Heavy artillery on OAC campus after WWI
- Title
- Heavy artillery on OAC campus after WWI
- LC Subject
- Military
- Description
- This excellent photo shows the "Aggie Boy" M1918 155mm Heavy gun being towed by the Caterpillar tractor in standard use during the period. The gun is followed by a heavy truck for supplies and ammunition. Also if note is the WWI era motor cycle with sidecar and a cadet sitting watching the parade. Great detail in shot of the "latest" equipment assigned to the new artillery training battalion on OAC beginning just after WWI. The heavy truck following is the "4WD truck" that was manufactured by Four Wheel Drive Co. in Clintonville, WI A WWI vintage US Army truck.
- Work Type
- photographs
- Date
- 1915/1925
- Identifier
- Archives87/P2_657 Artillery 155mm c1920
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
- Oregon State University Military Photographs Collection, 1875-1975 (P 002)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Modified
- 2015-02-10
- Submission Date
- 2012-10-15
