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This photo of Captain James Hughes (Self) was taken in 1919 while he was stationed at Camp Holabird, Maryland. A sign posted on the building reminds the men to wipe their feet and pick up trash. James C. Hughes of the 35th Division, left Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and traveled to Hoboken, New Jersey, where he boarded the troop ship "Ceramic" on May 18, 1918. Hughes arrived in Liverpool, England, on June 1, 1918, and then landed at Le Havre, France, on June 9, 1918. Hughes fought in the battles of St. Michael and the Meuse-Argonne. He was at Verdun on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. He took no photos of the actual fighting. He did take many photographs after the war as part of the Army of Occupation until he left France on July 18, 1919. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available on Kansapedia.
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: 1919
Item Number: 314916
Call Number: James C. Hughes Collection, negative 341B
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314916
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Date - 1910s - 1919
Military - Facilities - Camps - Camp Holabird, Maryland
Military - Service - Army - Motor Transport School
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Nitrate
People - Notable Kansans - Hughes, Captain James Clark
Places - Other States - Maryland - Baltimore
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film - Nitrate
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