Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...
Title taken from sign on slide. "Fort Wainwright HHC 171st." Additional note attached indicates that these photographs were taken by Mark C. Glunz, who was at the time assigned to the 171st infantry Brigade at Fort Wainwright.