code Related

Gun yard at Fortress Monroe - 19th century Virginia.

Gun yard at Fortress Monroe, Va

The gun yard at Fortress Monroe, Virginia

The 15 in. gun at Fortress Monroe, Va.

Gun yard at Fortress Monroe, Virginia

The 15 in. gun at Fortress Monroe, Va.

Cannon and ammunition captured at the siege of Yorktown, October 19, 1781. Fortress Monroe, Virginia

The 15 in. gun at Fortress Monroe, Virginia

The gun yard at Fortress Monroe, Va

Gun yard at Fortress Monroe - 19th century Virginia.

description

Summary

Stereograph shows cannon balls piled into two elongated pyramids, Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Gottheim collectin code: GCW 22.

"# 3547" on back of card.

Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress)

label_outline

Tags

cannon balls virginia fort monroe history civil war equipment and supplies union albumen prints stereographs gun yard gun yard fortress monroe 1861 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war fort monroe va lot 14170 stereograph cards george stacy photo fortress monroe ultra high resolution high resolution united states history
date_range

Date

01/01/1861
person

Contributors

Stacy, George, photographer
place

Location

fort monroe
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on publication.

label_outline Explore Cannon Balls, Lot 14170, Fort Monroe Va

Rogers Groups statuette entitled "The School Examination" by sculptor John Rogers

[Rifle] - Public domain drawing

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, no. 624 / George Stacy.

View taken from south side of Canal Basin, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865, showing Capitol, Custom House, etc.

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F(Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F bomber is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the south Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men -- and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

[Expedients for crossing streams, pocket auger used to construct the frames of the blanket boats]

[Quaker gun mounted on bluff of Port Hudson, La.] / photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La .

[Cannon mounted in the camp of Duryea's and Bainbridge's Batteries, 15th Arkansas Confederate Infantry, Port Hudson, Louisiana] / photographed by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, La.

View on Batty. Ruins of Blakely gun, March 1865, Charleston, S.C.

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A noontime rest for a full- fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background. Most important are the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Aluminum cowl sections for B-17F heavy bombers are checked and inspected in the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Topics

cannon balls virginia fort monroe history civil war equipment and supplies union albumen prints stereographs gun yard gun yard fortress monroe 1861 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war fort monroe va lot 14170 stereograph cards george stacy photo fortress monroe ultra high resolution high resolution united states history