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"Gunnery model room."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05173.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Annapolis, Maryland Type: Photograph Date: 1870 ca. Pagination: 1 albumen Order a Copy

Room with various displays of artillery guns and shells. British flags and buntings on the back wall and around the windows.

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