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Image Not Available for 169 16in. railway guns demolish the Hun concrete defences and batter a breach for the infantry.
169 16in. railway guns demolish the Hun concrete defences and batter a breach for the infantry.
Image Not Available for 169 16in. railway guns demolish the Hun concrete defences and batter a breach for the infantry.

169 16in. railway guns demolish the Hun concrete defences and batter a breach for the infantry.

Datemid 19th-early 20th Century
ClassificationPhotographs
Provenancewith Henry Charles Shays (died 2006) and Rona Shays; with Rona Shays; gift to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (2016).
Credit LineGift of Rona Shays in Memory of Henry "Charlie" Shays, 2016
Object numberSN11549.11999
On View
Not on view
Dimensions3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
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mid 19th-early 20th Century
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168 Ingenious camouflage used to conceal lines of communication and gun emplacements from Hun aviators
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Image Not Available for Sighting one of the guns on the Japanese armoured Cruiser "Asama which fought at Port Arthur.
Sighting one of the guns on the Japanese armoured Cruiser "Asama which fought at Port Arthur.
Underwood & Underwood
1904
Image Not Available for 7560 - Great 11-inch Japanesse siege guns firing 500lb. shells into Port Arthur.
7560 - Great 11-inch Japanesse siege guns firing 500lb. shells into Port Arthur.
Underwood & Underwood
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