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Title: Lafayette A. Tillman Standing Portrait with Others
Description: Outdoor portrait of Lafayette A. Tillman wearing his army uniform and carring a rifle. A boy identified as Frank Jones Jr. is standing next to Tillman. Amy Tillman, his wife, is seated next to Jones. A tent is visible in the background.
Date: 1898
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing three soldiers wearing helmets with feathers posing. One of a set of five cards with these soldiers. Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
.."" 927 Main St.,
.."" Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing four soldiers wearing helmets with feathers talking to two men. One of a set of five cards with these soldiers. Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Kansas City Oat Meal & Cereal Co.
Description: Advertising card for Kansas City Oat Meal & Cereal Co. showing a soldier holding a woman's face. Front of card says: ?ǣWhat is the soldier's definition of a kiss??ǥ Back of card says: "Eat Atlas Oats. The great and coming food for Fathers, Mothers and Children and all who wish health combined with economy. Atlas Oats are sold in two pound packages only by all grocers." At bottom of card it says: "Solution. A report at headquarters." Address given only as U. S. A.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing four soldiers soaking themselves with water from hoses. One of a set of five cards with these soldiers. Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing five soldiers wearing helmets with feathers leaning on one another and holding each other up. One of a set of five cards with these soldiers. Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing three soldiers wearing helmets with feathers drinking. One is taking something from the hand of another man. One of a set of five cards with these soldiers. Back of card lists branch houses and their addresses in cities around the U.S. Kansas City address given on back of card:
927 Main St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: DAR, Kansas City Chapter, World War I Scrapbook
Description: The men of Battery A, 129th Field Artillery, were officially mustered into Federal Service on August 5, 1917, as part of the 35th Division, United States First Army, Allied Expeditionary Force. Most of the men of the battery were natives of Kansas City, Missouri. The battery trained at Camp Doniphan, located at Fort Sill, several miles from Lawton, Oklahoma. In the fall of 1918, the 129th Field Artillery participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Argonne Forest, near Verdun in northwest France. The battery returned to a hero's welcome in Kansas City the following year, 1919. The Record of Battery "A" is a bound scrapbook of 101 pages containing newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, letters, and typed material. Items in the collection follow the course of the battery's involvement in World War I, reflecting the training of the men, their combat experiences, and their return to Kansas City. The scrapbook also illustrates the involvement of domestic organizations in supporting U.S. troops in wartime.
Date: 1917/1919
Object Type: Book

Title: Camp Funston, Kansas - 14th National Army Cantonment
Description: Panoramic photograph of the Camp Funston U.S. Army training camp located in Fort Riley, Kansas. Several military buildings are in view. A sign for the Funston Theatre can be seen.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Zone - Camp Funston, Kansas
Description: Panoramic photograph of the Camp Funston U.S. Army training camp located in Fort Riley, Kansas. Soldiers and cars outside of a row of buildings can be seen. Signs for Woolf Brothers and the Bevo Inn are in view.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC90 DAR, Kansas City Chapter, World War I Scrapbook Finding Aid
Description: The men of Battery A, 129th Field Artillery, were officially mustered into Federal Service on August 5, 1917, as part of the 35th Division, United States First Army, Allied Expeditionary Force. Most of the men of the battery were natives of Kansas City, Missouri. The battery trained at Camp Doniphan, located at Fort Sill, several miles from Lawton, Oklahoma. In the fall of 1918, the 129th Field Artillery participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Argonne Forest, near Verdun in northwest France. The battery returned to a hero's welcome in Kansas City the following year, 1919. The Record of Battery "A" is a bound scrapbook of 101 pages containing newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, letters, and typed material. Items in the collection follow the course of the battery's involvement in World War I, reflecting the training of the men, their combat experiences, and their return to Kansas City. The scrapbook also illustrates the involvement of domestic organizations in supporting U.S. troops in wartime.
Date: 1917/1919
Object Type: Finding Aid

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