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Description:: At center, the U.S. Coast Guard ship, CG-257, sits on the water while monitoring a swim event. It is viewed from its port side and faces towards the left. Its identification marking, "CG-257," is scrolled along the hull towards the bow. A few sailors man the small vessel. One sailor stands atop the boat's cabin and waves a flag. On the horizon at far left, a lighthouse is visible.
Date:: [September 1, 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of servicemen standing nearby a cannon during Decoration (Memorial) Day services at Los Angeles National Cemetery. The cannon stands at center in an open field. It is viewed at an angle from the side with its muzzle facing towards the right. A serviceman stands in front of the cannon at right. He appears to walk towards the right while he holds a ramrod upright in his right hand. Another serviceman stands behind the cannon at left. He faces and looks towards the other serviceman nearer to camera at right. Another man stands in partial view behind the cannon at left with his back to the camera. The field sprawls into the distance and mountains rise in the background.
Date:: [circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of servicemen firing a cannon during Decoration (Memorial) Day services at Los Angeles National Cemetery while a spectator watches. The cannon stands, left-of-center, in an open field. It is viewed from the rear with its muzzle towards the horizon at right. A serviceman stands in front of the back end of the cannon, left-of-center. He faces towards the right and crosses his arms in front of him. Slightly further back and to the right of the cannon, another serviceman stands with his back to the camera. He holds a ramrod upright in his right hand as he watches the cannon fire. A spectator stands to the left side of the cannon. His back is to the camera as he crouches down and cranes his head to watch the cannon fire. A thick cloud of smoke billows out from the muzzle of the cannon at right. Low mountains stand in the far distance.
Date:: [circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Two military officers wade through the water during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise. There are big ships in the background.
Date:: November and December 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Three sailors scraping paint on a ship during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:: November and December 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Major Townsend wears a civilian's suit sitting at a desk with a typewriter.
Date:: July 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A view of spectators ready to hear speeches City Hall steps, taken from the building's facade. Military personnel stand in formation on the street and the State Building is featured in the background. The "Birthday Fiesta Pageant" marks the anniversary of Spanish settlers' "founding" of Los Angeles.
Date:: September 5, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A view of spectators ready to hear speeches at City Hall steps, take from the building's facade. Military personnel stand in formation on the street and the State Building and County Courthouse are visible in the background. The "Birthday Fiesta Pageant" marks the anniversary of Spanish settlers' "founding" of Los Angeles.
Date:: September 5, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A view of spectators ready to hear speeches at City Hall steps, take from the building's facade. Military personnel stand in formation on the street and the State Building and County Courthouse are visible in the background. The "Birthday Fiesta Pageant" marks the anniversary of Spanish settlers' "founding" of Los Angeles.
Date:: September 5, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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