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This clear glass ink bottle once held "BANKERS INK" manufactured in "KANSAS CITY" as is embossed on the side panel. To the embossed panel's left is a sunken panel which most likely once held a paper label. The bottle was recovered in 1966 from excavations at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County by Archeologists from the Kansas Historical Society. The square bottle has an external threaded screw cap finish, making it later than those ink bottle which were closed with a cork. Fort Hays was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and is a State Historic Site.
Date: 1867-1889
Item Number: 439786
Call Number: 14EL301-2548
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 439786
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Hays
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Counties - Ellis
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Hays
Places - Historic sites - Fort Hays
Thematic Time Period - Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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