Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. On his visit to Fort MacArthur Brig.-Gen. Cheney commented that the greatest weakness of the post is not guns but lack of men. Photograph appears with the article, "Fort Defenses Here Inspected," Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct 1933: A16. Text from negative sleeve: CHENEY, SHERWOOD A. GEN. [stamped:] 1925 Handwritten on negative: Sherwood A. Cheney + Chas. H. Hilton Text from newspaper caption: Brig.-Gen. Sherwood A. Cheney and Col. Charles H. Hilton
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_1643 ark:/21198/zz002dc4st
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No linguistic content
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Palms--California--San Pedro Military officers--American--California--San Pedro Military uniforms--American Cheney, Sherwood Alfred, 1873-1949 Hilton, Charles H., (Col.) Fort MacArthur (Calif.)
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