This hat pin fragment was recovered during the excavations of the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site. The hat pin fragment has a white glass head. Hatpins generally ranged between 6" to 12" in length and were most popular from the 1880s through the 1920s. This domestic site was related to the settlement of Nicodemus, Kansas, an all black community in western Kansas.
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Hat Pin from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout Site, 14GH102 - 1