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Title
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Military Formation
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Description
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Unidentified soldiers in formation in front of All Souls' Church, located on east side of Broadway between 9th and 10th.
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Date
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1890
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Military Encampment
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Description
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Street level view of five unidentified soldiers in uniform posed in front of tents. Urban location not identified, presumably Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Military Event
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Description
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Exterior view at unidentified location, presumably in Kansas City. Several soldiers in uniform are in view with two military flags. The following letters are visible on the flags: regt., inf., M.G.M.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Military Event
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Description
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Exterior view at unidentified location, presumably in Kansas City. Several soldiers in uniform are lined up in a row with two military flags. The following letters are visible on the flags: regt., inf., M.G.M.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Joe Sanders in Military Uniform
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Description
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Full body view of Sgt. Joe Sanders in military uniform. Taken at Camp Benton, Texas.
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Date
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1919
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 22 with Military Uniforms
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 3.5 x 7 cm. and shows a soldier in uniform. Each card says: "Illust'd Sweet Caporal" and identifies the rank, regiment, and state of the soldier. All are from Massachusetts, New York, or Rhode Island.
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Date
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1886~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 23 with Military Uniforms
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 3.5 x 7 cm. and shows a soldier in uniform. Each card says: "Illust'd Sweet Caporal" and identifies the rank, regiment, and state of the soldier. All are from Massachusetts, New York, or Rhode Island.
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Date
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1886~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Edward Hislop
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Description
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Group portrait of "Officers of Military Department" in uniform; Hislop is standing 5th from left.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Group of Men in Uniform
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Description
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Group portrait of unidentified men; most of whom are wearing military uniforms.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Four Veterans in Uniform
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Description
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Outdoor portrait of four men in military uniforms, probably at a cemetery. They appear to be soldiers from the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Black Warriors of the West
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Description
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This photographic record of the buffalo soldier explores their role in the nineteenth-century army that "evolved into an important presence on the frontier." According to the author, the blacks "typically boasted the lowest desertion rates and the highest re-enlistment rates of any regiments, far exceeding their white counterparts in these important areas."
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Date
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2010-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Third Regiment
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Description
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Unidentified members of the Third Regiment with cannons at their encampment near Excelsior Springs. Includes African Americans in photograph.
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Date
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1892
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Black Soldiers Played Key Roles in America's Battles
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Description
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Article tells the story of James H. Jones who served in the 761st Tank Battalion, 3rd Army under General Patton and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Sergeant Warren G. H. Crecy who was nominated for a Medal of Honor and received a battlefield commission is also mentioned.
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Date
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2009-11-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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World War I Soldier
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Description
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Postcard portrait of Frank J. Bliss in his World War I military uniform.
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Date
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1918~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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World War I Portrait
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Description
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Portrait of an unidentified young man in his World War I military uniform.
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Date
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1918~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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World War I
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Description
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World War I soldiers and nurses inside bunk car of unidentified train.
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Date
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1918
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Heman L. Bean
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Description
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Advertising card for Heman L. Bean showing a cherub in a military style hat standing to attention in front of a woman holding a sword. Caption says: "La Femme Officer." Front of card says: "Compliments of Heman L. Bean, Queensware, French China and Glassware." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 721 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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John Raymond Winslow
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Description
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Portrait of John Raymond Winslow, a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp. He was born on September 28, 1921 in Chanute, Kansas to David and Sylvia Winslow. The family moved to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1930, graduating from high school in 1939. In 1942, after finishing junior college in this area, he enlisted and trained at Randolph Field in Texas. He left the United States in March of 1944 for duty in the Italian campaign, attached to 87th Fighter Squadron, 79thFighter Group, 12th Air Force. His last mission was June 8, 1944, falling into enemy territory somewhere in northern Italy. His body was returned to the United States in 1949 and he is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. He left a wife Betty and two sons.
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Date
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1944~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Frazier R. Stair
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Description
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A view of First Lieutenant Frazier R. Stair, 430th Fighter Squadron, 47th Fighter Group, Ninth Army Air Force, positioned in his airplane. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 9, 1920, and graduated from Westport High School and Kansas City Junior College. He was a member of the National Guard, State of Missouri, 110th Engineer Combat Battalion. After entering the Army Air Corp he went overseas in the spring of 1944 as a Second Lieutenant Fighter Pilot of a P-38. He lost his life on November 6, 1944, on a bombing mission over Germany. He was awarded many medals and is buried in Hamm Cemetery in Luxemborg.
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Date
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1944~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Dawn Worth Darlington
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Description
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Portrait of Dawn Worth Darlington, member of the United States Marine Corp. He was born May 31, 1925, at Atlanta, Kansas, son of Hubert and Iris Darlington. On May 21, 1943, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was called to active duty June 21, 1943. He was sent overseas the early part of May in 1944 to the Russell Islands in the Pacific Ocean, 60 miles from Guadacanal. He landed with the first troops at Palau Islands on September 15, 1944, and was with the 5th Marines of the First Marine Division acting as a machine gunner. He was hit with heavy machine gun and rifle fire and died September 26, 1944, on Pelaliu, Palau Islands. His body was returned to the United States in 1948 and he is buried in Atlanta, Kansas.
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Date
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1944~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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