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Horse-drawn freight wagon for American Express Company in front of store by same name in Pittsburg, Kansas. A freight wagon nearby holds two milk cans and a large trunk. In 1917 James C. Hughes was Captain of Battery C, 130th Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard. Battery C was organized in Pittsburg, Kansas. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available on Kansapedia.
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: 1917
Item Number: 314478
Call Number: Digital file, KSHS, 2016-208
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314478
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Circuses
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Nitrate
Places - Cities and towns - Pittsburg
Places - Counties - Crawford
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Transportation - Non-motorized - Freight wagons
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film - Nitrate
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