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.
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.
Photograph appears with the 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.
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.
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.
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.