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1930s Snapshot Photo Couple with Large Artillery Gun Cannon Display Winter Snow

About this piece

Original black and white snapshot photograph of a man and a woman posing in the snow beside a large artillery gun on a display mount. The long gun barrel points toward the camera, with bare winter trees and buildings in the background. Measures about 2.6 x 3.7 inches. Condition: light toning and minor surface wear consistent with age, white border intact.

The woman wears a long coat with a fur collar, hat and gloves; the man wears a fedora, overcoat and tall laced boots. The gun appears to be a public display piece, the kind of war trophy or memorial cannon set up in town parks and on courthouse lawns after the First World War. The location is not identified on the photo.

A nice military and small-town Americana image from a family album, with the big gun as the clear focal point.