[Kansas Photographica]: Pennell, Joseph Judd:

$1,250 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

CAMP OF INSTRUCTION, FT. RILEY, '08. KANSAS NATIONAL GUARDS IN FOREGROUND [title captioned in the negative]. A fine photograph depicting the training camp for the Kansas National Guard at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1908. The photograph shows a tent city ranged along the grassy flatlands near the Kansas River at Fort Riley. Hundreds of tents are shown on the prairie, with soldiers discernible as well. A railroad line runs between the river and the camp, and a small town can be seen in the far distance. The image was shot by local professional studio photographer Joseph Judd Pennell. Typical of Pennell's photographs, the image is well-composed, tonally-balanced, and crisply printed.Joseph Judd Pennell was a prolific, accomplished, and successful studio photographer operating in Junction City, Kansas from 1893 until 1922. Over the course of his career, Pennell shot hundreds of photographs and the prints and photographic plates he left behind constitute a vital record of Junction City, Fort Riley, and the surrounding areas. He photographed the town of Junction City in great detail, along with portraits of the residents (men, women, and children from diverse ethnic backgrounds), businesspeople (from attorneys to blacksmiths to tailors), businesses (both exteriors and interiors), vehicles, roads, farms and large farm equipment, railroads (including the nearby Union Pacific), and much more.Pennell recorded the life of Fort Riley in similar detail, photographing the grounds of the camp,

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