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10,000th Kaydet is delivered Friday to armed forces

10,000th Kaydet is delivered Friday to armed forces
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date: July 29, 1944
This article from the Wichita Eagle covers the release of the 10,000 Boeing/Stearman Kaydet training airplane and the B-29 "X" airplane. Both airplanes had their production numbers painted on their fuselage to represent their respective milestones in aircraft production. The "X" on the B-29 denoted the fact that the official production numbers for the B-29 were classified during World War II.


1000 B-29's

1000 B-29's
Creator: Boeing Airplane Company
Date: 1945
This article, published in the March 1945 edition of the Boeing Magazine, covers the completion of the 1,000 B-29 Superfortress in Wichita, Kansas.


10th & Topeka, Topeka, Kansas

10th & Topeka, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Date: 1940s
This photograph is looking east down 10th & Topeka. The Kansas Capitol dome is on the left side of the image.


137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Belgium, Luxemborg

137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Belgium, Luxemborg
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: December 1944
This photograph shows troops from the 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division moving across a snow covered field near the Belgium- Luxemborg border.


137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Germany

137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Germany
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: February 06, 1945
This photograph shows members from the 137th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade of the 35th Division waiting to move on a reconnaissance mission between the German towns of Heinsberg and Unterbruch.


137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Rheinberg, Germany

137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Rheinberg, Germany
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: 1945
This photograph shows members from the 137th Infantry Regiment, the 35th Division of the 9th United States Army moving through the streets of Rheinberg, Germany as the city was under enemy mortar fire.


137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Sainlez, Belgium

137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Sainlez, Belgium
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: January 09, 1945
This photograph shows members of the 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, laying down a harassing fire to give cover to advancing infantry men. The individuals have been identified from left to right as: Private Ken McKeever of Holton, Kansas and Private Lloyd Gottemyller from Vancouver, Washington.


137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Tintange, Belgium

137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Tintange, Belgium
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: 1944
This photograph shows members from the 137th Infantry Regiment of the 35th Division standing near a war torn building in Tintange, Belgium.


137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Tintange, Belgium

137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Tintange, Belgium
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: December 27, 1944
This black and white photograph shows members from the 137th Infantry Regiment, of the 35th Division, in Tintange, Belgium as they advance toward the Luxembourg border.


137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Tintange, Belgium

137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Tintange, Belgium
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: December 27, 1944
This photograph shows members from the 137th Infantry Regiment of the 35th Division in Tintange, Belgium. The town was captured by the 35th Division and was still smoking from fires started by artillery shelling.


137th Intantry Regiment, 35th Division, Nancy, France

137th Intantry Regiment, 35th Division, Nancy, France
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: September 22, 1944
This photograph shows members from the 137th Infantry Regiment of the 35th Division using radio equipment to report their situation to headquarters as troops prepare to cross a field near Nancy, France.


14th Annual Reunion of the 32nd U.S. Volunteer Infantry Association

14th Annual Reunion of the 32nd U.S. Volunteer Infantry Association
Creator: Anderson
Date: August 30, 1947
A panoramic photo and a cropped version of the same photo of the 14th Annual Reunion of the 32nd U.S. Volunteer Infantry Association, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Benton Roy Hanan is in the first row (squatting) 12th from the right. His wife, N. Ethel Brown Hanan is standing behind him.


15 Mine in Crawford, Kansas

15 Mine in Crawford, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1940
Two photographs of 15 Mine, in either Cherokee County or Crawford County, Kansas. The mine could have also been called Camp 15. Two men stand in front of the mining out buildings.


1940 Senior Class of Lecompton Rural High School, Lecompton, Kansas

1940 Senior Class of Lecompton Rural High School, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1940
Photograph of the 1940 Senior Class of Lecompton Rural High School. Three rows of students are posed in front of the high school building. The names of the students are written on or above the students. The students have been identified as: Front Row: Delmar Barland, Calvin Conklin, Jack Collins, Joe Stauffer; Middle Row: Anthony Ice, Albert Norwood, Clayton, Dark, Billy Morris, Billy Hodson, Clare J. Colman; Back Row: Daisy Bair (teacher), Victorine Barland, Arloene DeKat, Helen Leslie, Ann Shields, Jane Potter, Phyllis Sanford, Virginia Eichman. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.


1941 calendar with a photograph of the WIBW Round-Up Gang

1941 calendar with a photograph of the WIBW Round-Up Gang
Date: 1941
This is a calendar with a photograph of the WIBW Round-Up Gang and an advertisement for Pe-Ru-Na, cold medicine. The calendar was distributed by Consolidated Drug Trade Products, a Division of Consolidated Royal Chemical Corp in Chicago, Illinois.


1941 Canton High School senior class in Canton, Kansas

1941 Canton High School senior class in Canton, Kansas
Date: 1941
This is a photograph of the 1941 Canton High School senior class in Canton, Kansas. Members of the class are identified on the photograph.


1941 Lecompton High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas

1941 Lecompton High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1941-1942
Photograph of the 1941 Lecompton High School Football Team. The team members are dressed in a uniform consisting of a dark colored jersey with a large number and light colored laced pants. The team is posed in three rows with the probable coach in the back center. They appear to be in front of the entrance to the Lecompton High School. A player is holding a football with "Champs 1941" written on it. The identities are: Back Row (Left to Right): Rolland Kampschroeder, Leroy Barland, Russell Forsee, Orville Kellogg (Coach), Bill Boydston, Dick Walter; Second Row: Marvin Hartman, Arlie Kampschroeder, Clarence Rothwell, Bob Fleming, Lester Stauffer, Doyle Kellogg, Roy Norwood; Front Row: Eugene Ewing, Fred Sulzen, Bob Fisher, Jack Norwood, Harry Buchheim, Charles Worley, John Kellog, Willie Selch. On verso, the identities are written in pen and a stamp with "APR 1942" is present. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.


1941 Lecompton High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas

1941 Lecompton High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1940-1941
Photograph of the 1940-1941 Lecompton High School Football Team. The team members are dressed in a uniform consisting of a dark colored jersey with a large number and light colored, laced pants. The team is posed in three rows with the probable coach in the back left. They are standing in front of the entrance to the Lecompton High School. Two players are holding footballs with "40-41" and "1940" written on them. On verso, the identities are written in pen: Back Row: Charles Sulzen, Arley Kampschroeder, Glenn Cree, Raymond Rothwell; Second Row: Hartman, Bill Boydston, Harry Carr, Rolland Kampschoeder Teacher, Vernon Hayes, Lester Stauffer; Front Row: Russell Foree, LeRoy Barland, Theodore Sulzen, Warren Hartman, Charles Worley. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.


1941 Senior Class of Lecompton Rural High School, Lecompton, Kansas

1941 Senior Class of Lecompton Rural High School, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1941
Photograph of the 1941 Senior Class of Lecompton Rural High School. The students are posed in front of the entrance of the high school in three rows. The names of some students can be seen written beside them. A label contains a listing of the students: Junior Sulzen, Dale Glenn, Glenn Cre, Harold Crady, Charles Sulen, Donna Littleton, Betty Hodson, Christine Traynor, Lura Holloway, Warren Hartmen, Harry Carr, Mrs. Arloa Summers (teacher), Maxine Glenn, Opal Lasswell, Phyllis Martin. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.


1942 Senior Class of Lecompton Rural High School, Lecompton, Kansas

1942 Senior Class of Lecompton Rural High School, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1942
Photograph of the 1942 Senior Class of Lecompton Rural High School. Three rows of students are posed in front of the entrance to the high school building. The students have been identified, from left to right, as: Front Row: Miss Loda Newcomb (class sponsor), Louise Webber, Mae Everett, Helen Banks, Margaret Goodrich, Bill Boydston, Dick Walters; Second Row: Francis Anderson, Henry Buchheim, Mary Dark, Lucille Sulzen, Lucille Pasley, Marvin Hartman, Mae Jean Damm; Back Row: Arlie Kampschroeder, Clifford Deister, Doyle Kellogg, Rolland Kampschroeder, Roy Norwood, Corrine Fleming; Bill Deister, Class President, was not present at the time of the photograph. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.


20th Century Mothers Club

20th Century Mothers Club
Creator: Dandridge, Deborah L., 1946-
Date: around 1950
These photographs show two group portraits of members of the 20th Century Mothers Club in Wichita, Kansas.


229th Platoon U.S. Marine Corps in San Diego, California

229th Platoon U.S. Marine Corps in San Diego, California
Date: 1943
A photograph showing members of the 229th Platoon United States Marine Corps in San Diego, California. Lewis Glynn Magouirk from Cimarron, Kansas, is second from the right in the second row.


2nd war loan

2nd war loan
Date: Between 1939 and 1945
This World War II era poster encourages citizen support of the war effort though the purchase of war bonds stating "They Give Their Lives - You Lend Your Money."


35th Division, Herne, Germany

35th Division, Herne, Germany
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: April 09, 1945
This photograph shows members from the United States 35th Division moving cautiously through the streets of Herne, Germany.


37th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Nancy, France

37th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, Nancy, France
Creator: United States Army Signal Corps
Date: September 22, 1944
This photograph shows men and tanks from the 37th Infantry Regiment of the 35th Division moving across a field near Nancy, France.


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