Cool Things Archives
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 Agriculture
Why Kansas is called the bread basket of the world.
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Archeology
Excavated history and pre-history.
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Art & Music
An exploration of Kansas art and artists.
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Business & Industry
Kansas entrepreneurs and their products.
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Community
Clubs, societies, education, law enforcement, and religion.
- Celebrations & Events: Christmas
Cards, Amelia Earhart
- Celebrations & Events: Christmas
Cards, Hand-Painted
- Celebrations & Events: Christmas
Tree, Aluminum
- Celebrations & Events: Christmas
Tree Candle Holders
- Celebrations & Events: Hello!
Santy! Cartoon
- Celebrations & Events: Halloween
Costume
- Celebrations & Events: Halloween
Party Invitation
- Celebrations & Events: Kansas
Fair Sign
- Celebrations & Events: Millennium
Commemorative Items
- Celebrations & Events: Posters,
Circus
- Celebrations & Events: Posters,
County Fair
- Clubs & Societies: Dress,
Square Dance Club
- Clubs & Societies: Flag Quilt,
Boyd's Girl Cadets
- Clubs & Societies: Future Farmers
of America jacket
- Clubs & Societies: Ku Klux Klan
Painting
- Clubs & Societies: Lions Club
Wizard of Oz Pins
- Clubs & Societies: "Women
In Our Neighborhood" Quilt
- Health: Better Health Association
Sign
- Health: "Don't Spit on Sidewalk"
Brick
- Health: Influenza Quarantine
Sign
- Health: Iron Lung
- Health: Leg Brace
- Health: Medical Quackery
- Health: Phrenology Head
- Health: Waconda Springs Jug
- Human Motivations: Exoduster Immigration
Flier
- Human Motivations: Medal for Bravery
and Miniature Trailways Bus
- Human Motivations: Morehead Cooperative
Association Artifacts
- Human Motivations: "Not
Today Fred" Protest Sign
- Human Motivations: Slot Machines
- Law Enforcement: Bender Murder
Weapon
- Law Enforcement: Fake Pistol
- Law Enforcement: Jail
- Law Enforcement: Penitentiary Table
- Law Enforcement: Prison Guard
Uniform
- Law Enforcement: Prisoner Doll
- Religion: Bookcase, Delaware Indian
Mission
- Religion: Communion Set, Delaware
Indian Mission
- Religion: Embalming Table
- Religion: Hymnal, Ottawa Language
- Religion: Missionary's Pocket
Watch
- Religion: Mourning Lithograph
- Religion: Pipe Tomahawk
- Religion: Sacred Pawnee Bundle
- Religion: St. Therese of Lisieux
Statue
- Religion: World War I Memorial
Card
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The Environment
The Kansas landscape and the forces of nature.
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Famous People
The good, the bad, and the notorious.
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Fun and Games
Sports, games, toys, and other forms of entertainment.
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Home Sweet Home
Everyday things that make a house a home.
- Baby Carriage
- Bookcase from Indian Mission
- Chair & Stool made of Horns
- Chair from Underground Railroad station
- Chair Sculpted by Chainsaw
Artist
- Child's Tipi
- Christmas Cards, Hand-Painted
- Christmas Tree, 1950s Aluminum
- Christmas Tree Candle Holders
- Civil Defense Food Kit
- Clock, Fretwork
- Clock from the 1903 flood
- Coverlet made in Kansas
- Desk, Anti-Slavery Leader's
- Desk, John Brown's Parallels
- Desk, Wooton
- Dolcette Musical Instrument
- Lawn Mower
- Lawn Sweeper
- Log House
- Melodeon
- Millennium Commemorative Items
- Needlework Sampler
- Organ, Parlor
- Porcelain, Hand-Painted
- Quilt, The Garden
- Quilt, Iris Garland
- Quilt, Potwin Place
- Quilt, W.I.O.N. Club
- Stove, Frigidaire
- Washer & Dryer, 1950s
- Windows, Stained Glass
- Tupperware
- Victorian Dollhouse
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Personal Stuff
Clothing, shoes, hats, jewelry, and other personal things.
- Bathing Suit
- Cap Worn by Missionary
- Cowboy Boots, Hyer Boot Company
- Cowboy saddle
- Dress, Newspaper
- Dress, Square Dance
- Dress, 1920s Party
- Gown worn to Lincoln's inaugural
- Handkerchief, World War I Souvenir
- Hat found on Civil War battlefield
- Hat, Stetson
- Hats, Women's
- Jacket worn by Eisenhower
- Jacket worn by Wes Jackson
- Overalls
- Pajamas from the Korean War
- Pocket watch used by missionary
- Purse Used by Carry Nation
- Pins depicting Wizard of Oz characters
- Pipe and Pipe Bag, Plains Indian
- Slippers worn at ball for Lafayette
- Underwear, Mickey Mouse
- Uniform Community Band
- Uniform, Persian Gulf Conflict
- Uniform, Prison Guard
- Uniform, United Air Lines Stewardess
- Yachting Cap and Jacket
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Politics
Kansas used to be pretty radical.
- Ballot box, 1882 county seat elections
- Banner, Abraham Lincoln--1860 presidential
campaign
- Banner, Kansas State--1920s
- Brick, "Don't Spit on Sidewalk"--1900s
- Candlebox, Lecompton Constitution
-- 1850s
- Desk, John Brown's "Parallels"--1850s
antislavery
- Desk, Antislavery Leader's--1850s
- Desk, Proslavery Leader's--1850s
- Figures, W.P.A. Museum Project--1930s
- Flag, "Enforce the Laws"--1850s
proslavery
- Flag, "Admit Me Free"--1856
presidential campaign
- Flag, "Southern Rights"--1850s
proslavery
- Flags, "God Save Kansas"
and "Free Kansas!"--1856 presidential campaign
- Hammer & other Legislative War
artifacts--1893
- Hammer, Carry Nation's--1900s
- Painting, American Woman and Her
Political Peers--1890s
- Podium, Alf Landon's--1936 presidential
campaign
- Press, William Allen White's Printing--1900s
- Purse, Carry Nation's--1900s
- Seal, Kansas' Territorial--1850s
- Sign, Antislavery Company's--1850s
- Sword, Proslavery--1850s
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Tools & Equipment
Tools of the trade for crafts, professions, and hobbies.
- Barong from Borneo
- Baton, Band Conductor
- Bloodletting Tools
- Cart, Lunch
- Clogs, Brewers
- Digger, Posthole
- Drafting Table
- Embalming Table
- Gallows crossbeam
- Gin, Cotton
- Gunsmithing Tools
- Hammer, Stonemason's
- Hatchet, Mountain Man
- Iron Lung
- Leg Brace
- Medical Supplies Transport Box
- Meter, Radiation
- Model Steam Engine
- Movie camera
- Palette & Brushes used
on statehouse murals
- Phrenology Head
- Pike, John Brown
- Pills, Dr. Williams' for Pale People
- Press, Printing
- Saddle used by cowboy
- Stimulator, Trade
- Surveying Compass
- Sweeper, Lawn
- Sword, Proslavery leader's
- Sword, Santa Fe Trail
- Test, I.Q.
- Tool Box, Railroad
- Velocipede
- War Lance
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Transportation
Planes, trains, automobiles, and other ways of moving people and freight.
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At War
From the Civil War to Desert Storm.
- Beecher Island & 7th Cavalry Artifacts
(Plains Indian Wars)
- Candlebox, Lecompton Constitution
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Cannon, Old Kickapoo (Bleeding
Kansas)
- Cannon, Veterans' (Grand Army
of the Republic)
- Chair, Underground Railroad (Bleeding
Kansas)
- Civil Defense Food Kit (Cold
War)
- Compass, John Brown's Surveying
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Desk, Pro-Slavery Leader (Bleeding
Kansas)
- Desk, John Brown's Parallels
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Flag, "Admit Me Free"
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Flag, Eighth Kansas Infantry
(Civil War)
- Flag, "Enforce the Laws"
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Flag, First Kansas Colored Infantry
(Civil War)
- Flag, "Free Kansas!"
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Flag, "God Save Kansas"
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Flag, James G. Blunt (Civil
War)
- Flag, Second Kansas Colored
Infantry (Civil War)
- Flag, "Southern Rights"
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Flag, Springfield (Civil War)
- Flag, Twentieth Kansas Infantry
(Spanish American War)
- Flag, William Quantrill (Civil
War)
- Flag Quilt, Girl Cadets (Spanish
American War)
- Flags, First Kansas Battery &
Second Kansas Cavalry (Civil War)
- Handkerchief, Souvenir (World
War I)
- Hat found on battlefield (Civil
War)
- Howitzer (Bleeding Kansas)
- Jacket, Eisenhower (World War
II)
- Korean War Anniversary Items
(Korean Conflict)
- Medal, Purple Heart (World
War I)
- Medical Supplies Transport Box
(World War II)
- Memorial Card (World War
I)
- Painting, "Price Raid"
(Civil War)
- Pajamas (Korean War)
- Pike, John Brown (Bleeding Kansas)
- Portable Stove (World War
II)
- Poster, Uncle Sam "I Want
You" (World War I)
- Press Passes (World War I)
- Radiation Meter (Cold War)
- Saber & Revolvers (Civil War)
- Shackle from a Freed Man (Bleeding
Kansas)
- Sign, Influenza Quarantine
(World War I)
- Sign, New England Emigrant Aid
Company (Bleeding Kansas)
- Surgeon's Bloodletting Tools
(Civil War)
- Sword, Proslavery leader's
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Tintype of African American Woman
(Bleeding Kansas)
- Tombstone, David Buffum (Bleeding
Kansas)
- Uniform, Desert Storm (Persian
Gulf Conflict)
- Valentines (Civil War)
- Victory Banner and Flag (World
War II)
- War Lance, Cheyenne (Plains
Indian Wars)
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The Wild West
Episodes from our rough-and-tumble past.
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