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Title: Military Event
Description: 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.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Military Event
Description: 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.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Military Country Club Beach
Description: Photo of the beach at the Military Country Club, south of Knobtown, Jackson County, Missouri.
Date: 1933
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Exercise
Description: Army men in formation with cannons and rifles for a military exercise in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Signed on the front, "yours truly Nichols." Handwritten in ink on the back, "To H. C. Keeling/from yours truly/[?] Russy Nichols."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Military Parade
Description: Men of varying ranks in the rifle corps and the military band stand at attention on the grounds before the barracks and homes in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Written on the back in purple pencil, "235 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth Soldiers Lounging on a Lawn
Description: Seven sergeants lounge on a lawn in front of the barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Each man has three chevrons on each sleeve of his jacket, indicating the rank of sergeant.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth
Description: Group photograph of soldiers in uniform with their rifles. In the background, there are men in civilian dress mingling informally with men in uniform. There is also a group of men in uniform on the balcony of the second storey of the barracks in the background. Handwritten on the back in pencil, "Fr./Cv. G./Capt. Bradford/147 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
Description: Group photograph of men in military uniform holding rifles at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing in front of barracks. Handwritten in pencil on the back lower left corner, "234 I/Co. H."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Sergeants
Description: Seven sergeants stand holding their hats wearing military jackets at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. All of their jackets have three chevrons on each arm, indicating the rank of Sergeant.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
Description: Group photograph of soldiers in uniform with rifles at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing in front of barrakcs. Handwritten in pencil on the back top right corner, "232 I/Com. E."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Leavenworth, Riflemen
Description: Group photograph of Army men in military uniform holding rifles at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, standing in front of the barracks. Written on the back in purple pencil, "143 I."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: More Bang for the Buck
Description: Article discusses the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Missouri, that employs close to 2,750 employees and produces "1.4 billion rounds of small-caliber ammunition a year." The plant was built in the 1940s and produces various rounds for the United States military.
Date: 2010-12-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Fort Leavenworth: Gateway to the West
Description: Book gives the history of Fort Leavenworth, located by the Missouri River in Kansas, which began as Cantonment Leavenworth in May 1827 and was founded by and named after Colonel Henry Leavenworth. Contains nine chapters and brings the history of the garrison up to the twentieth century. Includes numerous illustrations including photographs, drawings, and maps.
Date: 2000
Object Type: Book

Title: Visit the Oldest Home in Kansas
Description: The Rookery building, located at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was built between 1828 and 1832 and is considered the oldest residence in Kansas. The building "housed the post's soldiers and officers, including Andrew Reeder, the first territorial governor of Kansas, William Clark's stepdaughter and a young lieutenant by the name of Douglas MacArthur, who lived there with his mother." The Rookery is just one of 269 homes at the fort listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of 66 others that are part of a $3 million preservation project. The home is still lived in but will be open to the public to tour during this week.
Date: 2008-11-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Panoramic Views of Camp Funston, Kansas
Description: 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.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Richards-Gebaur Airport
Description: Aerial view of the Richards-Gebaur Airport located near Belton, Missouri. The airport's runway is in view as well as areas adjacent to the airport. Richards-Gebaur was deactivated as a full-fledged Air Force base in 1976 but kept some military reserve and air defense activity into the early 1990s. The airport officially closed in 2000.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Richards-Gebaur Airport
Description: Aerial view of Richards-Gebaur Airport located near Belton, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New Prison Adds to Fort's Mystique
Description: Fort Leavenworth's new massive $95 million prison complex will replace three military prisons, one at Fort Knox in Kentucky, Fort Sill in Oklahoma, and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The new building of the Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility has been LEED certified for its environmental design. It has 250,000 square feet with space for 464 beds and sits on 40 acres.
Date: 2010-09-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Taking Liberties
Description: Short article about The Liberty, a residential building next to Union Station across from the old Main post office. It once was a bottle-cap factory and dairy until the 1950s, "when it became the Armed Services Building. It was the local headquarters for the draft during the Vietnam War and remained in military use until the 1990s." Owners can design their own space of either studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom units.
Date: 2009-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1940-1941, Page p0618
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Independence Avenue south to E. 8th Street and from Colorado Avenue east to Oakley Avenue, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Indicated at top of sheet that this page number corresponds with page 640 in Vol. 5, 1909-1938.
Date: 1940/1941
Object Type: Map

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