Subject: Artillery (Weaponry) $ American--California - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Two Navy officers show naval artillery, a large gun designed to be mounted on a ship, to a group of 6 militia recruits including , E. A. Wesson (2ndh from left) and E. G. Driscoll (behind officer on right).
Date:: November 26, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A Navy officer shows naval artillery, a large gun designed to be mounted on a ship, to a group of 6 militia recruits including , E. A. Wesson (5th from left) and E. G. Driscoll (2nd from left).
Date:: November 26, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times articles, “When the Navy’s Fleet of Wasps Takes to the Air, Fleet’s Planes Prove Worth In Test, Flaming Streaks of Death Dart From Sizes to Drop Destruction on War Craft of ‘Enemy’ in Tactical Maneuvers,” 15 Nov. 1926: A1, and “Dreadnaughts Hurl Hail of Steel in War Tests, Conditions Similar to Jellicoe’s Famous Engagement Met by Navy in Spectacular Practice,” 3 Jun. 1926: A1. Both articles are by the same reporter with the dateline “At Sea, Aboard U.S.S. West Virginia” possibly he was aboard for a lengthy trip.
Date:: [between 1924-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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