Weapon-Aircraft Exhibits

File — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: "A corporal explaining the 50 mm Anti-aircraft guns to an interested youngster."
Photograph number 2: "Another picture of Lt. O'Keefe with his youngster friends examining the machine gun."
Photograph number 3: "The picture shows what is left of a B-7 British combat plane brought to this country for study at Hill Field. The youngsters in every community enjoyed climbing over, under, and through this plane, and used pliers, chisels, wrenches, and anything available to take home a souvenir. We had no objection to this, in fact, the plane served the purpose of keeping them from taking souvenirs off more important equipment."
Photograph number 4: "This is another view of the 37 mm anti-aircraft fun of which 2 were with the Caravan."
Photograph number 5: "The stop at Orem, Utah at the Municipal Auditorium the band people are enjoying a few minutes rest between numbers."
Photograph number 6: "Lt. O'Keefe explaining mechanism of Browning machine gun to two interested youngsters."
Photograph number 7: Soldier showing a gun to the crowd.

Dates

1943

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.