Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a marine firing an Italian trench mortar at the World War I Allied War Exposition in Los Angeles, August 1918. A uniform-clad marine crouches on the grass beside a complex piece of weaponry bearing the number 49. The marine can be seen grasping a lever with his right hand while cranking a spring with his left hand. The spring is attatched to a small tube supporting a large spherical object with fins.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 9 x 14 cm. photographic prints photographs
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