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Title
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Ridenour-Baker and The World War 1917-1919
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Description
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This book honors those employees of Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company who served in World War I. It lists names in an Honor Roll and a Roster delineates those in the Army, Navy, and Marines; includes a chronological list of the history of Ridenour-Baker company along with pictures of their first store in Lawrence, Kansas, and portraits of P. D. Ridenour and H. W. Baker. The bulk of the book is comprised of letters written by some of these company employees to Charles Harris while serving with the armed forces during the years 1917 to 1919; the last entry being March 13, 1919.
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Date
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1919
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Leaders at Liberty Memorial Site Dedication
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Description
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Postcard of Leaders at the Liberty Memorial Site Dedication, inscribed with Admiral Beatty, Gen. Pershing and presumably Marshal Foch, Baron Jacques, Gen. Diaz,
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Date
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1921~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Walter G. Slagle
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Description
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Full body view of World War I soldier in uniform identified as 1st Lt. Slagle, thought to be Walter G. Slagle. Location of picture not given. He was a member of Battery A, 129th Field Artillery.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fort Sill, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view identified as "View of Medicine Creek at Fort Sill, Oklahoma." Soldiers on horseback and on foot are in view. Photograph may be a postcard. According to a newspaper clipping in the scrapbook, Battery A came to For Sill and Camp Doniphan on August 23, 1917.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Roy T. Olney
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Description
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View of uniformed World War I soldier mounted on a horse and identified as Captain Olney, who was a member of Company A, 129th Field Artillery. Location not given.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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James M. Pendergast
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Description
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Portrait of World War I soldier in uniform identified as 2nd Lt. Pendergast, believed to be James M. Pendergast, nephew of Tom Pendergast. Location not given.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view of soldiers lined up by tents. Identified as "Waiting For Inoculation Against Typhoid. Camp Doniphan, Okla." Camp Doniphan was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Battery A was sent there for training for World War I duty.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view of soldiers gathered around what appears to be a phonograph. Identified on front of postcard as "A Gift From Home Furnishes Music For Our Boys. Camp Doniphan,Okla." Soldiers are not identified. Camp Doniphan was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Battery A from Kansas City was sent there for military training for World War I.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Charles S. Wengert
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Description
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Full body view of World War I soldier identified as 1st. Lt. Wengert, location not given.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
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Description
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Exterior view of soldiers marching. Identified on postcard as: "Infantry on Hike. Camp Doniphan, Okla." Camp Doniphan was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Battery A was sent there for World War I training.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Charles S. Wengert of Battery A
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Description
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Head and shoulder portrait of World War I soldier in uniform identifed as Lieutenant Wengert. Information on page nine indicates his name was Charles S. Wengert, a Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, Battery A., 1st Battalion, Missouri Field Artillery when the organization was mustered into service on May 16, 1917.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Roy Olney
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait of a World War I soldier in uniform identified as Captain Olney of Battery A. Notations in scrapbook indicate that he gave a talk about Camp Doniphan to an afternoon meeting in 1918 of the local DAR Committee of Battery A.
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Date
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1918-02-20
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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WWI Museum's New Relic is a Real Veteran
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Description
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The Liberty Memorial Association has struck a deal with a private collector in Missoula, Montana, to purchase a French-made FT-17 tank for $225,000. The 7.15 ton vehicle saw battle on the Western Front during WWI and was put out of commission by German artillery shell in 1918. Museum officials for years have sought to add a tank to the museum's comprehensive collection of World War I artifacts.
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Date
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2007-11-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Panoramic Views of Camp Funston, Kansas
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Description
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Two color panoramic postcard views of Camp Funston at Fort Riley, Kansas. The two different views are titled, "The Zone, Camp Funston, Kansas," and, "Panorama of Camp Funston, Kansas," and include buildings, soldiers, and cars. Each view consists of three panels of cards published by E. D. Zellner of Junction City, Kansas. The cards have been glued on canvas measuring 11 x 35 in. Constructed during the summer of 1917, Camp Funston was one of the largest training camps built in the U.S. during World War I.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Missouri Congressional Medal of Honor Winners
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Description
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Paper on the history of winners of the national Medal of Honor award and of the Liberty Memorial, honoring World War I dead. Based on newspaper articles originally published in the El Paso (Texas) Times. Contains 105 pages and includes bibliographic references.
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Date
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1960~/1969~
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Missouri in the Library War Service
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Description
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Photos and description of the contributions of the Kansas City Public Library to the World War I effort.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Magazine 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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