Members of the first civilian coast artillery crew load a mortar battery gun at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1921

Title: Members of the first civilian coast artillery crew load a mortar battery gun at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1921
Date Created: 29 September 1921
Date: 1921-09-29
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Men of the first civilian coast artillery gun crew, all members of the Progressive Business Club of Long Beach, prepare to test fire of the Army's 12-inch mortar battery at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, “Civilians Fire Defense Guns.: Minister Among Those to Man Battery at MacArthur; Enthusiastic Over Power to Use Death-Dealers; Fort Commander Lauds Skill of Amateur Crew.” 30 Sept. 1921: II3.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Ft McArthur [sic]
Text from negative sleeve: United States Army, Artillery, Third Coast

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location: San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Longitude: 33.711964
Latitude: -118.296181
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Forts & Fortifications--American--California--San Pedro
Fort MacArthur (Calif.)

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_4016
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cpqvp
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Rights Country: US
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