Protection: U.S. Antiaircraft Guns
date: label: Date made
content: 1937
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: 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).
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: This photograph earned Mydans an Exhibition Award in the First International Photographic Exposition at Grand Central Palace, New York (April 1938).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Life Magazine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.040
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (image material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 9 in x 13 1/4 in; 22.86 cm x 33.655 cm
label: Measurements
content: mount: 20 in x 16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.64 cm