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James Clark Hughes came home to Topeka from training in Oklahoma at Christmas time 1917. His three children posed for him. Seated from left to right are Betty, born 1914, Peggy, born 1916, and James Renwick, born 1911. 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. The 130th Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard, trained at both in 1917 and 1918 as part of the 35th Division. The 35th Division was constituted in 1917 as one of the 17 National Guard divisions authorized for service in World War I. The division was organized from the National Guard of Kansas and Missouri. The 35th included three machinegun battalions, three field artillery regiments, four infantry regiments, one engineer regiment and one signal battalion with a total strength of 26,373. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available at the link below to Kansapedia.
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: December 25, 1917
Item Number: 314588
Call Number: James C. Hughes Collection, negative 101
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314588
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Nitrate
People - Children
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film - Nitrate
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