Soldiers Home, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1909 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Soldiers Home, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1909, preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Soldier's Home, Leavenworth, Kans.
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Soldiers Home, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1909
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Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1909 was a river town on the Missouri whose economy leaned on its military neighbors. Fort Leavenworth, one of the oldest Army posts on the frontier, sat just to the south, and the federal penitentiary that opened there in 1906 added a steady payroll of guards and staff. The Soldiers' Home, the local branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, was the town's most visible institution, sheltering aging Union veterans and their families on a large campus of cottages, barracks, and grounds. Residents of the period knew the place as much for its old soldiers, and for the parades and Memorial Day observances they filled, as for the rail and river trade that kept the city growing.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | jones, w. h. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Kansas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,134 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Soldier's Home, Leavenworth, Kans. |
| Reference | KS Soldiers Home, Leavenworth, 1909 |
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