These buttons were recovered from the Emporia State University's archaeological field school in 1981 and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2005. The oldest button, on the left, is made of shell, the one in the center is a 4-hole dish button made of white glass, and the button on the right with a swirl pattern is made of red plastic. This Chase County site was first settled by Rev. Levi Mann in 1866. The archeologist and his students believed another house was built directly atop of Mann's house.
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Buttons from the Levi Mann Homestead Site, 14CS703 - 1