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This porcelain tea cup, missing its handle, was recovered during excavations in 2014 of the Adair cabin site, home of Reverend Samuel and Florella Brown Adair and their family, in Osawatomie, Kansas. Osawatomie and the Adairs were much involved with the abolitionist movement during the "Bleeding Kansas" years. The base of the cup has the country of origin labeling indicating it was made in Germany. The Tariff Act of 1891 made mandatory country of origin labeling in the United States, though Europe had enacted such laws earlier.
Date: 1858-1912
Item Number: 453726
Call Number: 14MM327-143-142
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453726
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Government and Politics - Federal Government
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Household Accessory - Cup
People - Men
People - Notable Kansans - Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Historic sites - John Brown Museum
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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