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Title: McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 207
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued: 1915
Publication Information: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Contributing Institution: California State Archives
Collection: McCarthy (William M.) Photograph Collection
Rights Information: © 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Description: Caption: "A 3 inch Field Gun Ready for Action," c. 1915. Shows a crew of men operating a 3" field gun, a heavy artillery gun set onto a carriage for mobile use. The U.S. military used these guns between 1905 and 1919, gradually phasing them out of use during the 1920s in favor of more modern weapons.
Type: image
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb05-207
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/items/show/4732
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/files/original/20ecadc3e203fc026e2375595f4c02e8.jpg
Language: English
Subject: Heavy Artillery
Place: Unidentified Location
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)

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