Blog: Romance in the 1880s

NYC Skyline

On September 13, 1788 New York City was selected to serve as the Federal Capital of the United States. This photo of the New York skyline was taken by Captain James C. Hughes and was photographed as the soldiers saw it from the harbor, July 31, 1919. This completed the long journey across the Atlantic that had begun July 18,1919. James C. Hughes, as part 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 at the link below to Kansapedia.

Historical Society / Ancestry Partnership

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Manhattan flood, 1903

Tennessee Town Kindergarten, Topeka

St. Fidelis Church, Victoria

John Brown Melodeon

Fort Scott