AA-2026-6BD9AD
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A naval officer in dress uniform stands beside what appears to be a static display of military ordnance and vehicles, addressing a small group of civilians—a woman and two children in summer clothes. The arrangement has the formal staging of a public relations event: the officer is positioned as explicator, the visitors as audience, and the massive guns and ammunition hoists behind them as proof of something that needed explaining to the home front. This was how the military educated civilians about the weapons that protected them, before such displays became security risks and before the public stopped having routine access to the machinery of national defense. The officer's posture and the civilians' attentive stance capture the moment when showing Americans the arsenal was still considered good civics.
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Military Equipment Display with Officer and Visitors, 1950s. 1950–1959. Archive & Atlas, Historical Image Library, AA-2026-6BD9AD. https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/military-equipment-display-with-officer-and-visitors-1950s.
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year = {1950–1959},
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note = {Accession AA-2026-6BD9AD},
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