Armoured automobile, with balloon gun – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Armoured automobile, with balloon gun
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Its caption describes an armored automobile fitted with a gun described as a "balloon gun," though the Bain News Service's own title data is unverified, so the exact purpose of the weapon is uncertain. In the early 1900s, armies in several countries were testing motor vehicles for military use, and armored cars were still experimental designs. Bain's news agency in New York sold photographs of such novelties to newspapers, so the picture likely reflects the public curiosity about motorized military machines of the period.
| Created / published | 1/4/09. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,241 × 5,860 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4473 |
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