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These three hard rubber buttons were recovered from the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams Dugout site a domestic site related to the settlement of Nicodemus, Kansas, an all black community in Graham County. Two of the buttons were recovered during the 2006 archeological field school excavations by Washburn University (WU) and were later donated to the Kansas Historical Society. The other button was recovered during the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school (KATP). The button on the far left was recovered at the KATP and is identical in its molded lines and pin-head shank style to the one in the center recovered at WU's excavations. The button on the right has a herringbone pattern on the front and a back stamp stating "I. R. C. Co. Goodyear 1851," indicating it was manufactured by the India Rubber Comb Co. These types of buttons were most popular in the 1880s and 1890s.
Date: 1877-1910
Item Number: 442123
Call Number: 14GH102-464-13; 14GH102-2006-112-478; 14GH102-2006-40-476
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442123
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework - Sewing
Home and Family - Residences - Dugouts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams dugout
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory
People - African Americans
People - African Americans - Exodusters
Places - Cities and towns - Nicodemus
Places - Counties - Graham
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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