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Captain James Hughes, Monterey, California

Date: Fall 1929

The photo of this house in Monterey, CA is labeled, “Col’s personal quarters”-Barbie. The photo was taken in the fall of 1929. The person beside the house is not identified.…

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Monterey, Cowgirl outfits & dog

Date: May 1932

Peggy (age 18) and Betty (age 16) daughters of Captain and Mabel Hughes are shown in cowgirl outfits with chaps. The girls are with a Russian Wolfhound in Monterey, CA.…

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Monterey: Del Monte Show, Bill in horse show

Date: [Date unknown]

Bill Hughes, son of Captain and Mabel Hughes, is participating in the Monterey: Del Monte Horse Show. The date of this picture is not given. The soldier holding the horse…

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Monterey: 4 kids

Date: June 19, 1932

This photo of Captain Hughes and Mabel’s children was taken in Monterrey, CA, June 19, 1932. The boys are Bill on the left (age 14), James Renwick on the right…

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Monterey, Town vistas

Date: [Date unknown]

This photo by Captain Hughes is also labeled, “Monterey, Town vistas”. The photo shows Monterey Bay, in California. Many boats are visible in the bay on both sides of the…

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Monterey, California

Date: [Date unknown]

Captain Hughes labeled this photo, “Monterey, Town vistas”. The photo shows Monterey Bay, in California. Many boats are visible in the bay including some large sailing ships to the right.…

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Monterey, wedding

Date: [Date unknown]

This couple have just been married in Monterey, CA. For commissioned officers, it is standard to walk through an Arch of Sabers after the wedding. In the background a four-horse…

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LB: Peggy & Betty, In swim suits

Date: 1936

Peggy (r) and Betty (l) Hughes are in front of their home in Long Beach, California. The girls are wearing swim suits of the 1936 fashion. The man standing behind…

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LB: House Exterior

Date: 1932

This is the Hughes’ home in Long Beach, CA. The family lived here in 1932, while Captain James Hughes was assigned to ROTC Duty Long Beach Poly High School. James…

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Officers Reserve Corps, Waco, Texas

Date: July 18, 1928

This photo taken was taken July 18, 1928. Captain James C. Hughes was stationed in Waco, TX. These Army men are probably part of the ORC (Officers Reserve Corps) that…

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Bill Hughes, New Mexico Military Academy

Date: Undated

This photograph shows Captain James Hughes’ son, Bill (1918- ), posing with a rifle at New Mexico Military Academy, Roswell, New Mexico (NMMI). NMMI is known as the “West Point”…

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Mabel, Betty, & Peggy, Long Beach, CA

Date: September 1936

By 1932, the Hughes family had moved to Long Beach, California. Captain Hughes was assigned ROTC Duty at Long Beach Poly High School. This photo of Hughes’ wife, Mabel, and…

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JCH in Kansas

Date: [Date unknown]

Captain James C. Hughes is shown here in a Japanese kimono. The photo indicates it was taken in Kansas but there is no specific date. James Clark Hughes was born…

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344th FA – Capt. Stanley

Date: March 20, 1928

Captain James C. Hughes photographed these men of the 344th Field Artillery Regiment, March 20, 1928. He mentioned Captain Stanley in his caption to the photo, perhaps he is the…

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Hughes family, Hermann Park

Date: July 1927

Captain James C. Hughes photographed his children at Hermann Park, Houston, Texas, July 1927. The children from left to right is Betty (13), Peggy (11), Bill (9), and James Renwick…

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Camp Funston Gate

Date: June 10, 1926

This woman (possibly Mabel Hughes) is standing by an automobile at the gate to Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas. The photo was taken June 10, 1926. Camp Funston had been…

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Native Americans, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Date: June 1925

Several Native American men and women dancers pose for this photo at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The photo was taken June,1925, possibly at a ceremonial pow wow. Notice the ceremonial drum.…