Witworth gun 12 pounder, 3 inch ordinance rifle

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Title:
Witworth gun 12 pounder, 3 inch ordinance rifle
Description:
Whitworth gun - 12 pounder. Two of these English made rifles, breechloading cannon were used at Gettysburg by an Alabama Battery, the Hardaway Artillery. 3 inch ordinance rifle. The Federal model of this rifled iron cannon was the product of the Phoenix Iron Company, Phoenixville Pennsylvania. Approximately 200 of these cannon were used during the Gettysburg campaign.
Date:
[ca. 1960–1979]
Format:
Postcards/Cards
Genre:
Postcards
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Tichnor Brothers Collection
Series:
Military Postcards
Subjects:
Cannons
Extent:
1 print : color photomechanical ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6d570m784
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston, 15, Mass. : Made only by Tichnor Bros., Inc. Pub. by L. E. Smith, wholesale distributor, Gettysburg, Pa.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (object):
Created using the Lusterchrome process.
Identifier:
06_10_027068
K-10708