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Subject Mortars Level [40] File

1. 1784.a.13, 1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(14)
Title:
Mortar Battery No. 4, near Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography 'This represents one of the batteries planted for the bombardment of Yorktown … The mortars of Battery No. 4 were of thirteen inch calibre, and required great labor to place them in position. As the fire of mortars is entirely a work of calculation, it is not necessary fo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

2. 1784.a.13, 2(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(75)
Title:
Mortar dictator. Front of Petersburg, October, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the massive mortar, mounted on a railway trolley, with officers and men posed on the platform: 'This monster mortar, cast by Mr. Charles Knapp, at his celebrated iron works in Pittsburg, Pa., was used for a short time in the summer of 1864, during the siege operat...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

3. 1800.b.1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
1800.b.1(14)
Title:
Armes et armures. Photographer: Bayer, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of a full suit of ceremonial armour (213), engraved with the arms of France and Navarre, holding a halberd (1181) and a long sword (67). To the left of the figure stands a small mortar (536), dated 1671.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1859
Extent:
1 item

4. L.1.b.28(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.1.b.28(28)
Title:
Barricades (Gde. Rue des Batignolles), Paris. Photographer: Langerock, Henri
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned in the negative. Genre: War Photography View showing field guns and mortars in the street, with shop premises behind.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

5. L.1.b.28(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.1.b.28(30)
Title:
Barricade de la Porte St Ouen (Paris). Photographer: Langerock, Henri
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned in the negative. Genre: War Photography Showing a soldier standing guard behind a barricade, with field guns and mortars.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item