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These two stove cover lifters were collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The detachable stove cover lifters were used for cast iron wood or coal stoves. One is plain with the lettering "A.F. 108" on the underside. The other has a weld repair, through which the word "IDEAL" can still be recognized. The Plowboy site was home to the Kansa, the Potawatomi, and Euro-Americans. At various times, the site contained a farm, a trading post, and a post office with nearby military trails, Mormon routes, a railroad and the California-Oregon trail.
Date: 1840-1930
Item Number: 447862
Call Number: 14SH372 2017.C Fitzgerald donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447862
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Temperature Control Device - Stove
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
People - European Americans
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Transportation - Railroads
Transportation - Trails - Oregon-California
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