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Horses Pulling Wagon in Convoy; Horses Pulling Cannons in Convoy; Military Unit Marching in Formation; Truck Convoy

Description: Copy negative of four pictures. The first is of military men riding horses pulling wagons across a desert with mountains in the distance. The second is of horses pulling cannons and men across the desert with mountains in the distance. The third is of men marching in formation with flags with buildings to the left. The fourth is a truck convoy in the desert with mountains in the distance.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

World War I Scenes

Description: Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture shows several soldiers in the woods with a cannon in 1914. The bottom picture is of the ruins of Neuve Chapelle, showing buildings reduced to rubble taken between 1914 and 1917.
Date: {1914,1914..1917}
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Soldiers with Artillery

Description: Copy negative of Mexican soldiers with artillery. There are at least twelve men in uniforms, surrounding two cannons and a wagon. Written across the bottom of the image is, "145 Federal Artillery."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Soldiers with Artillery

Description: Copy negative of Mexican soldiers with artillery. There are at least twelve men in uniforms, surrounding two cannons and a wagon. Written across the bottom of the image is, "145 Federal Artillery."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Postcard of Cannon; Postcard of Weapons Magazine

Description: Copy photograph of two images. In the top image, several uniformed soldiers load a cannon. In the top left corner is a poem, which reads, "I'd like to load a gun like this/With a message and perhaps a kiss/To let you know how proud I am/That you have backed up Uncle Sam." The bottom image shows the weapons magazine of Fort Phantom Hill. The magazine is a small stone building. A cow walks in front. The bottom text reads, "Magazine at Fort Phantom Hill, near Abilene, Texas. Commanded by Robert E.… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

DD Destroyer]

Description: Photograph of a DD Destroyer. This ship was part of the mothball, or reserve, fleet docked in Orange, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Anna Hall as Library and Cannon

Description: Photographs of Anna Hall, the campus library, and the memorial cannon at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of HSU Cannon]

Description: Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University cannon named "Arizona Bill" in honor of Kenneth "Arizona Bill" Burns. The cannon rests on a concrete slab, and several trees and a building can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Dr. Fletcher with Arizona Bill]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Jesse C. Fletcher standing behind the campus cannon, called Arizona Bill, at Hardin-Simmons University. He has his elbows propped up on the chase of the cannon.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Aileen Culpepper at Cannon]

Description: Photograph of Aileen Culpepper sitting on the stone retaining wall of the "Arizona Bill" Cannon at Hardin-Simmons University. She wears a dark-colored wrap dress with a flower design and a sun hat.
Date: 1945?
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of a Cannon]

Description: Photograph of a burnt out cannon in front of a forest.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Photograph of Jesse and Dorothy Fletcher at Cannon]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Jesse C. Fletcher and Mrs. Dorothy Fletcher standing next to the cannon on campus, "Arizona Bill." They are visible from the waists up, and Dorothy stands slightly in front of her husband.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of HSU Cannon Arizona Bill]

Description: Photograph of Sergeant First Class James Robert playing a bugle horn beside the Hardin-Simmons University “Arizona Bill” cannon. A typed note on the back of the photograph reads, "10-27-99 HSU Cannon -- S.F.C.U.S. Army James Robert ROHR Veteran's Honor Guard -- V.F.W. [Veterans of Foreign Wars] Abilene Texas."
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: Meinhardt, Bob
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Moody Center]

Description: Photograph taken from a distance of Moody Center at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. The “Arizona Bill” cannon can be seen in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Cannon that shot Lord Nelson's arm off

Description: Photograph of the cannon that shot Admiral Lord Nelson's arm off, taken in Santa Cruz on Tenerife. Several ships that appear to be naval vessels are visible in the background.
Date: 1968
Creator: Zichner, Mildred Schaeffer
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Statues on Point Lobos near the Cliff House]

Description: Photograph of a row of classical statues overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Point Lobos in California, imported by millionaire Adolph Sutro, from Belgium just before the 20th century. The statues rested on the parapet at Sutro Heights.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Location: 37.777875 -122.512073
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Exterior View of a Mission Church and a Cannon]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Our Lady of Loreto Chapel in the Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia, with a cannon in front of it. The building has mesquite trees and cactus around it.
Date: May 16, 1952
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Photograph of Six Cannons Firing a Salute]

Description: Photograph of six cannons, lined up facing left in a gravel or concrete lot in front of a two story building. One of the cannons in the middle has just fired, leaving a thick, light-colored cloud coming from the muzzle. To the right of the cannons, there are military members in uniform, standing with their backs to the cannons. There is a dark sedan parked to the left of the two-story building, and more cars are slightly visible past the cannons, parked in front of the building. There is handwr… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Cromeans, Ernie
Partner: University of Texas Permian Basin

[Photograph of Fritz Linnstaedter on Cannon]

Description: Photograph of Fritz Linnstaedter sitting on the barrel of a large cannon in an open field, with buildings in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[5" Gun Crew Manning "E" Gun]

Description: Photograph of a 5" gun crew manning Gun 16 during S.B.B.P. in October 1929. This is one of the ship's long guns, and it takes a large crew to adequately manage it, there is even a stripe painted on the deck that the crew operates around; most of the men in this photo are standing and watching the crew.
Date: October 1929
Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Statues, near Point Lobos in California]

Description: Photograph of a row of classical statues overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Point Lobos in California, imported by millionaire Adolph Sutro, from Belgium just before the 20th century. The statues rested on the parapet at Sutro Heights.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Location: 37.777875 -122.512073
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Artillery - Frontier Texas]

Description: Photograph of U.S. army reenactors shooting artillery at an event at Frontier Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: McMurry University Library
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