artillery weaponry

Pontoon carriage. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the plan and pontoon of a pontoon carriage, with a view of the axel. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXVI. P... More

U.S.S. Brooklyn, forward turret and bridge

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021068. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Poster, 'Clear The Way!!' - A poster with a woman holding an american ...

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Military subjects. 12-inch Barbet carriage rifle

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Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, #6368 16" BC

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Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

[Fort Monroe, Virginia The "Lincoln Gun," a 15-inch Rodman Columbiad]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Fort Monroe, Va.

Battle of Winchester - Public domain portrait drawing

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed upper left: Mansion on Berryville pike. Inscribed above image: Winchester. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 15, 1864, pp. 660, as: Earl... More

U.S.S. Chicago, one of the crew

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Blowing from guns in British India / painted by Vassili Verestchagin.

British soldiers executing men tied to cannons. Copyright by the American Art Association of New York.

U.S.S. New Orleans, 6 inch gun - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Attribution to Hart based on negative D4-20072. "X 79; 4" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020085. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

American 155 mm artillery cooperating with the 29th Div. in position o...

Photograph shows American soldiers from the 324th Field Artillery Regiment or the 158th Field Artillery Brigade around a camouflaged 155 mm howitzer with shells nearby, one soldier stands in front of the cannon... More

Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory'

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Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Every Liberty Bond is a shot at a U boat--Fire your shot today--Buy a ...

Poster showing a shell, marked Second Liberty Loan, being shot toward German submarine. Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2017.

Scene at Chancellorsville during the battle, May 1st 1863

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 23, 1863, p. 328-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.747) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More

Taking up position. Cold Harbor. June 2, 1864

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Printed(?) in black ink upper left: Ed. May 2nd. 1864. Inscribed on verso Advance upon the left Hancock. Formerly Waud no. B-24. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC... More

[Artillery hold in the Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Feth-i Bülend] / Co...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 7. No. 419. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdu... More

[The deck of the Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Necm-i Şevket] / Constant...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 5. No. 625. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdu... More

U.S.S. Texas, tompion of 12-inch gun made of metal from Vizcaya, recor...

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Join the Royal Marines. Help to man the guns of the fleet / W.H. Smith...

Poster showing marines operating a large cannon on a ship. Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Battleship 'Oregon,' showing 13-inch gun that destroyed the Spani...

Local Accession Number: 06_11_004853.Title: U.S. Battleship 'Oregon,' showing 13-inch gun that destroyed the Spanish cruiser 'Vizcaya,' at the Battle of Santiago.Genre: Stereographs; Photographic prints.Created... More

Left of No. 6, May 5th, 1864 - Public domain portrait drawing

Battery and landscape. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Russet broken into green [and] red dust. Formerly Waud no. B-142. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.906) Forms part of: Morgan ... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

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U.S.S. Miantonomoh, 10 inch guns and forward turret

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U.S.S. Oregon, breech of 13-inch guns in after turret

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A rapid fire gun, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

Local Accession Number: 06_11_005654.Title: A rapid fire gun.Genre: Stereographs; Halftone photomechanical prints.Date issued: 1850-1920 (approximate).Physical description: 1 photomechanical print on stereo car... More

Fort C.F. Smith, Co. L, 2d New York Artillery

Group of soldiers with cannon and caisson. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 675. Original neg. number: LC-B817-7675.

U.S.S. Iowa, 12 inch and 8 inch gun turrets

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Just below bullet junction covering a draw PFC Frank R. Boddy Inf (Chi...

Sketch shows an enlisted man, Private First Class Frank R. Boddy, an infantryman from Chicago, from the side. He sits as he operates his machine gun from under a tent on Guadalcanal during World War II. Inscrib... More

Battle of Spottsylvania. - A painting of a group of men on a field

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[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren standing by a D...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

[Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells in...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Elevation of a truck-carriage [and] plan of a truck carriage

Print shows two views of a "Truck carriage." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIV. Published in: The American Revolution... More

A puzzle for the Populists / Keppler.

Print shows John Jacob Astor wearing a military uniform and carrying a flag that states "On to Manila. Astor's Mountain Battery" and a sword, and holding the reins to many mules carrying cannon barrels, as he l... More

U.S.S. Raleigh, Spanish gun captured at Battle of Manila Bay

Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020917. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, Amer... More

Do your duty - join the U.S. Marines Help them defend America on land ...

U.S. Marine Corps recruitment poster showing marines firing artillery from the deck of a ship.

Feeding a British gun in concealed shelter

Photograph shows British soldiers loading a cannon or howitzer in a camouflaged bunker. J202142 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed on negative: 93305 FCS. Copyright April 21, 1915.

Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells ins...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

Amunition waggon. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the elevation and plan of an amunition wagon with view of undercarriage and axels.

U.S. Marines - first to fight for democracy / L.A. Shafer 1917.

U.S. Marines recruitment poster showing marines firing artillery from a ship. Enlist at 24 East 23rd Street, New York City.

Poster, 'She helps her Boy to Victory'

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Poster, 'Remember Belgium' - A book cover with a silhouette of a man a...

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Military subjects. Soldiers on horses pulling a canon

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Man of the Fort Story, Virginia coastal defense

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[Barrel of a large gun with German soldier at fortification] / Hermann...

Signed by photographer on print in lower left. Blind stamp on print in lower right: HH Farbenfoto Harz Frankfurt a.M.-Höchst. Printed label on back of mount: Echte Naturfarben-Aufnahme im Bermpohl-Duxochrom-Ve... More

United we are strong. United we will win

Ring of firing guns, each with an Allied flag wrapped around it. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Fort Jefferson, Powder Magazine A, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County...

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. This... More

Edward Penfield - [Airplane, artillery gun, and soldiers]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Collier's magazine, Aug. 4, 1917.

Wreck of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 6-inch rapid fire gun, 1898

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

"And this," says a lieutenant of the Japanese-American 442nd Combat Te...

Japanese-American soldiers looking at anti-tank gun, Camp Shelby. Photograph by Bureau of Public Relations, U.S. War Department.

French 75 millimeter guns in ambush near German trenches

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18705. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

Men of Fort Story operate an azimuth instrument, to measure the angle ...

12002-30. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Unknown location. 12-pdr. Napoleon (model 1857?)

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0860 Title from Milh... More

Artillery. Military Science - Public domain portrait engraving

A treasure trove of almost 12,000 detailed engravings, The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration is a marvel of a collection culled from the worlds of science, history, geography, mythology, art, architecture, ... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

June 2nd Position nr. Cold Harbor--rifle pits in the front

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Verso shows a profile sketch of a man. Text to the right of the sketch reads: "A union battery held this hill at the battle of [...] Mil[l?] strenuou... More

U.S.S. Brooklyn, gundeck, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publi...

"Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020183. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S. Battleship "Oregon," showing 13-inch gun that destroyed the Spani...

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

Theodor Horydczak and family. Theodor Horydczak standing next to 12-in...

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Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Battery of mortars and light twelves. Lt. Jackson. 1st Connecticut hea...

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, pp. 504-505, as part of: General Grant's Campaign In the trenches before Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.170) R... More

Fort Amador, Pacific entrance to Panama Canal, Panama City, Former Pan...

Survey number: HABS CZ-3

[Bunker Hill] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Soldiers digging and pulling artillery, horse pulling, and battle scene. Title devised by cataloger. Purchase; Childs Gallery; (DLC/PP-1984:368). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

U.S.S. Brooklyn, gundeck. Warship photograph collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

12-inch coast defense gun, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

Local Accession Number: 06_11_004896.Title: 12-inch coast defense gun.Genre: Stereographs; Photographic prints.Copyright date: 1898.Physical description: 1 photographic print on curved stereo card : stereograph... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Every Liberty Bond is a shot at a U boat--Fire your shot today--Buy a ...

Poster showing a shell, marked Second Liberty Loan, being shot toward German submarine. Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2017.

Dragging artillery through the mud

Title printed below image. Published in Harper's Weekly, March 19, 1864, p. 188. Original drawing is Waud no. 169. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.169) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

French gunners adjusting large cannon mounted on railway track - Franc...

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[U.S.S. New York, Admiral Sampson's son and Pitch the Mascot]

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Military subjects. Artillery shell hitting ground in open area by wate...

B-17 waist gunner - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a World War II gunner wearing an oxygen mask as he stands before an open slot in a B-17 airplane firing his machine gun during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Signed: Sgt. Howard Brodie. Gift, Sgt. How... More

Brest-Litovsk Artillery Depot Illustrations

On August 4th, 2015, Warsaw, the capital of Russian Poland, surrendered to Germans without a fight. Fortresses at Kovno and Brest-Litovsk, among several others, capitulated. By September 18th when the fortress ... More

[District of Columbia. Officers of Companies A and B, 3d Massachusetts...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Military uniforms: Austria, Artillerist. [1640]

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). 19th-century European artillery units.

Military uniforms: Austria, Artillerist

The collection by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910). 19th-century European infantry.

[Petersburg, Virginia Federal soldiers removing artillery from Confede...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Gin - engine for drawing the fuzes out of the shell - box with grapesh...

Print shows various devices used with artillery and a cross-section of a petard. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, [PL] XXVII... More

U.S.S. Kearsarge, after turrets

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Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]

H63422 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7741.

Where the soldiers destroyed rebel battery

Title inscribed lower left. Formerly Waud no. B-90. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.854) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Union soldiers and three mounted cannons inside a fort]

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Battery at Annapolis, Md. - A black and white photo of a bunch of boat...

Photograph shows four mounted cannons. Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Miantonomoh, mounting 10-inch guns

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U.S.S. New York, forecastle gun deck

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Breech of 8 inch gun and crew - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Title in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901) continues: ... sub-caliber practice, New York (armored cruiser). Attribution based on negative D4-20739. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "2" on negative. Detroit ... More

U.S.S. Brooklyn, forward turret and bridge

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U.S.S. Brooklyn forward turret, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit...

"2 A" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020197. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Oregon, 6-pounder and crew

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Hart," "Oct. 3," and "846" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020838. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer ac... More

U.S.S. Iowa, 12 inch and 8 inch gun turrets

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020438. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. New York, chief gunner Morgan

Title from jacket. Attribution based on negative D4-32317. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032310. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

[U.S.S. New York, Admiral Sampson's son and Pitch the Mascot]

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U.S.S. Kentucky, quarter deck and after gun turrets

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