McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 060

Title: McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 060
Description: Caption: "French 75 Millimeter Gun Model of 1897." c. 1912-1915. William McCarthy posing with a French 75mm field gun, with an unidentified man. Commonly called the French 75, or simply the 75, this heavy, rapid-fire artillery gun was developed in 1897. During World War I it was adapted to fire shells full of toxic gas, and was also modified for mounting on an armored vehicle. See also 96-07-08-alb05-061.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Unidentified Location
Date: 1915
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb05-060
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image from the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Heavy Artillery
Type: Still Image