TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Arthur’s favorite subjects for pictures these days are his grandchildren. But in another time, his pictures were less about love, and more about war.

“So, I carried a Brownie camera in this left front pocket,” he said, pointing to a picture of himself as a soldier standing next to a recently bombed pagoda.

What You Need To Know • The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts "The Soldier's Lens" exhibition is on display through Jan. 25, 2026 • More than 100 pictures on display at the Ybor City museum, with hundreds more available in an online gallery • Alexis Muellner, the co-creator of the exhibition and chairperson of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, says the photos unlock a "rich history" of the U.S. military

"And I put it there just in case it slowed a bull

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