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Captain James Hughes took this photo of St. Elizabeth's Russian Orthodox Church from a distance. One of the onion shaped domes can be seen through the trees in the center of the photo. The church was built on Neroberg, a hill, in Wiesbaden, Germany. Duke Adolf of Nassau had the church built from 1847 to 1855 for his recently deceased wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia. The photo was taken June 9, 1919, while Hughes was in Wiesbaden during the Army of Occupation. James C. Hughes, as part of the 35th Division, left Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and traveled to Hoboken, New Jersey, where he boarded the troop ship "Ceramic" on May 18, 1918. Hughes arrived in Liverpool, England, on June 1, 1918 and then landed at Le Havre, France, on June 9, 1918. Hughes fought in the battles of St. Michael and the Meuse-Argonne. He was at Verdun on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. He took no photos of the actual fighting. He did take many photographs after the war as part of the Army of Occupation until he left France on July 18, 1919. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available at the link below to Kansapedia.
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: June 9, 1919
Item Number: 314808
Call Number: James C. Hughes Collection, negative 268
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314808
Built Environment - Function - Religion - Religious Facility - Church
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Environment - Landscape - Hills
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War I
Military - Wars - World War I - Army of Occupation
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Nitrate
Places - International - Germany - Weisbaden
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film - Nitrate
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