French sailors and officers manning land battery, 1870

Albumen print photograph; uniform group of French sailors and officers posing to display the loading of ammunition into a large cannon within fortifications around Paris. Albumen print photograph; uniform group of French sailors and officers posing to display the loading of ammunition into a large cannon within fortifications around Paris. Oblong, on card, in envelope; no margins; clean. title provided by cataloger New York, Rockman Prints, 1962