Adm. Twinings aeroplane gun (LOC)
by The Library of Congress

Bain News Service,, publisher. Adm. Twinings aeroplane gun [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Photo shows a naval airplane gun invented by Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining (1869-1924). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on p . . .

Snorkel Chute Curbside Mailbox
by Smithsonian Institution

Description: An unidentified driver takes advantage of the Post Office Department's new snorkel chute curbside mailbox. The mailboxes were designed to permit motorists to drop off their mail without getting out of their cars. This mailbox was placed in front of New York City's main city post office. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1953 Museum Collec . . .

Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky (LOC)
by The Library of Congress

Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer. Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky 1940 July. 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller. Notes: Photo shows Wigwam Village #2, Cave City, KY. (Source: Library staff, 2009) Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Subjects: United States--Kentucky--Nels . . .

Uncle Sam will begin to practise firing at aircraft with big guns at Sandy Hook (LOC)
by The Library of Congress

New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924 November 14, 1909, Image 17 Notes: Cover, illustrated supplement. Format: Newspaper page, from microfilm Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction. Repository: Library of Congress, Serial and Government Publications Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Part Of: Chronicling America (Library of Congress) (DLC) - lccn.loc.gov/2007618519 Pe . . .

Anti-aircraft gun in action during the battle
by National Library of Scotland

Soldiers silhouetted against the sky. They are preparing to fire an anti-aircraft gun. On the right of the photograph a soldier is being handed a large shell for the gun. The Battle of Broodseinde (October 1917) was part of a larger offensive - the third Battle of Ypres - engineered by Sir Douglas Haig to capture the Passchendaele ridge. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRTITISH WESTERN FRONT. BATTLE OF BROODSEYNDE [sic] RIDGE. Anti-aircraft gun in action during the battle. . . .

Our anti-aircraft gunners spot a Hun plane
by National Library of Scotland

This photograph of gunners rushing to man two anti-aircraft guns may have been a contrived shot, as the man in the foreground is grinning broadly, which seems unlikely if this was a real incident. Anti-aircraft guns became increasingly important as the role of the air force developed during the war. The guns are mounted on lorries. The one in the front has the name 'Peerless' on the front of the radiator. Peerless lorries were made in Cleveland, North America. After the war, many of these lorri . . .