The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Spanning the 1880s through the postwar years, this California military gathering brings together wire photo captions, newspaper clippings, and Signal Corps prints documenting coast artillery guns, National Guard mobilizations during the 1934 San Francisco strikes, and Pacific war games. Its verso captions and studio backmarks name the people and places behind the images.
U.S. Army Small Craft Hauled Out for Repair at a Marine Railway Boatyard, World War II Era
Newspaper Clipping: 'Repair Shop' at U.S. Army Fort Baker Marine Facility, Sixth Army, 1949
Panoramic Photograph of Military Regimental Review/Parade, U.S. Army Post, circa Late 1930s-Early 1940s
New Recruits Being Processed and Briefed at Headquarters of the 719th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion, California National Guard, Alameda, California, circa 1949
Newspaper Clipping: First Training Roll Call of the 719th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion, California National Guard, Alameda, 1949
Cabinet Card Portrait of Lt. Col. George M. Terrill, National Guard of California, Theo. C. Marceau Studio, San Francisco, circa 1888-1898
Reverse of Cabinet Card with Theo. C. Marceau Studio Backmark and Handwritten Identification of Lt. Col. George M. Terrill, National Guard of California
120mm Gun M1 on Antiaircraft Mount M1 and 40mm Automatic Gun M1 on Carriage M2A1, Ordnance Museum Display
Archival Reference Library Mounting Page, 'U.S. Army-Weapons-Anti-Aircraft' Subject Heading, Dated September 1952
Flag at Half-Staff with Military Honor Guard at Memorial Flagpole, circa 1920s-1930s
Verso of ACME Wire Photo LA 4646 - 'Flag at Half Mast,' National Guard Duty Following the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake
Rows of U.S. Army 6x6 Cargo Trucks in Storage at a Military Motor Pool
Verso of UPI Wire Photo Caption - 'Truck Line,' Benicia Arsenal Vehicle Storage Yard, 1961
U.S. Army Truck Towing Heavy Artillery Pieces Before a Public Crowd, Interwar Period
Verso of ACME Wire Photo Caption - Fourth Army 250th Coast Artillery 155mm 'Long Tom' Guns, Pacific War Games, 1937
General View of the Newly Completed U.S. Army Air Field, Marin County, California (Hamilton Field), December 1934
Verso of ACME Wire Photo Caption - New U.S. Army Air Field, Marin County, California, December 1934
U.S. Amphibious Beach Landing with LST-345, Tanks, and Infantry, Korean War Era
Verso of ACME Wire Photo Caption - 'Sixth Army Invades California,' Operation Duck Amphibious Exercise, November 1946
Soldiers Unloading Timber from a Railway Boxcar Using Rope and Pulley
Verso of U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph - Handling of 14-Inch Ordnance Shell, 1930
Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone Inspects 63rd Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft Equipment, California Pacific International Exposition Mock War, San Diego, September 1935
Verso of ACME Wire Photo Caption - Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone Inspects 63rd Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft Unit, San Diego Exposition Mock War, September 1935
'Bayonets Protect Food Distributors' - Army Escort for Produce Trucks During the 1934 San Francisco General Strike
Verso of ACME Wire Photo Caption - 'Bayonets Protect Food Distributors,' San Francisco General Strike, July 1934
Gun Crew Loading Chalk-Marked Heavy Shell onto Shell Truck, Gunnery Range
Verso/Caption Sheet for Press Photograph: 14-Inch Coast Artillery Rifle Practice, Fort MacArthur, California
California National Guardsman on Watch Beside Machine Gun Jeep, Watts Riots, Los Angeles, August 1965
Verso/Credit Sheet for UPI Telephoto Wire Print, Watts Riots Coverage, August 1965
Airmen Examining an Optical Sighting Instrument on Pedestal Mount
Verso/Caption Sheet: Sunset Gun Ceremony and Marine Embarkation Preparations, San Diego, August 1937
Navy Recruit Graduation Ceremony in Large Drill Hall with Packed Spectator Gallery
Verso/Caption Sheet: Navy Day Celebration at Chavez Ravine Armory, Los Angeles, October 1940
Camouflaged Machine Gun Position, 185th Infantry, Fourth Army War Games, San Luis Obispo, August 1937
Verso/Caption Sheet: Camouflaged Machine Gun Position, Fourth Army War Games, San Luis Obispo, August 1937
F Company, Pomona California National Guard, Training Under Sergt. M.E. Nichols, Camp Merriam, Fourth Army Maneuvers, August 1937
Verso/Caption Sheet: Fourth Army Maneuvers Training at Camp Merriam, San Luis Obispo, August 1937
Public Demonstration of a Heavy Coast Artillery Gun, U.S. West Coast, World War II Era
Verso/Caption Sheet: 14-Inch Railroad Gun Exhibit, Army Day, Fort MacArthur, April 1941
Soldier Firing Machine Gun from Wheeled Anti-Aircraft Mount During Training Demonstration
Associated Press Wire Photo Caption: "Machine Guns Repel Air Attack," 160th California National Guard, Los Angeles, April 6, 1935
Massed Troops Resting Under Oak Trees During Field Maneuvers, California
Wide World Photos Wire Caption — 163rd Infantry, Fourth Army 'Battle of California' Maneuvers, 1941
Military Academy Cadet and Date Sharing Cake at Formal School Social Event
Press Photo Backing/Caption Slip: 'Shirley Belle of the Ball at Military Academy' — ACME Wire Photo, Los Angeles, February 19, 1941
U.S. Army Troops Formed Alongside Southern Pacific Railway Cars, World War I Era
Verso Caption Slip: National Guard Troops Arrive in San Francisco During 1934 General Strike
American Servicemen Resting on Cots in Improvised Barracks Quarters
Verso of Photograph with Handwritten Annotation: "[Na]t'l Guard, June 1934"