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Photographer:
Mydans, Carl  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (image material)
Measurements:
image: 9 in x 13 1/4 in; 22.86 cm x 33.655 cm
mount: 20 in x 16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.64 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Date made:
1937
Description:
This photograph was one of Carl Mydans' photo essay images for <i>LIFE</i> magazine titled "Antiaircraft Guns: How the U.S. Army Uses Them" (Dec 17, 1937).
According to the magazine caption, this mobile gun was the mainstay of America's antiaircraft defense. It could fire twenty-five 12½ lb. projectiles a minute to a height of 25,000 feet, making it one of the most destructive guns in the world at the time. Its principal purpose was to ward off attacks on military objectives such as factories, railroad stations, and munitions depots.
This photograph earned Mydans an Exhibition Award in the First International Photographic Exposition at Grand Central Palace, New York (April 1938).
Location:
Currently not on view
Related Publication:
Life Magazine
ID Number:
2005.0228.040
Accession number:
2005.0228
Catalog number:
2005.0228.040
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Photography
Carl Mydans
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-e8f2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1303292