| Title | Shaanxi province (China), Chinese Red Army soldiers holding submachine guns |
| Caption | Print 1730 c1: The Long March. A company of Chinese Red Army troopers each man equipped with a Thompson Sub-machine gun. The Thompson Sub-machine gun is of American manufacture. This weapon fires up to 600 shots per minute. [illegible]. Print 1730 c2: Chinese Red Army troopers with American-made Tommy-guns. Note red stars on their caps -- the insignia they wore before and during the Long March. The Long March (6,000 miles) 1935. Photograph published in Current History. Caption: Each Thompson sub-machine gun is the equivalent of fifty army rifles at close range. |
| Part of Set | Harrison Forman Collection - China |
| Date of Photograph | Between 1934 and 1937 |
| Photographer's Note | China: Shanghai [Photographer's Note incorrect] China: Shaanxi province |
| Photographer | Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978 |
| Subject TGM | Soldiers Military uniforms Firearms |
| Subject LC | China--History--Long March, 1934-1935 China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun Chinese Red Army |
| Continent | Asia |
| General Region | East Asia |
| Country/Nation | China |
| State/Province | Shaanxi (province) |
| Type (DCMI) | Still Image |
| Original Collection | Harrison Forman Collection |
| Original Item Size | 35mm |
| Original Item Medium | Nitrate negatives |
| Color/B&W | Grayscale |
| Original Item Location | Forman Nitrate Negatives, Box 20 |
| Derivative Format | Photographic print located in Harrison Forman Collection, L12, Forman 1730 c1, c2 |
| Provenance | Gift of Sandra Carlyle Forman, 1987. |
| Repository | American Geographical Society Library. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries |
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| Rights Holder | The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System |
| Digital Publisher | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries |
| Digital ID | fr207982 |
| Digital Collection | American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East |
| Digital Format | jp2 |
| Project Name | NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images |
| Part of | American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive |
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