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Crowds of men, women, and a few soldiers gather outside. Some women hold umbrellas to shade them from the sun. Hughes described this scene as a canteen. A canteen is a place that sells food and drink on a military base. In 1917 James C. Hughes was Captain of Battery C, 130th Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard. He was stationed at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma, for field artillery training. Camp Doniphan is adjacent to Fort Sill which is just outside Lawton, Oklahoma. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available on Kansapedia.
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: August 22, 1917
Item Number: 314549
Call Number: James C. Hughes Collection, negative 75
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314549
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Picnics
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Nitrate
Places - Other States - Oklahoma
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film - Nitrate
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