Barracks, Smoky Hill Army Air Force Base, Salina, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1950
This photograph shows a view of the barracks at the Smoky Hill Army Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas.

Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date: Between 1917 and 1919
These two interior views show the barracks at Camp Funston. The facility located on the Ft. Riley military reservation, named after Brigadier General Frederick Funston, was one of sixteen divisional cantonment training camps built during World War I to house and train soldiers for military duty. Construction began in July of 1917 as buildings were laid out uniformly in city block squares with main streets and side streets on either side. The barracks were two-story wooden structures erected upon cement foundations with the capacity to house 200 to 250 men. The number of buildings estimated to have been built at the camp, were from 2,800 to 4,000 to accommodate the over 40,000 soldiers from the U.S. Army's 89th Division that were stationed at the facility. After the war, Camp Funston became a "mustering-out" center as soldiers prepared to return to civilian life. In 1924, the military decommissioned the 2,000 acre site with the dismantling of the buildings.

Company A barracks at Fort Dodge, Kansas
Date: 1916
Built in 1867, this photograph represents the Company A barracks at Fort Dodge, Kansas in 1916.

Enlisted men's barracks and kitchen, Fort Larned, Kansas
Date: Between 1875 and 1880
Exterior view of the enlisted men's barracks and kitchens, Fort Larned. The storage cellars were located under the kitchens.

Enlisted men's barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: 1872
Soldiers posed at the enlisted men's barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The soldiers are still wearing the Civil War type cap.

Fort Larned barracks
Date: Between 1879 and 1889
Cabinet card of the Fort Larned barracks. The back of the card contains advertisement for J.R. Riddle, photographic view artist with Leonard & Martin.

Fort Larned buildings
Date: 1962
Views of historic Fort Larned enlisted men's barracks and officer's quarters.

Fort Larned, Kansas
Date: 1879
A photograph showing the barracks and corner of the parade grounds at Fort Larned. Troops were withdrawn from the post, and Sergeant George Korber and Privates Joseph Imperial and Charles M. Rider (pictured) remained to take care of the property.

Herman Belk in front of the barracks at Fort Riley, Kansas
Date: December 25, 1932
This is a photograph showing Herman Belk in front of the barracks at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Interior of a barracks possibly at Fort Riley, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1935
This is a photograph showing soldiers and the interior of a barracks possibly at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: 1872
Looking east toward the United States Disciplinary Barracks military prison buildings at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Views of Fort Hays buildings before restoration
Date: Between 1920 and 1970
Several photographs of buildings at Fort Hays. After its closing in 1889 the land and buildings of Fort Hays were turned over to the Department of the Interior, which later transferred them to the state of Kansas in 1900. When Frontier Historical Park was opened at the site in 1929, only the blockhouse and guardhouse remained of the original fort buildings. The two officers' quarters had been sold at auction in 1902 and moved into town at the time the other buildings were being sold for scrap. The officers' quarters were relocated in 1964 and 1987. The visitor center was built in 1967. Today it operates as Fort Hays State Historic Site; it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.