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This is a photograph showing the brass band of Company 786 of the Civilian Conservation Corps, based at Camp Lake Wellington near Wellington, Kansas. The photograph was copied from The Observer, a supplement to the Wellington Daily News, July 4, 1940.
Date: July 4, 1940
Item Number: 314345
Call Number: MF 6026
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314345
Collections - Newspaper
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical groups - Bands
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical instruments - Brass
Date - 1940s - 1940
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Civilian Conservation Corps
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - Illustrations
People - African Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Wellington
Places - Counties - Sumner
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Newspapers - Illustrations
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