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Columbiad gun

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Call NumberX-20096Date1930-1950SummaryShows the Columbiad cannon donated to the city of Denver, Colorado, by the Grand Army of the Republic to commemorate the Colorado volunteer armed forces who fought in the Civil War. The cannon was originally on the USS Canandaigua and later the USS Tennessee The cannon was placed in City Park in 1898.Physical Description1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 8 x 14 cm (3 x 5 1/2 in.) mounted on album page 41 x 46 cm (16 x 18 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectGrand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Colorado & Wyoming--CommemorationCity Park (Denver, Colo.)United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--MonumentsCannons--Colorado--DenverMonuments & memorials--Colorado--DenverParks--Colorado--DenverGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710020096Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 111. Parks photograph albumNotesAlbum is indexed. Album page 2 includes X-20091 to X-20099 on verso page 1 X-20083 to X-20099. Photo edges are cropped. Title supplied. Written above photo is "17". R710020096

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/CreditDenver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes