Camp Funston Soldiers Sending Civilian Clothes Back Home
This real-photo picture postcard shows soldiers returning their civilian clothes back to their homes.
It is one of the few items of evidence I have that shows the presence of the American Express Company at the military camps during the First World War. In this case, the soldiers are posing in front of the American Express building near the railway at Camp Funston, Kansas. They are sending their civilian clothes back home, after being issued their uniforms.
You can see the variety of packaging they are sending, from simple bundles of clothes to suitcases full of ‘civies’.
Both American Express and the Railway Express companies provided services to the soldiers, along with the U.S. Post Office.
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