War pilots learn to fear ground fire : one of the new German anti-aircraft cannon which is being tested in the Spanish war

A man in civilian clothes (sneakers, short, and shirt) sits on a Flak 30 20 mm anti-aircraft gun made by the German firm Rheinmetall-Borsig Mauser. The gun is sited in a stone-lined emplacement. Two rifles lie on the ground. This type of gun was supplied by Nazi Germany to Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War.

Publication date: 1937-12-05

Size: 12.2 x 15.3 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Men--Clothing & dress--1930-1940
• Sport clothes--1930-1940
• Rifles--1930-1940
• Sneakers--1930-1940
• 20 mm FlaK gun
• Flak 30 (Trademark)
• Antiaircraft guns--German--1930-1940
• Rheinmetall-Borsig AG--Products--1930-1940
• Forts & fortifications--1930-1940
• Masonry--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 5, 1937), Graphic Section, p. 8

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Thoms, Wayne

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)