Weapon Collection (page 94)

CIVIL WAR: FORT RICHARDSON. Union Captain Rufus D. Pettits Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery at Fort Richardson in the vicinity of Fair Oaks, Virginia. Photograph by George N. Barnard

CIVIL WAR: MORTAR, 1864. 13 inch mortar nicknamed the Dictator in position in Petersburg
CIVIL WAR: MORTAR, 1864. 13 inch mortar nicknamed the " Dictator" in position in Petersburg, Virginia. Photograph by David Knox, September 1864

CIVIL WAR: GUN AND CREW. Robert E. Lees railroad battery, Petersburg, Virginia. Photograph, c1864

CIVIL WAR : RODMAN GUNS. Rodman smooth-bore siege guns at Confederate Fort Magruder, Yorktown, Virginia. Photograph by George N. Bernard, 1862

MAORI: WAR DANCE. Five Maori men posing in traditional clothing doing a war dance called haka. Photograph, late 19th or early 20th century

MOHAVE & MARICOPA MEN. Men of the Mohave (standing) and Maricopa tribes. Photographed in Pasadena, California, 1876, by Elias A. Bonine

ATSINA RITUAL, c1908. Atsina Native Americans shooting arrows toward the sky during a ritual dance. Photograph by Edward Curtis, c1908

HOPI PRIEST, c1899. A Hopi antelope priest removing the awatanatci, a bow adorned with horse hair, which indicates to the public that sacred rites are occuring in the underground kiva of the pueblo

ESKIMO HUNTER AND DOG. An Eskimo going hunting with his dog and bow and arrows. Wood engraving, late 19th century

SIOUX CHIEF, c1700. A Native American Sioux chief from the Great Lakes region. Drawing, c1700, by a French official while stationed in Canada

Hunting A Wild Boar
Illustration shows a young man, with a spear held high, prepares to stab a wild boar. Depending on which version of the story is consulted, the young man, flanked by fellow hunters and dogs

Jump To The Salute
2nd June 1959: Two London office workers clasp their hands over their ears and jump in the air as the guns of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire their salute to mark the sixth anniversary of

Cannon, Lincoln Castle, historic home of Magna Carta, Cathedral Quarter, City of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Bersaglieri, Italian rifle battalions, advancing to the scene of action. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cape Town 1914
During the Great Strike a citizens defence force marches to protect the docks in Cape Town. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Mountie Battle
December 1915: Canadian mounted soldiers practise sword fighting on horseback. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Weapon Of War
November 1915: Civilians and soldiers inspect a captured German torpedo on display in the Horseguards Parade, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Big Guns
October 1915: The British Army shows off captured German field guns in London. The signs in front state from which battle they were taken. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Trench Mortars
October 1915: The British Army show off captured German trench mortars in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Recruiting Day
October 1915: A military parade through the streets of London, part of an army recruitment drive during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Loosing Guns
October 1915: German field guns captured at Loos on display in London during WW1. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bomb Device
6th December 1913: A bomb dropping device at a Paris airshow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Unprepared For Action But Willing To Fake It
A soldier with a primitive gas mask brandishes a cane as a gun while on guard outside a hospital, Harrogate, Yorkshire, July 1915. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Guns On Show
October 1918: Sandbags protect the guns at the Feed The Guns show in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Salvaged Guns
August 1919: Salvage of World War I guns at Richborough in Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

A Gun In Gods House
April 1919: A gun in the chapel of St Pauls Cathedral, London, during the Artillery memorial service. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Outgunned
October 1913: A wrecked cannon after bombardment during the Balkan War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Heavy Artillery
circa 1914: A large coastal defence gun, protected from overhead bombardment, in a French port. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Observation
circa 1914: A spotter biplane flying over French troops firing at the enemy from a trench. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Anti-Home Rule Demo
September 1912: Armed Unionists marching through Portadown, County Armagh, in a demonstration against Home Rule. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

K2 Submarine
1925: HM Submarine K2 at sea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Torpedo Trials
1929: A torpedo being fired from the Chilean destroyer Adea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Spectator Sport
1st April 1907: A group of hunters watch from the banks of the river during a meet of the Hawkston Otter Hounds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Anti Home Rule
25th September 1912: Armed Unionists marching through Portadown in Ulster to demonstrate aginst Home Rule. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tank For America
18th March 1926: A British tank is loaded on board the Cunard SS Vardulia at King George V Dock, bound for its new home at Cornell University in America. (Photo by L)

Air Force Gunner
September 1922: An Irish Air Force gunner getting into position in his bi-plane during the Irish Civil War. (Photo by Walshe/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Military Parade
June 1922: 3 sets of colours on display during the passing of the Munster Fusiliers. (Photo by Gill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Chinese Soldiers
1906: Chinese soldiers in the Russo-Japanese War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Fencing Equipment
A collection of fencing equipment

Wheel Locks
Circa 1650, Wheel locks for guns. Top: chiselled in relief upon a punched ground, (c1710). Middle: engraved with a lion hunt; (c1650). Bottom: engraved, c1650

Mine Explosion
A mine exploding at sea during a German mine-laying operation. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Italian Column
An Italian Alpine Regiment move up the Rurtor Glacier. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Duckshooter
A duckshooter stalking birds on a sledge with a punt gun, on the frozen waters of Crowbit Wash in the Fens. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

German Mine
November 1915: The interior of a German mine is displayed in the Horseguards Parade, London, during a military recruitment event. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Highland Parade
November 1915: The Canadian Highlanders marching through London during the Lord Mayors Procession, flanked by a single policeman. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Canadian Parade
November 1915: Canadian soldiers driving through London with anti-aircraft guns during the Lord Mayors Procession. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Trench Mortar
October 1915: The British Army shows off captured German artillery at a display in London. The picture shows a trench mortar in the foreground with field guns in the background

German Guns
October 1915: The British Army show off captured German field guns in London. The signs in front state from which field of battle they were taken and which regiment participated

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