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Seven U.S. Army motorcycle mechanics pose for this view at Camp Funston, Kansas in the winter of 1918. The men are unidentified, but Basil Stella, Laura Palenske's husband-to-be, was included in this group. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Date: 1918
Item Number: 440946
Call Number: Wabaunsee County Historical Society
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440946
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Mechanics
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Wabaunsee County Historical Society - Louis Palenske Collection
Collections - Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB) - Kansas Digital Access to Historical Records (KDAHR)
Date - 1910s - 1918
Military - Facilities - Camps - Camp Funston
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Forts and military installations - Camp Funston
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Transportation - Motorcycles
Type of Material - Photographs
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