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This black and white photograph shows the United States Navy Recruiting station, during World War I, at 906 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Standing in front of the station from left to right are William H. Province U.S. Naval Recruiting Officer and George P. Morehouse Chairman for the Membership Committee of the Topeka Navy League. To the left of the gentleman, a car has been decorated with flags and banners for a patriotic parade in Topeka, Kansas.
Date: June 5, 1917
Item Number: 213293
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.8 USN *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213293
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s - 1917
Military - Service - Navy
Military - Service - Recruiting - Recruits
Military - Wars - World War I - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Transportation - Automobiles
Type of Material - Photographs
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