Making ready

Making ready
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Title: Making ready
Description:

Three soldiers crouching around explosive, probably at training camp in New York State; rocket launcher in background.Caption: "MAKING READY: Sgts. Donald Shea of 360 61st St., Henry Melling of 32-41 202d St., Bayside, and James E. Dougherty of 511 8th St., left to right, all of 955th Field Artillery, fuse up a shell for practice firing."

Date: 1953
Location: New York (State)
Creator: Geller, Jules.
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Sep. 6, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Armories
Subject: New York (State). National Guard.
Military training camps
Soldiers
Rocket launchers (Ordnance)
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library.
ID: ARM 0061