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Francis Grose - [Types of early renaissance cannon]

Francis Grose - [Types of early renaissance cannon]

Illus. in: Military antiquities respecting a history of the English army, from the conquest to the present time / Francis Grose. [London] : Stockdale, 1812. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmark... More

[Cannons shooting fire tubes to frighten charging cavalry troops who are shown retreating]

[Cannons shooting fire tubes to frighten charging cavalry troops who a...

Illus. in: De la pirotechnia. [Veneto] : 1540. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 37.

[Illustration of ballistics showing cannon with Tartaglia's gun quadrant to measure its angle of elevation; and surrounding text]

[Illustration of ballistics showing cannon with Tartaglia's gun quadra...

Woodcut illus. and text in: La nuoa scientia / Niccolo Tartaglia. [Stampata in Venetia per N. de Bascarini, 1550] Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congres... More

Journée memorable de Versailles le lundi 5 Octobre 1789

Journée memorable de Versailles le lundi 5 Octobre 1789

Print shows market women of Paris riding on a cannon drawn by two horses, one with rider, during the memorable journey from Paris to Versailles, accompanied by members of the National Guard and others carrying ... More

Verua von denen Franzosen 1704 and 1705 beständig belagert

Verua von denen Franzosen 1704 and 1705 beständig belagert

Birds-eye view print shows the mountain top stone fortress of Verruca [Verua] under siege in 1704 and 1705. Includes views of troops, cannons, cavalry and panorama view with the River Po in the background. Meda... More

Attacco e presa del Castello di Cronenburg fatta dal Generale Conte Vrangel G. Bouttats, sc

Attacco e presa del Castello di Cronenburg fatta dal Generale Conte Vr...

Birds-eye view print shows ships in the harbor and in the inlet between Kronborg castle and Helsingør looking out from Copenhagen, Denmark. Swedish general Carl Gustav Wrangel attacked and the castle was under ... More

Diagrammatic designs for gun carriage Sc., T&W Schleuer

Diagrammatic designs for gun carriage Sc., T&W Schleuer

Print shows the designs for the inner workings of a cannon. Gift; Col. J.R. Lovell; 8-9-46 Stamped in lower left: Copy 5. Inscribed in ink on verso: "K Onfar[sic] Ant, No. 1." Two versions on same mat. On same... More

Diagrammatic designs for gun carriage Sc., T&W Schleuer

Diagrammatic designs for gun carriage Sc., T&W Schleuer

Print shows the designs for the inner workings of a cannon. Gift; Col. J.R. Lovell; 8-9-46 Stamped in lower left: Copy 5. Portions torn away from top of print. Two versions on same mat. On same mat with LC-DIG... More

[A variety of artillery pieces and other ordnance]

[A variety of artillery pieces and other ordnance]

Print shows cannons and mortars at a fortress. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, p. frontispiece. Published in: The American ... More

Prise de l'Isle de la Grenade gravé par Godefroy de l'Academie Impériale et Royale de Vienne &c

Prise de l'Isle de la Grenade gravé par Godefroy de l'Academie Impéria...

Print shows a French invasion force, under the command of Admiral Charles Hector, comte D'Estaing, capturing an artillery battery abandoned by a small contingent of British soldiers on the island of Grenada in ... More

Married to the gunner's daughter DS monogram

Married to the gunner's daughter DS monogram

Drawing shows a sailor being punished by having him lie on a cannon barrel with his hands tied at one end and his feet at the other, he is then flogged. Signed with monogram on lower right: DS. Removed from ma... More

Louis Haghe - The village of Urghundee

Louis Haghe - The village of Urghundee

Illustration shows Afghan or Indian civilians conversing as Army of the Indus soldiers examine cannons left behind after the flight of Dost Mohammed and his troops near Arghandeh, Afghanistan. Lithograph by Lou... More

Bombardment of Vera Cruz. March 25th 1847 lith. & pub. by N. Currier

Bombardment of Vera Cruz. March 25th 1847 lith. & pub. by N. Currier

Print shows General Winfield Scott, on a white horse, giving orders to officers in an artillery battery during the bombardment of Vera Cruz. Caption continues: The bombardment commenced on the 22nd of March at... More

The Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Alabama

The Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Alabama

Located 23 miles from Mobile and surrounded by 300-year-old oak trees, the Grand Hotel was originally built in 1847 as a two-story building with 40 rooms. The Grand has since expanded to include more than 400 g... More

[Union case for daguerreotype, ambrotype, or tintype showing crossed cannons and muskets behind patriotic shield within scroll frame]

[Union case for daguerreotype, ambrotype, or tintype showing crossed c...

Case: Berg, no. 1-50. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

Highland Brigade camp, looking south / W. Simpson del. ; T. Picken lith.

Highland Brigade camp, looking south / W. Simpson del. ; T. Picken lit...

Print shows an artillery battery with Capn. Mansfield, Major Shadwell, Lieut. Col. Stirling, Major Gordon, and Sir Colin Campbell standing near the cannons, with the camp of the Highland Brigade, showing huts a... More

A hot night in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

A hot night in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows action in a British artillery battery with cannons firing and being loaded, and men bringing in supplies. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majest... More

Sentinel of the Zouaves, before Sevastopol / W. Simpson del.

Sentinel of the Zouaves, before Sevastopol / W. Simpson del.

Print shows a soldier standing guard at a French battery with snow-covered cannons and Zouaves carrying bundles of wood to a camp in the background.

A quiet night in the batteries - a sketch in the Greenhill battery (Major Chapman's), 29th Jany. 1855 / W. Simpson delt.

A quiet night in the batteries - a sketch in the Greenhill battery (Ma...

Print shows men and cannons in a British artillery battery, at night. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. Lon... More

Sebastopol from the sea - sketched from the deck of H.M.S. Sidon / W. Simpson delt. ; T. Picken lith.

Sebastopol from the sea - sketched from the deck of H.M.S. Sidon / W. ...

Print shows sailors and cannons on deck of the H.M.S. Sidon, with a distant view of the forts and other buildings in Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gra... More

A quiet day in the diamond battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounder, 15th Decr. 1854 / W. Simpson del.

A quiet day in the diamond battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounde...

Print shows a large Lancaster cannon in a British artillery battery. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. Lond... More

X-X Brand--Petersburg, Virginia / C.A. Butler del.

X-X Brand--Petersburg, Virginia / C.A. Butler del.

Tobacco label, illustrated with cannon with banner, cannonballs, and bag labeled "Capt. Bragg, a little more grape" on fort in foreground; tents in background. Copyright by DuBois Vandervoort. No. 89.

The Japanese Embassy in New York--scenes and incidents

The Japanese Embassy in New York--scenes and incidents

Photo shows crowd gathered in New York City for the arrival of Japan's first diplomatic mission to the United States on June 16, 1860, with cannons in foreground preparing to fire a salute.

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

Photograph possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tid... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flag, cannon, and ships with message "The Star Spangled Banner"]

[Civil War envelope showing American flag, cannon, and ships with mess...

Addressed to Mrs. Tirza A. Ingerson, Sycamore, Wyandot Co., Ohio; postmarked Feb. 8, Louisville; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation on verso: Sycomore [sic] Feb. the 16, 1862. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-20... More

Private Davis J. Shepard of 11th New York Light Artillery Battery in uniform on horseback next to cannon

Private Davis J. Shepard of 11th New York Light Artillery Battery in u...

Photograph shows identified soldier. (Source: The Embattled Confederacy / [editor, William C. Davis]. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1982, page 314) Case: Berg, no. 1-38; manufactured by Littlefield, Parsons &... More

Bombardment of Ft. Sumter - A group of men standing on top of a pile of logs

Bombardment of Ft. Sumter - A group of men standing on top of a pile o...

Photograph shows Battery Stevens, commanded by First Lieutenant James Wilson from Battery C, 1st U.S. Artillery, after the fall of Battery Wagner. Photographer and date from another copy in the Hagley Library,... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flag and cannon with message "Shoot the first man that attempts to pull down the American flag"]

[Civil War envelope showing American flag and cannon with message "Sho...

Addressed to Mr. E. Cauffman, care Jacob Cauffman Esq., Philadelphia, Penn.; postmarked June 27, 186[?], Baltimore, Md.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Lilje... More

A squad of Capt. Smith's battery - Lieut. Woods in command

A squad of Capt. Smith's battery - Lieut. Woods in command

Photograph shows soldiers, probably Battery A Company, 1st Light Artillery (Illinois), standing next to a cannon, Camp Smith or Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. Photograph possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purchas... More

Civil War envelope showing Confederate stars and bars flag over cannon with patriotic verse

Civil War envelope showing Confederate stars and bars flag over cannon...

Addressed to Mrs. Mary C. Roberts, Yanceyville, N.C. to the care of Mr. Elijah Roberts; postmarked Richmond; Bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: John L. Kimbrough, Confe... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flags and eagle on shield above ship and cannons with message "Our Army and Navy forever! Three cheers for the red, white, and blue"]

[Civil War envelope showing American flags and eagle on shield above s...

Addressed to Mrs. Mary A. Hubbard, Jasper, Steuben Co., N.Y., via Corning in haste; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Bath, N.Y., May 16, 1863. Annotation on verso: Direct to Savona; to me at Savona. Gift; Tom Li... More

[Rear view of a cannon with a soldier sitting adjacent to it facing forward]

[Rear view of a cannon with a soldier sitting adjacent to it facing fo...

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wi... More

Unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with 1841 six pound cannon

Unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with 1841 six pound cannon

Photograph shows soldiers in battleshirts, one with crossed cannons on his kepi, one with 19th regiment insignia on his shirt, and one with Co. F and K insignias. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchas... More

[Sling for heavy artillery. Drewry's Bluff, Virginia]

[Sling for heavy artillery. Drewry's Bluff, Virginia]

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-B811-1152.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform standing with Napoleon cannon in front of encampment]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform standing with Napoleon cannon i...

Case: Leather; scroll design. Uncertain if Union or Confederate. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Pub... More

[Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.]

[Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.]

Photograph shows unidentified soldiers and civilians standing in front of rows of cannons. Location inferred from photograph processed as LOT 4149 (negative no. LC-USZ62-59098). Forms part of: Brady-Handy phot... More

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states

Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 27, pp. 264-265. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

[Union artillery unit posing with horses and cannons]

[Union artillery unit posing with horses and cannons]

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

View at Fort Prentiss (The old distillary at the Point)

View at Fort Prentiss (The old distillary at the Point)

Photograph shows a Union battery at Fort Prentiss (renamed Fort Defiance), with guns facing the Ohio River, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on item. Photograph possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purc... More

[Civil War weapons] - Public domain  drawing

[Civil War weapons] - Public domain drawing

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing field gun, howitzer, siege gun, and mortars. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 108. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[The gun "Jeff Davis," identified as a Rodman smooth bore gun in Port Royal, South Carolina]

[The gun "Jeff Davis," identified as a Rodman smooth bore gun in Port ...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 196. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior view of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia, near Dutch Gap Canal

Interior view of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia, near Dutch Gap Can...

Union soldiers by two large cannons positioned behind fortifications. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. B689.

[Ten unidentified artillery soldiers in Union uniforms with cannon]

[Ten unidentified artillery soldiers in Union uniforms with cannon]

Case: Berg, no. 3-22. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph fil... More

Civil War envelope showing Columbia standing atop cannon and holding American flag with sailing ship in the distance

Civil War envelope showing Columbia standing atop cannon and holding A...

Addressed to Mrs. Henretta Rhoad, Troy, Maine ; postmarked Washington, D.C., 1862 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing Columbia atop cannons surrounded by American flags and bayoneted rifles with message "Union"

Civil War envelope showing Columbia atop cannons surrounded by America...

Addressed to Mr. William P. Clark, Victoria, Knox Co., Ill., ; postmarked Smithland, Ky., April 18 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag, laurel wreath, eagle, and cannon with message "Liberty and Union"]

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag, laurel wreath...

Addressed to Annis G. Ames, Temple Mills, Franklin Co., Maine.; postmarked Ship Island, Miss.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

[Union artillery unit with horses and cannons]

[Union artillery unit with horses and cannons]

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flags and eagle above view of sailing ship and cannons with message "Our Army and Navy forever! Three cheers for the red, white and blue!"]

[Civil War envelope showing American flags and eagle above view of sai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of postal stamp, free to use, no copyright restrictions

South-Western angle and face of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C., April 16th, 1861

South-Western angle and face of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C....

Soldiers with cannons. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Three soldiers posing by a mounted cannon with a wall of sandbags behind them]

[Three soldiers posing by a mounted cannon with a wall of sandbags beh...

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wi... More

[Union soldiers and three mounted cannons inside a fort]

[Union soldiers and three mounted cannons inside a fort]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Capt. Jim Smith's full battery of four guns

Capt. Jim Smith's full battery of four guns

Photograph shows soldiers of Battery A Company, 1st Light Artillery (Illinois), commanded by Capt. James Smith, probably at Camp Smith, Cairo, Illinois.

[Sailors and a cannon on deck of a gunboat]

[Sailors and a cannon on deck of a gunboat]

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brady's incidents of the war. (Fort Richardson Virginia) Camp 1st. Conn Artilery [sic], Colonel R.O. Tyler

Brady's incidents of the war. (Fort Richardson Virginia) Camp 1st. Con...

Photograph shows Union soldiers with cannons in an artillery bunker at Fort Richardson, Arlington, Virginia. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by M.B. Brady, in the Clerks Office of the Dis... More

Fort Sumner - Fair Oaks, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Fort Sumner - Fair Oaks, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Glass transparency stereograph shows Union cannoneers preparing for an attack as infantry soldiers line up in the distance by the Chickahominy River, near Fair Oaks, Virginia, in June, 1862. No. 2339. Glass is cracked.

Pivot guns crew, U.S. Steamer Pocahontas

Pivot guns crew, U.S. Steamer Pocahontas

Photograph shows sailors posed on the ship near the pivot gun. Title inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.269).

The Vermont soldiers inspecting the Lincoln Gun at Fortress Monroe / Mead.

The Vermont soldiers inspecting the Lincoln Gun at Fortress Monroe / M...

Photograph shows reproduction of drawing by Larkin Goldsmith Mead of soldiers checking over a large cannon at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. Photograph of drawing possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer o... More

Damaged brick fortifications of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Georgia, after bombardment by Union troops on April 10, 1862

Damaged brick fortifications of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Georgia...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, IA, February 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Secesh Gun, Fort Welles [i.e., Wells], Hilton Head, S.C.

Secesh Gun, Fort Welles [i.e., Wells], Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows a cannon at Fort Wells, two Union soldiers appear to the left and right of the gun. Title is inscribed in ink on the bottom of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; Wi... More

Left sec. 20th Indiana Battery, Chattanooga, Tenn. / I. H. Bonsall, photographer.

Left sec. 20th Indiana Battery, Chattanooga, Tenn. / I. H. Bonsall, ph...

Photograph shows unidentified soldiers posed with cannons. Purchase; Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:117). Vender : Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.

[Lieutenant Samuel K. Thompson of Co. C, 54th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment with unidentified soldiers posed with a Columbiad cannon at an earthwork fort]

[Lieutenant Samuel K. Thompson of Co. C, 54th U.S. Colored Troops Infa...

Photograph shows identified soldier, Samuel K. Thompson, with unidentified soldiers. Weapon identification, fort identification, and date from information provided by Jack Melton, November 2015. Frame: Berg, n... More

"Powder monkey" on U.S.S. New Hampshire, off Charleston, S.C.

"Powder monkey" on U.S.S. New Hampshire, off Charleston, S.C.

Young man or boy leaning against cannon. No. 4955. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is: LC-B811-4016

Captain Hubert Dilger at Resaca, Georgia, May 1864

Captain Hubert Dilger at Resaca, Georgia, May 1864

Drawing shows Captain Dilger standing atop a platform supervising the placement of a cannon, Resaca, Georgia. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title on mat (source unverified): Capt. Fl Digger at ... More

[John B. Gallie gun, Fort McAllister, Georgia]

[John B. Gallie gun, Fort McAllister, Georgia]

Title devised by Library staff based on identification by David Richardson, Jack Melton, and Talley Kirkland, September 2015. Photo formerly misidentified as Swamp Angel gun, Morris Island, South Carolina. Date... More

Ft. Brady, James River, Virginia View showing battery ready for action

Ft. Brady, James River, Virginia View showing battery ready for action

Stereograph showing Union soldiers from Company C, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery standing in a battery of Parrott guns at Fort Brady, Virginia.

View of Ft. Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing a mingled mass of debris, shot, shell & bursted gun

View of Ft. Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), showing a mingled mass of debris, s...

Stereograph showing two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a damaged cannon. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony... More

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing three Confederate mounted cannons at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civ... More

View in the Arsenal Yard, Charleston, S.C. Captured Blakely Guns in the foreground

View in the Arsenal Yard, Charleston, S.C. Captured Blakely Guns in th...

Stereograph showing cannons, some mounted on carts. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Li... More

Interior views of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865

Interior views of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C., April, 1865

Photograph shows a mounted cannon with two men at the parapet. No. 4387. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 118". Mounted with four other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Co... More

Captured seige guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Captured seige guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing a captured Confederate mounted cannon at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of:... More

A large gun in the Rebel Works at Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virginia

A large gun in the Rebel Works at Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virgi...

Stereograph showing a cannon mounted on inner line of Confederate fortifications. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Imprinted on card: "It i... More

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing Confederate mounted cannons at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright in 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil ... More

Fort Johnson, James Island, S.C. showing the face towards the channel

Fort Johnson, James Island, S.C. showing the face towards the channel

Stereograph showing a row of cannons at Fort Johnson, facing the channel. No. 3120. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil W... More

The message to Azot - Public domain book illustration

The message to Azot - Public domain book illustration

No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The German gun boat "Meteor" Taken while in the harbor of New York, May 3d, 1871

The German gun boat "Meteor" Taken while in the harbor of New York, Ma...

Stereograph shows crew of SMS Meteor working with a cannon on the ship's deck during visit to New York City after the Battle of Havana during the Franco-Prussian War. C4997 U.S. Copyright Office. Notation on v... More

The German gun boat "Meteor" Taken while in the harbor of New York, May 3d, 1871

The German gun boat "Meteor" Taken while in the harbor of New York, Ma...

Stereograph shows crew of SMS Meteor with a cannon on ship's deck during visit to New York City after the Battle of Havana during the Franco-Prussian War. C5000 U.S. Copyright Office. Notation on verso: "No. 5."

The German gun boat "Meteor" Taken while in the harbor of New York, May 3d, 1871

The German gun boat "Meteor" Taken while in the harbor of New York, Ma...

Stereograph shows cannon on ship's deck during visit to New York City after the Battle of Havana during the Franco-Prussian War. C4999 U.S. Copyright Office. Notation on verso: "No. 4."

[Nicholas G. Wilson, National Cemetery superintendent, and others with Civil War cannon at Soldier's National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

[Nicholas G. Wilson, National Cemetery superintendent, and others with...

Photograph shows Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, with two unidentified men.

The Krupp guns in Machinery Hall

The Krupp guns in Machinery Hall

Stereograph shows cannons on display at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia.

[Profile view of a cannon] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Profile view of a cannon] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Poster - The human canon ball - Public domain lithograph

Poster - The human canon ball - Public domain lithograph

K9060 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Signed: R. Muller. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Mexico. Antiguedades Aztecas, Aztecs Antiquities Abel Briquet

Mexico. Antiguedades Aztecas, Aztecs Antiquities Abel Briquet

El Calendario, the Calendar. On verso: Dan Beard Collection. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More

[The ancient cannons captured from foreign states] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

[The ancient cannons captured from foreign states] / Abdullah Frères, ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 24. No. 109. In album: Imperial artillery and engineering schools, Tophane, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, with student portraits, an... More

[The ancient cannons captured from foreign states] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

[The ancient cannons captured from foreign states] / Abdullah Frères, ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 28. No. 111. In album: Imperial artillery and engineering schools, Tophane, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, with student portraits, an... More

[The ancient cannons captured from foreign states] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

[The ancient cannons captured from foreign states] / Abdullah Frères, ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 27. No. 112. In album: Imperial artillery and engineering schools, Tophane, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, with student portraits, an... More

[The cannon factory], gelatin silver print

[The cannon factory], gelatin silver print

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 7. No. 34. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. ... More

[The cannon carriage factory]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

[The cannon carriage factory]. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 17. No. 44. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.... More

[The crew of the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Osmaniye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[The crew of the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Osmaniye] / Constantinople,...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Chickamauga, Ga., Snodgrass House, Thomas' headquarters

Chickamauga, Ga., Snodgrass House, Thomas' headquarters

"WHJ-664" on negative. Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032766. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Tugboat with barge carrying cannon]

[Tugboat with barge carrying cannon]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a navy artillery gun, cannon, ship weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The antique cannons exhibited at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[The antique cannons exhibited at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Consta...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North from the battery, West Point

North from the battery, West Point

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Chickamauga, Ga., Snodgrass House, Thomas' headquarters]

[Chickamauga, Ga., Snodgrass House, Thomas' headquarters]

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[The preparation of artillery] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[The preparation of artillery] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The stern cannon of the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[The stern cannon of the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Consta...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 22. No. 422. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More

Lancers on horseback, in field in front of barracks(?)

Lancers on horseback, in field in front of barracks(?)

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[The attachment of the artillery to a limber (two-wheeled vehicle)] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[The attachment of the artillery to a limber (two-wheeled vehicle)] / ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 6. No. 197. In album: Military personnel, arms depots, and other buildings, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid... More

[The cannon hold on the Imperial Training Frigate Selimiye] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

[The cannon hold on the Imperial Training Frigate Selimiye] / Abdullah...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 43. No. 30. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More

[The ancient cannons captured from foreign states] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

[The ancient cannons captured from foreign states] / Abdullah Frères, ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 22. No. 110. In album: Imperial artillery and engineering schools, Tophane, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, with student portraits, an... More

[The cannon hold on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mahmudiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[The cannon hold on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mahmudiye] / Constan...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 34. No. 424. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More

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