Postcard, Photographic

Photograph

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Island County Historical Society

Name/Title

Postcard, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2018.063.008

Description

Looking into gun battery from hillside. One mortar points skyward and large cloud of smoke reaches skyward.. Three other guns stand nearby. Ten shells on carts are lined up behind guns.Soldiers watch from rear; some hold hands over their ears. Doors to shell storage are open. Print on bottom reads: 12in Mortar in Action Torka's, Pt. Townsend, Wash. No. 282

Acquisition

Accession

2018.063

Made/Created

Studio

Torka's Studio

Date made

1904 - 1920

Notes

Medium: Postcard

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Artillery (Weaponry), Guns, Military bases, Military facilities, Soldiers