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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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Joseph Hartwell McPeek
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Description
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Portrait of Joseph Hartwell McPeek. He was born on September 5, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Charles and Ada McPeek. He attended East High School and entered the service March 3, 1943. He was with Patton's 3rd Army, driving cars and jeeps for the military. He was injured while driving a jeep pursuing German soldiers, dying June 14, 1945. Services were held in Kansas City on December 4, 1948, and he is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Date
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1943~/1944~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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An Interview With Albert O. Bly
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Description
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Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded December 2, 1975. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 2 sound discs; digitial; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
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Date
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1975-12-02
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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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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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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Military Musicale at Mrs. B. T. Whipple's Residence
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Description
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Exterior view of uniformed soldiers with guns lined up in formation. Location for photograph was apparently at the home of Mrs. B. T. Whipple, 4538 Warwick Boulevard where a military musical sponsored by the Kansas City Chapter of the DAR was held on June 9. It was to benefit Battery D. The cadet corp of Westport High School did a military drill and may be the individuals shown in this image.
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Date
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1917-06-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Military Musicale at Mrs. B.T. Whipple's Residence
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Description
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Exterior view of uniformed soldiers with guns lined up marching in formation in a backyard of a residence. Location for photograph was apparently at the home of Mrs. B. T. Whipple, 4538 Warwick Boulevard, where a military musical sponsored by the Kansas City Chapter of the DAR was held on June 9, 1917. It was to benefit Battery D who later became Battery A. Onlookers are included in the view. The cadet corp from Westport High School performed at event.
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Date
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1917-06-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Soldiers' Tent Inspection
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Description
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Postcard of WWI soldiers during a shelter tent inspection.
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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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World War I Soldier
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Description
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Portrait identified as Capt. J. H. Brady in World War I 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 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 Related Pose
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Description
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Snapshot, full body view of an unidentified man in unidentified location. Part of SC7, Series V, Gold Star League Papers (World War I related).
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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 Soldier
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Description
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Snapshot of World War I soldier R. H. Rhamey posed on lawn in unidentified location.
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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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Gilbert L. Worley, Jr.
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Description
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Portrait of Lt. Gilbert L. Worley, Jr., a flyer in the United States Army. He was born in Topeka, Kansas, April 12, 1920. He graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City, Missouri, and from Kansas University in 1941 where he started his flying courses. His training was completed at Ong Field and he was qualified as a navigator and ground school instructor. In 1942 he completed his training to become an Army flyer. He was killed in an airplane accident on a flight to Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 15, 1943.
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Date
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1942~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC15-9 Dixon and Jordan Family Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains close to 40 Civil War letters written between the Dixon family with some related Jordan family letters. Most were written by men in the family who were soldiers in the Union Army primarily in Company K, 47th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers as well as a few letters from Company E, 112th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. The Lemuel Dixon family was residing in Stark County, Illinois, during this war-time period. Letters contain news pertaining to the soldier's health as well as other soldiers from the same community back home, camp conditions, troop movements, hospital conditions, politics, and the Rebels.
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Date
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1840/1898~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Request for Information about Pvt. Wayne Miner, 1894-1918
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Description
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Article requests information about the "descendants/relatives of Pvt. Wayne Miner who was killed in action and is a hero of World War I." The article gives a brief history of Miner and information about his family. Members of the American Legion Wayne Miner Post 149 and Congressman Cleaver are requesting the United State Army to promote him to sargeant and award him the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Date
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2011-06-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Buffalo Soldier Figure Dies at 92
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Description
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Obituary for James Grant Madison, the first president of the Kansas City-Leavenworth area chapter of the National 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Association, an organization dedicated to promoting the history of the Buffalo Soldiers. Details of Madison's service as a Buffalo Soldier in the 10th Cavalry are provided.
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Date
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2015-03-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Soldiers Get Overdue Salute
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Description
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A monument was recently erected in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery honoring 62 Union soldiers who died protecting Fort Larned, Kansas, during the Civil War. A volunteer at Ft. Larned, Janice Seymore, led the effort to memoralize the soldiers.
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Date
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2009-09-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Missouri State Guard
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Description
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A section of this book contains information on the Missouri State Guard active during the Civil War. It includes information on the volunteer militia, volunteers and guerrillas, military suppliers, insignia, and arms and equipage. Cover of the book states, "this book examines the variety of uniforms worn in the first half of the war by militia and volunteers from the divided border states of Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland..." Includes three pages of color illustrations of uniforms worn by the Missouri Volunteer Militia, the Missouri State Guard, and Missouri guerrillas.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Book Section
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