Society archeologists, Kansas Anthropological Association volunteers, and the City of Olathe. The buttons include a recessed 2-hole button, a 4-hole button with a five petal flower decoration, a 4-hole button with an eight-pointed design, and a 2-hole fish-eye button. The site consisted of the residence and out buildings built by James and Lucinda Mahaffie in 1858. The farmstead later served as a stagecoach stop on the Santa Fe trail.
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