Krupp balloon gun – Antique Print
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Krupp balloon gun, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Krupp balloon gun
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The caption on this glass negative names a Krupp balloon gun, a weapon from the German arms firm founded in Essen and long among the world's leading makers of heavy artillery. Guns of this kind were built to fire at observation balloons and aircraft, and such weapons were a common subject for newspaper photographers during the First World War. The title comes from caption data that the Bain News Service wrote on its negatives, and that data has not been independently verified, so the exact model and setting remain uncertain. The Bain collection as a whole shows how wire-service photographers of the period recorded military equipment and news events for American papers.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,198 × 5,791 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9892 |
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