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This china doll head was excavated in 1966 at Fort Hays in Ellis County. China doll heads are described by their hair style. This doll, with her center parted hair and comb marks on the side most resembles those of the 1850s and 1860s. Fort Hays was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and is a State Historic Site.
Date: 1867-1889
Item Number: 307851
Call Number: 14EL301-15660
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 307851
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Home and Family - Children - Girls
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Hays
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ceramic
Objects and Artifacts - Recreational Artifacts - Toy - Doll
People - Children
Places - Counties - Ellis
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Hays
Places - Historic sites - Fort Hays
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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