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This is a photograph of the reading corner inside the YMCA of Camp Funston. Camp Funston was located on the Fort Riley military reservation near Junction City, Kansas. The facility, named after Brigadier General Frederick Funston, was the largest of 16 divisional cantonment training camps built during World War I to house and train soldiers for military duty.
Date: Between 1914 and 1919
Item Number: 308275
Call Number: FK2. G2 C. 724 *4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 308275
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic - YMCA
Date - 1910s
Military - Facilities - Camps - Camp Funston
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Forts and military installations - Camp Funston
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Photographs
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