Guns Collection (page 36)

Observation Balloon 1918
An observation balloon on an American battleship in British waters

Indian Trappers / 1885
Native Canadian trappers of the Northwest, trudging through a snowy forest

SIMMS WAR MOTOR 1902
Simms War Motor, manufactured by Vickers and Maxim

Griffin Fires Guns
Warship of the English navy, depicted firing her guns

Commune / Woman Directing
A woman takes charge of the guns during the defence of the Commune in the Place Taranne

East Indian Court / 1851
The East Indian Court - south side

Heavy Guns / Valparaiso
During the war between Chile and the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru, heavy guns are mounted onto moveable carriages at Valparaiso

British Dogs and Gun
Two dogs employed by the Welch Fusiliers to haul a machine gun and its ammunition. They answer every call cheerfully and do not flinch even under the hottest fire

Man Traps and Guns
A gentleman seeking refuge from a bull finds that the woods into which he had thought to escape are beset with man-traps and spring- guns

Line-Throwing Gun / 1920S
Merryweather line-throwing gun in use. These guns held 100 yards of line, allowing access to high buildings

1ST BURMA WAR / 1824
The artillery is moved forward during the British colonial troops advance into Burmese territory during the 1st Burma War

American Overcoats 1907
American father wearing a Chesterfield overcoat with velvet collar & fry-front & son in a Varsity overcoat shop for guns. Both wear bowler (Derby) hats

Siege of a Castle
The siege of a town, with guns blazing and bowmen shooting their arrows

Belgian Dogs with Guns
The Belgian army, during World War One, harness their dogs to machine guns instead of milk carts

Belgian Dogs Haul Guns
During World War One, the Belgians harness their dogs to machine guns instead of milk carts

Belgian Dogs Pull Guns
Making preparations for war, the Belgian army trains dogs to haul machine guns : well, its a change from dragging milk churns round the streets of Antwerp

Hastings Elephant
WARREN HASTINGS The Governor General of India on his official elephant

Royal Niger Co. Fighting
Soldiers of the British Royal Niger Company form a square to attack the camp of the Emir of Lapaie and subdue West African resistance to British colonial efforts

Troops at Gravesend
British troops cross the Thames from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort, on flat- boats drawn on ropes : besides men, guns, horses and wagons are carried, spectators watch

African Elephant Herd
Delelorgue and his companions, travelling in southern Africa, encounter a herd of elephants. Needless to say, they reach for their guns

Guns and Butter
Reducing the war industry means building up the World Trade

Machine Gun Section
A machine-gun section of the Grenadier Guards, wearing their field service kit. Eight men to man a single machine gun ?

Ww1 Guns Captured
British troops pose with guns and stores captured from the Turkish army in Palestine

Europe Confronts Bear
BEAR OR BUG-BEAR? Thou com st in such questionable shape! - Hamlet Europa confronts the Russian Bear

British Artillery Moving
A British horse-drawn artillery regiment hooks up and moves off

Pres. Jackson Assaulted
Leaving the Capitol, president Andrew Jackson is assaulted by Richard Lawrence, a deranged house-painter, who believes AJ is conspiring against him. His guns luckily both mis-fire

Chicago Rail Strike
During the strike, a train departs under the protection of volunteer policemen, armed with guns : the strike is opposed with great brutality by the railway companies

Algerian Fantasia
The Mozabites of Biskra, Algeria, celebrate with a fantasia, or mock-fight, which involves firing guns close to the feet of your opponents, both crazed with excitement

Fregeville at Jemappes
French general Charles Fregeville leads his hussars in a brave attack on the Austrian guns located on the heights

Boivin at Schwitz
General J D Boivin takes several guns and a flag from the Swiss

Picking up his Cap
An incident of the street fighting - a boy who has dropped his cap runs to pick it up though guns are firing all around him !

Napoleon at Montereau
He himself aims the guns at the Prussians, during the battle of Montereau

Germans Occupy Norway
Norway : German troops occupying this huge and rugged country position their guns in a tactical position

Maxim Gun - Royal Navy
THE MAXIM GUN used by Petty Officers of the Royal Navys HMS Excellent

Bartering Furs for Guns
CANADA Native Canadians of Manitoba bartering furs for guns in a Trade Shop

Sightseers on board the Hecla in the Crimea
Sightseers on board the Hecla after the attack on Russian defences near Eknas, Finland, during the Crimean War

Matchlocks, gun and pistol
Various firearms -- a Matchlock Crossbow (from Bosworth), a Mameluke gun, a Persian matchlock and a Highland pistol

Croziers automatic battery

Casanova fights a duel with Branecki
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) fights a duel with Branecki

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