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[The mortars in the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering. – Historic Photo Reproduction

[The mortars in the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The mortars in the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / the photograph studio of the Imperial School of Engineering., [between 1880 and 1893]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Mortars, the heavy short-barreled artillery pieces used to lob shells at high angles, are the focus of this view of the Imperial Gunpowder Factory in the Ottoman Empire. The photograph comes from an album of the sultan's military and industrial holdings, which Abdul-Hamid II's government assembled in the 1880s and early 1890s as it worked to modernize arms production. It was made by the photography studio of the Imperial School of Engineering, and its caption appears in both Ottoman Turkish and French, a sign that the album was meant for an international audience. Images like this documented the state's effort to produce its own munitions.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 47. In album: Military facilities and personnel, schools, student portraits, and factories, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsOrdnance industry--Turkey--1880-1900. Factories--Turkey--1880-1900. Gunpowder--Turkey--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,229 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171911

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