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Title: Implements of Modern Warfare
Alternative Title: Artistic Stereo Gems of Gettysburg Scenery
Creator: Tipton, William H., 1850-1929, photographer
W.H. Tipton & Co., publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1875
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: United States Civil War
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Stereograph shows a display cabinet filled with ammunition (each numbered for description on back of stereograph) used at the Battle of Gettysburg. Also displayed are a drum, chair, two muskets and crossed sabers. Display cabinet stands in front of in ornamental flag draped curtain with a sign that reads "Implements of Modern Warfare."
Title from stereograph. Verso includes description of each numbered item shown in display case. Also this description: "Shot, Shell, &c., from the Battle-field of Gettysburg, comprising the complete collection of Mr. L.M. Buehler, (the only one in the world); also Gen. Meade's chair and John L. Burns' musket, the property of Mr. J.A. Danner. Tipped into Gettysburg : what to see, and how to see it, by Bachelder, 1873.
Extent: 1 stereograph ; 10.2 x 17.8 cm (4 x 7 in.)
Identifier: RB 99848
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/4444
Language: English
Subject: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. (lctgm)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Place: Gettysburg (Pa.)
Source: Nicolson collection
United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library

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