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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of servicemen standing in Los Angeles National Cemetery for Decoration (Memorial) Day services and watching as soldiers ready for a gun salute. Flowering shrubbery lines the bottom edge of the image. Servicemen stand in the mid-ground, facing towards the right and away from the camera. Right of center, soldiers raise their firearms and aim, possibly readying for a gun salute. Other servicemen stand behind them at left and center. Flags stand at center, just above the crowd. Text from negative sleeve: 1233. Sawtelle, Calif. About 1895. Just commenced to carry a camera. First Fourth of July after I got it I went down to Sawtelle to see the services. No, it was on Decoration Day. I took pictures of the services at the graves, and the cannon firing the salutes. 1. 2. 3. Three views of the services at the cemetery. The firing squad ready to fire. 4. 5. 6. 7. Four pictures in sequence loading and firing the cannon. Note the black powder smoke. 7 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1233_003 ark:/21198/zz002hsqnk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Saluting--California--Los Angeles Firearms Memorial Day Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles Commemorations--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles National Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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