Soldiers in old military uniforms stand next to others wearing the new "streamlined" style during a military show for National Defense Week, Los Angeles, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Soldiers in old military uniforms stand next to others wearing the new "streamlined" style during a military show for National Defense Week, Los Angeles, 1940

Date Created

February 11, 1940

Date

1940-02-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Soldiers in old military uniforms stand next to others wearing the new "streamlined" style during a military show for National Defense Week. The show was held at the Los Angeles Airport and more than 60 officers and men participated.

Caption

Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Old time squad on left - new stream lined squad on right. Right dress - old squad elbow - new squad arm.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: US Army - Defense Week Maneuvers at Mines Field (2-11-40); Holden, F.H. -Lt.Col.; Smith, Lynn Davis -Capt.; Flag - 160th Infantry; Jorgensen, Arthur N. -160th Inf. Co.F on watch for air raids at rest time; Standard Machine Gun; Douglas 038 model plane; Co. F and M - 160th Infantry; Dress-old squad; new streamlined squad; Smoke screens.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

United States. Army

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles
War