Photo Postcard of American Express at Camp Funston

This postcard 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 at Camp Funston, Kansas. They are sending their civilian clothes back home, after being issued their uniforms. Both American Express and the Railway Express companies provided service to the soldiers, along with the U.S. Post Office.

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