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Title: Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Description: 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.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Description: 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.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Description: Exterior view of barracks and tents, identified on the postcard as "Camp Doniphan, Okla." The camp was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Battery A was sent there for military training for World War I.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Description: 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.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Description: Exterior view of tents and barracks identified as Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma. Camp was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and was used in training of American soldiers in World War I. Battery D (A) was stationed there.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Description: Exterior view identified as "Artillery on hike. Camp Doniphan, Okla." Battery A from Kansas City was sent to Camp Doniphan (Fort Sill) to train for active duty in World War I.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Charles S. Wengert
Description: Full body view of World War I soldier identified as 1st. Lt. Wengert, location not given.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Charles S. Wengert of Battery A
Description: 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.
Date: 1917~
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, 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: Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Description: View of buildings, thought to be military Camp Doniphan located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Description: 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.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Description: Exterior view of Army barracks identified on the front of the postcard as: "Barracks. Fort Sill, Okla." Battery A was sent to Fort Sill for their military training previous to entering World War I.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Hispanic Veterans of War from the Kansas City Area
Description: List of area veterans of those killed in action, awarded purple hearts, or died while in service. War(s) are given for those who served in wartime.
Date: 2008-11-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A History of U.S.A.F. Flight Twenty-four Sixty-One
Description: Author Fred Edmiston writes of his experiences joining the United States Air Force and being part of Flight 2461. This group was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas, and Sheppard Air Force Base at Wichita Falls, Texas. Includes "My Story of the Air Force During Basic" by Faustino Francisco Rios, class roster, etc.
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: Lawton, Oklahoma
Description: Exterior view, street scene identified as Lawton, Oklahoma. Lawton was located in the vicinity of Fort Sill and Camp Doniphan where Company A went to train for World War I.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Medicine Park, Oklahoma
Description: Exterior view of lake and swimmers. Indentified on the front of the postcard as: "Medicine Park, Okla., Mt. Scott in Distance, Near Camp Doniphan." Battery A was sent to Camp Doniphan at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for their military training for World War I.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Military Musicale at Mrs. B. T. Whipple's Residence
Description: Exterior view which includes a partial residence scene and a lawn tent. Believed to be the home of Mrs. B. T. Whipple located at 4538 Warwick Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. According to information found in the scrapbook, a military musical was sponsored by the Kansas City Chapter of the DAR at the Whipple home in honor of Battery D. Mrs. Whipple was the sister of Marvin Gates, the company's captain.
Date: 1917-06-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Military Musicale at Mrs. B. T. Whipple's Residence
Description: Exterior lawn, reception scene with child and adult in view under a canopy tent. Identified as "Home at Mrs. B.T. Whipple's." According to an advertising announcement in the scrapbook, a military musical to benefit Battery D. Mo. F.A. was held in conjunction with the Kansas City Chapter of the DAR at the Whipple residence located at 4538 Warwick Boulevard. The program included a patriotic pageant, dances, a patriotic address, hymns, drills, etc. Apparently Mrs. Whipple's brother, Marvin Gates, was captain of the Company. Admission was $.50.
Date: 1917-06-09
Object Type: Photograph

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