Quaker Gun, Centreville, Virginia, George N. Barnard, March 1862

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Quaker Gun, Centreville, Virginia, March 1862, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: × cm (3 3/16 × 3 11/16 in.), Photographs, George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902), The principal subject of this humorous view is a tree trunk expertly carved and painted by the Confederate army to look like a massive cast-iron cannon. George N. Barnard’s assistant stretches to fire the weapon known as a 'Quaker gun' (it can never be fired, no one gets hurt

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Size: 4633px × 3938px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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