Sam Cates from Oklahoma, now establishing a little farm up Cow Hollow, with his great grandfather's gun, who brought it from South Carolina. The gun is 150 years old. This family took this gun from South Carolina to Texas, from Texas to Arkansas (five years) from Arkansas to Oklahoma (thirty years), from Oklahoma to Southeastern Oregon. "'Hit goes to my youngest boy but I'm goin' to be using that second hand casket I traded for afore he gits it."

Fort Knox. Garand rifle. An American "ace in the hole" in this global war is our ability to furnish an unbearable combination of good men and good weapon. This infantry man, in training a Fort Knox, Kentucky, has learned that his M-1 (Garand) rifle is a weapon without peer. He can be depended on to perform notable with it

Fort Knox. Colt automatic pistol. A soldier in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, demonstrates the use of one of America's renowned weapons, a Colt pistol. Much changed in appearance from the gun that was famous on our frontiers nearly a century ago, this .45 caliber automatic is one of the standard weapons of our modern Army

Fort Knox. Garand rifle. A young soldier of the armored forces, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, holds and sights his Garand rifle like an old timer. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and its rugged, dependable mechanism

Sam Cates from Oklahoma, now establishing a little farm up Cow Hollow, with his great grandfather's gun, who brought it from South Carolina. The gun is 150 years old. This family took this gun from South Carolina to Texas, from Texas to Arkansas (five years) from Arkansas to Oklahoma (thirty years), from Oklahoma to Southeastern Oregon. "'Hit goes to my youngest boy but I'm goin' to be using that second hand casket I traded for afore he gits it."

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Public domain photograph - historical image of Arkansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1939

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Lange, Dorothea, photographer

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cow hollow

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Library of Congress

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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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