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  • Old Series Trademark No. 1400
    Old Series Trademark No. 1400

    The Pig and Hominy Store

    Date: 1886

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 199
    McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 199

    Caption: "12" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Looking up at the undercarriage of a 12" disappearing gun aimed over a high parapet. Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

    Date: 1915