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Members of the first civilian coast artillery crew load a mortar battery gun at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1921

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Title: Members of the first civilian coast artillery crew load a mortar battery gun at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1921
Date Created and/or Issued: 29 September 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.
Men of the first civilian coast artillery gun crew, all members of the Progressive Business Club of Long Beach, prepare to test fire of the Army's 12-inch mortar battery at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro.
Related to Los Angeles Times 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.
Handwritten on negative: Ft McArthur [sic]
Text from negative sleeve: United States Army, Artillery, Third Coast
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4016
ark:/21198/zz002cpqvp
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Forts & Fortifications--American--California--San Pedro
Fort MacArthur (Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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