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These six buttons were collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. 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. Shown on the top row are a black plastic four hole coat button, a shell two hole coat button, and a faceted pink glass button with a loop back. Those on the bottom row include two shell two hole buttons, one of a fish-eye style and the other decorated with incised squares and cross hatching. The final artifact is a metal button front with the profile of a Greek or Roman lady.
Date: 1840-1950
Item Number: 447924
Call Number: 14SH372 2017.C Fitzgerald donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447924
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework - Sewing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Railroads
Transportation - Trails - Mormon Trail
Transportation - Trails - Oregon-California
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