Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940

Title: Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, on display as part of National Defense week, Los Angeles, February 1940
Date Created: February 1940
Date: 1940-02
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world.” The Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: US - Army - new Gerand [sic] rifles
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: US Army - New Gerand Rifle

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: United States. Army
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Rifles
Events
Garand rifle
Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles
War
Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002805vr
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Rights Country: US
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