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25 photos and 1 illustration tagged browning, from 7 members of Flickr Commons.

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• machinegun
• browningm1895
• m1895
• browningpotatodigger
• m1895coltbrowningmachinegun
• potatodigger
• colt
• coltbrowningm1895
• libraryofcongress
• m1895coltbrowning
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• gun
• usarmy
• machine
• bw
• black
• white
• blackwhite
• bandw
• mono
• monochrome
• nypd
• manhattan
• unionsquare

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• The Library of Congress 15 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 5 photos & illustrations
• Costică Acsinte 2 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1 photo / illustration
• Université de Caen Normandie 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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Police machine gun (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  The machine gun troop is mentioned in NYT of May 12, 1918. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990DE1DC103BEE3AB... This picture has 5/16/18 on the negative, which could have been a date of use, or an indication that the photo of the troop was not taken during the May 11 parade.

• B-59 said:

  The sun., May 12, 1918, Page 10 published another photo of apparently the same motorcycle and the same men, who are identified as Sergt. Mc Laughlin and Sergt. Munsch. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-05-12/ed-...

B-24J Convair photo

from SDASM Archives

• Paul said:

  An incendiary bulletin through one of those tanks does not bear thinking about.

• worldsfair39 said:

  Such brave souls. I can't even imagine firing a Browning at a Japanese or German fighter... These guys will always have my humble respect.

• Gary Weaver said:

  So much for digital photography. Ha.

[Chief] Bald Eagle on RECRUIT (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 4 older comments, and then…
• John Guarino said:

  So why are there tags for this photo of "pussy" and "riot?" Curious. Aside from that, I can imagine the thoughts of the native Americans, thinking "if only... "

• Mark in NOVA said:

  John Guarino Anyone can add tags.

• Acoustic Bubble said:

  I was also wondering about those doubtful tags...

• Art Siegel said:

  Another picture of the same event ran in the Evening star. (Washington, D.C.) , August 12, 1917 with the caption: "Heap Big Chief getting acquainted with fire stick of paleface. Group of Indians, on a visit to the "U. S. S. Recruit" in New York to aid in recruiting, examining the machine gun aboard that "vessel." Chief Bald Eagle, leader of the band, is aiming the weapon." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1917-08-12/ed-...

• John Guarino said:

  Mark in NOVA Ah well.