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This black and white photograph shows a mess hall at Camp Funston on the Ft. Riley military reservation near Junction City, Kansas. The facility, 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 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.
Date: Between 1917 and 1919
Item Number: 218860
Call Number: FK2.G2 C.751 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218860
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Military
Built Environment - Function - Defense - Military Facility - Camp
Built Environment - Function - Defense - Military Facility - Mess hall
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Military - Facilities - Camps - Camp Funston
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War I - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Junction City
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Forts and military installations - Camp Funston
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Photographs
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