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These metal buttons were recovered from the Ritchie House in Topeka during excavations by Kansas Historical Society archeologists in 1997. Each button has a different decorative pattern. John and Mary Ritchie and their family moved to Topeka in 1854 where they were instrumental in advocating for abolition and women's rights and active in farming, real estate development, and politics.
Date: 1854-1930
Item Number: 520833
Call Number: 14SH370
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 520833
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Clothing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button
People - Notable Kansans - Ritchie, John, 1817-1887
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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