About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0436
  • TitleThree-man crew
  • SummaryThree sailors demonstrating use of turret gun. Caption: "Three-man crew: Illustrating the positions of the three-man crew of an anti-aircraft gun are these demonstrators at the Brooklyn Eagle exhibit. In position to fire the gun is Herman Peace, while Herbert Duvall, left, shows how the 'trainer' turns, raises and lowers the gun. Lloyd Mills stands in the position of the loader who feeds the ammunition to the gun."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 7, 1945; "Brooklyn Eagle stamp." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWarships -- Turrets ; Antiaircraft guns ; Sailors -- United States ; Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Eagle