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DescriptionYorktown artillery2.jpg |
English: "Battery, No. 4--near Yorktown, mounting 10 13-inch mortars, each weighing 20,000 pounds. East-South end / Brady's Album Gallery." United States Civil War: artillery placements outside Yorktown, Virginia. Scanned from a photographic print on carte visite mount; original from albumen Русский: Артиллерийская батарея армии северян с 330-миллиметровыми мортирами образца 1861 г. в битве при Йорктауне (Гражданская война).
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circa 1862 date QS:P,+1862-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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creator QS:P170,Q38521022 according to http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.01000 |
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Author | Library of Congress |
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Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 800 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 800 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS Windows |
File change date and time | 02:05, 31 October 2008 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |