Czar Cannon | Digital Collections

Description

A man stands on a large cannonball to look down the bore of the Czar's cannon that sits on a large carriage and on a pedestal in Moscow, Russia. A crowd of men, women, and children stand about the cannon and different sizes of cannonballs at Czar Cannon.

Note

No date; possibly late 1890sHandwritten on the back in pencil" Czar Cannon, Cast by Andrai Chekhov, wt. 40 tons, 5 meters long, caliber 890 mm, cannonballs decorative, designed to fire grapeshot.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri—Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Date Issued

1895 to 1900

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 32 cm

Genre

Albumen prints

Group portraits

Member of

Jacob L. Loose Collection

Subject (Topical)

Rights

Copyright Undetermined

Rights Note

Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.

To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.

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Source

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Unit

LaBudde Special Collections