Cool Things in the Collection, Kansas Museum of History
Summary: Get an insider's perspective on the most interesting objects in the collections of the Kansas Museum of History. Each biweekly episode features a different curator talking about a different object, always something featured on our web site. It's the best of our nation's history--not just Kansas, but important events for the whole United States. There's something for everyone, from the Civil War to the Cold War, Abraham Lincoln to Amelia Earhart, tornadoes to travel. You can access the full stories (with images) on the Web at http://www.kshs.org. Just look for the Cool Things link.
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- Artist: Kansas Historical Society
- Copyright: Copyright 2011 KSHS
Podcasts:
Fielding a football team is tough when your community's population is in decline. Learn how 8 man football keeps the drive alive.
Drafting table on which Kansas' best-known sports arenas were designed.
Learn of the amazing connection between a Kansas runner, Adolph Hitler, and the 1936 Olympics.
Today's podcast features a giant wooden bat and a silver baseball trophy from an 1860s game in Kansas.
Elegant swordplay in Kansas? Believe it. This fencing equipment was used by a German social club in Topepka.
Cold War survival kits from the 1950s included cans of granulated synthetic protein--yum!
Populist manifesto or just plain fun? Learn the real story behind L. Frank Baum's book, The Wizard of Oz.
Death stalked the highways in 1870s Kansas. Was their knife used to commit murder, or just for spreading butter?
What do you get when you combine a cottonwood tree and a chainsaw artist? The state stump!
Today's podcast features a jug owned by a man who was a frequent visitor to a Kansas sanitarium. Was he a victim of bizarre water treatments or a resort playboy who enjoyed a good bath?
This memorial card for a fallen WWI soldier is printed in German. Was this Kansas boy a German sympathizer?
The museum director describes moon rocks, or rather moon gravel, from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
Key overalls, made and worn in Kansas, are the subject of today's down-home podcast.
American soldiers used these innovative portable stoves produced by a Wichita company during World War II.
Hear about the Solarama, the Color Therm, and other fascinating examples of quack medical equipment confiscated by Kansas investigators.
