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This cap gun was recovered during the Metal Detector survey in 2016 at the Kaw Mission in Council Grove by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and volunteers. The Detective Police Snub Nose style cap pistol was made by the Hubley Manufacturing Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was made of a die cast zinc alloy. When the cap gun was recovered it had a piece of black electrical tape loosely wrapped around the midsection.
Date: Post 1930
Item Number: 440465
Call Number: 14MO368-501-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440465
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Children
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Play
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Play - Toys
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Historic sites - Kaw Mission
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
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