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.
Former Ft. MacArthur commandant Brig. Gen. Edward A. Stockton, left, stands with Col. W. W. Hicks and other officers during an 11-gun salute in honor of Stockton's rank since leaving Ft. MacArthur.
Two unidentified soldiers with an anti-aircraft rifle. Soldier on the left stands and watches as the other soldier aims to shoot before a crowd of onlookers on Army Day.
Chief of Coast Artillery Major General Archibald H. Sunderland, left, stands with Lieutenant Colonel Claude M. Thiele at Fort MacArthur during Sunderland's tour of Pacific Coast and Panama defenses.
This photograph appears with the article, "Harbor Fort Changes Head, Lieut.-Col. Thiele in Command of Defense, Relieves Col. Brown," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sept. 1936: A1.
Four boys posing with a railway rifle bullet. One is standing at the end of the cartridge and three boys sit straddling the bullet. In the background is a railways rifle.