Image / Rev. Oscar P. Bell wheels a shell cart during civilian training at …

Rev. Oscar P. Bell wheels a shell cart during civilian training at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1921

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Rev. Oscar P. Bell wheels a shell cart during civilian training at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1921
Date Created and/or Issued: September 29, 1921
1921-09-29
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph appears with the article, “Civilians Fire Defense Guns.: Minister Among Those to Man Battery at MacArthur; Enthusiastic Over Power to Use Death-Dealers; Fort Commander Lauds Skill of Amateur Crew.” 30 Sept. 1921: II3.
The Rev. Oscar P. Bell, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of Long Beach, wheels a loaded shell cart in the first civilian coast artillery gun crew exercise at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro. Bell and fellow members of the Progressive Business Club of Long Beach, prepare to test fire one of the Army's 12-inch mortar battery guns.
Text from newspaper caption: Fighting Parson Prepares for a Scrap.: Rev. O. P. Bell, Pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of Long Beach one of detachment of civilians that made mimic war at Fort MacArthur yesterday." [Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 1921: II3]
Text from negative sleeve: United States Army, Artillery, Third Coast
Handwritten on negative: Rev. P. O. Bell - Ft McArthur [sic]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4015
ark:/21198/zz002cpqt5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Forts & Fortifications--American--California--San Pedro
Fort MacArthur (Calif.)
Bell, Oscar O. (Oscar Perry), 1880-1961
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.