To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
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.
Date: 1877-1910
Item Number: 442116
Call Number: 14GH102-464-49
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442116
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Clothing
Home and Family - Clothing - Hats
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams dugout
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Adornment - Pin
People - African Americans
People - African Americans - Exodusters
Places - Cities and towns - Nicodemus
Places - Counties - Graham
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/442116