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U.S. Army's new Garand rifle on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

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Title: U.S. Army's new Garand rifle on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 1940
1940-02
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world” the U.S. Army’s new Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: US - Army - new Gerand [sic] rifles
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: US Army New Garand Rifles
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002805r6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Rifles
Events
Government
Garand rifle
War
Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles
United States. Army
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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