Wars of Wonders
Item Set
Title (Dublin Core)
Wars of Wonders
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Four-Gun Anti-Aircraft Tank fires 5,220 Shots A Minute
Four-Gun Anti-Aircraft Tank fires 5,220 Shots A MinuteTemporal CoverageWorld War II -
Lamp made from artillery shell
Lamp made from artillery shell -
Aerial Mine Field Guards Against Plane Raids
Aerial Mine Field Guards Against Plane Raids -
Sharpshooting at unseen targets
Title: Sharpshooting at unseen targetsSpatial CoverageUnited States of AmericaTemporal CoverageWorld War II -
"Anti-aircraft" target gun fires beams of electricity
Title: "Anti-aircraft" target gun fires beams of electricitySpatial CoverageUnited States of AmericaTemporal CoverageWorld War II -
Detector for metal in wounds
Title: Radio metal locator cuts in treating war woundsSpatial CoverageUnited States of AmericaTemporal CoverageWorld War II -
Several kinds of explosives each one with its own particular job in war as in peace
Title: Teaching explosives to do tricksTemporal CoverageWorld War II -
Vultee Valiant, a swift two-place trainer used for training combat pilots
Caption: Vultee Valiant is a swift two-place basic trainer wide used by both Army and Navy for training combat pilotsSpatial CoverageUnited States of AmericaTemporal CoverageWorld War II -
Improved magazine for machine gun
Caption: "Operating a machine gun with new continuous-feed magazine: above, the assistant is seen feeding cartridges into the hopper; should the assistant be wounded, one man can operate the gun, as in the lower photograph".Spatial CoverageUnited States of AmericaTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
The "Sumner", used to transport the U. S. Army
Caption: "United States Army trasnport "Sumner" aground on a shoal off the New Jersey coast, broken in two by the winter waves and abandoned by the Government as a total wreck". -
Wounded war dog fitted with wooden leg
Title: "WOUNDED WAR DOG FITTED WITH WOODEN LEG".Spatial CoverageFrench Third RepublicTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Britain's large ammmunition factory
Caption: "King George and his retinue visiting one of Britain's largest munition plants while work is in full swing: the almost innumerable long rows of shells, and the endless line of overhead conveyors steadily and ceaselessly moving their burdens along, give one a faint idea of the enormous quantity of ammunition produced in the factory daily".Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
A shield renders street lamps less noticeable to the enemy
Caption: "In a French town occupied at present by the German forces, shields of the sort shown here render the street lamps less noticeable to Allied airmen". -
Mobile shield used by French soldiers
Caption: "Mobile shield that enables French soldiers to advance in the face of machine-gun fire and cut wire entanglements protecting the enemy's trenches: before this device was put into use the wire cutter's job was a tragically brief one. Although it does not cover a man's entire body, it improves his chances manifoldly".Spatial CoverageFrench Third RepublicTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Italian naval-type gun
Caption: "This big engine of destruction is an Italian naval-type gun that was captured by the Austrians. A heavy chassis and caterpillar wheels support it, enabling it to be transported from one point to another. The picture serves to bring out most strikingly the fact that no gun is too big for field operations in this day".Temporal CoverageWorld War I -
American 3-in. gun
Caption: "Immediately following the severance of diplomatic relations with the German Empire, the New York Naval Militia was called out to guard the city's bridges and water-supply system against possible molestation. Among the men who have thus faced stinging, snow-laden winds to protect Gotham property are members of some of the city's wealthiest and most prominent families. The photograph below shows some of the militiamen and a three-inch gun stationed by the Williamsburg Bridge on the Manhattan side".Temporal CoverageWorld War I -
Life belt equipped with flash lights
Caption: "Life belt equipped with flash lights with which the wearer could signal in the dark to rescuers and so indicate his whereabouts". -
The training of U. S. airmen
Title: "PREPARING AERIAL FIGHTERS AT MINEOLA FOR ARMY'S EMBRIONIC AVIATION SECTION".Spatial CoverageUnited States of AmericaTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Trench diggers used by Germans
Caption: "Big ditching engines of this American type are used by the Germans in constructing intrenchments along the various battle fronts".Spatial CoverageGerman EmpireTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
The U. S. submarine "H-3"
Title: "CRUISER AND SUBMARINE GO AGROUND ON BAR". -
The decoration of a French war plane
Caption: "When official reports credit a French airman with the destruction of five or more enemy aeroplanes he becomes known to his fellows as an "ace". The pilot of the "Smiling dragon", as is indicated by the insignia painted on the body, has acquitted himself with honors in his aerial duels. Incidentally this custom reminds one that the American Indian neither wore feathers, nor hung scalps before his tepee, solely for the decorative effect".Spatial CoverageFrench Third RepublicTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Straw used to camouflage an Austrian battle line
Caption: "Although it has the peaceful appearance of a harvest-time wheat field, this picture shows an Austrian battle line. The quarters of the men are protected with straw so that aerial visitors will pass without noticing and save their bombs for other places". -
American biplane
Caption: "At the crucial moment a glass was blown from the pilot's goggles, blurring his vision and causing the wreck".Spatial CoverageUnited States of AmericaTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Cipher-writing machine
Caption: "This cipher typewriter was made for one of the Allied governments now at war: the disk which determines the cipher and also deciphers the message on receipt is placed on the top plate between the ribbon spools".Temporal CoverageWorld War I -
A new device for cutting wire entanglements
Caption: "Device for severing wire entanglements which will cut several wires at a time and will protect the wearer from electrical shocks".Spatial CoverageUnited States of AmericaTemporal CoverageWorld War I