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"15-Inch Rodman Gun, Fort Massachusetts, Ship Island. Fifteen-inch Rodman type gun; placed on Fort Massachusetts in 1865; used for first time April 29, 1937, in saluting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on his visit to the Mississippi Gulf Coast." Exterior view. Side 1.

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  • Item: 3980
  • Creator(s): Maples, Luther
  • Description: "15-Inch Rodman Gun, Fort Massachusetts, Ship Island. Fifteen-inch Rodman type gun; placed on Fort Massachusetts in 1865; used for first time April 29, 1937, in saluting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on his visit to the Mississippi Gulf Coast." Exterior view. Side 1.
  • Date: 19--
  • City/State: Ship Island, Mississippi
  • County: Harrison County
  • Call Number: PI/2015.0023/Series II
  • Filename: 137594-1-postcard.tif