Quaker Gun, Centreville, Virginia, March 1862, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 8.1 × 9.4 cm (3 3/16 × 3 11/16 in.), Photographs, George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902), The principal subject of this humorous view is a tree trunk expertly carved and painted by the Confederate army to look like a massive cast-iron cannon. George N. Barnard’s assistant stretches to fire the weapon known as a 'Quaker gun' (it can never be fired, no one gets hurt)
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Quaker Gun, Centreville, Virginia, March 1862, Albumen silver print, glass negative, Image, 8.1, 9.4 cm, 3 3/16, 11/16, Photographs, George N. Barnard, American, 1819–1902, principal, subject, humorous view, tree trunk, expertly, carved, painted, Confederate army, look, massive cast-iron, cannon, N, Barnard, assistant, stretches, fire, weapon, gun, never, fired, no, gets hurt
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