Toulon Gallery

French shells used on Land and Sea WWI

In Toulon arsenal: Stamping 75" projectiles intended for Salonika and varnishing. Before being sent out, shells are stamped with the manufacturing arsenal mark and date of completion. Thus in case of official inquiry in connection with them, there records can be traced to issuing establishment. Upper photograph: Women stamping 75" shells before being shipped out to Salonika. Lower photograph: Men varnishing inside the explosives chamber, and outside. Interior varnishing prevented dangerous friction being set up in transporting. Date: 1917

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This picture taken on September 27, 2013 shows the Belem (L) and the

This picture taken on September 27, 2013 shows the "Belem" (L) and the "Alexander von Humboldt" as they are moored in the harbour of Toulon, southern France, where tall ships are moored for four days as part of the Mediterranean Tall Ships Regatta "Voiles de Legende" (Legendary Sails). AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT

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Town and Port of Toulon, seen from halfway down the mountain behind, series of Les

XIR414917 Town and Port of Toulon, seen from halfway down the mountain behind, series of Les Ports de France, engraved by Charles Nicolas Cochin the Younger (1715-90) and Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83) 1762 (etching & burin) by Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-89) (after); 47.1x73.6 cm; Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France; (add.info.: La Ville et la Rade de Toulon, vues a mi-cote de la montagne qui est derriere; series of views of French seaports commissioned by King Louis XV of France in 1753 and executed between 1754 and 1765; seaport; b/w photo; black and white photograph; eau forte; eau-forte; Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur; host and hostess welcoming guests for an alfresco lunch party; dejeuner en plein air;); French, out of copyright

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