On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Teresa Whitt wrote:

> Greetings Listers:
>
> A Japanese cannon that has apparently been "rotting" away since around
> the 1930s has come to the attention of my museum.  The story attached to
> the cannon is that it was given to the city by World War I veterans,

Now, just how could WWI vets get ahold of a Japanese cannon?


>and
> had previously occupied a space beside the city's most famous landmark.
> Somehow the cannon has ended up behind a tool shed in a city park.  I am
> working on gathering information on this piece to get local government
> enthused about conserving the cannon.  This is totally out of my field.
> Does anyone out there have a source for validating types/dates for
> Japanese cannons?  I can supply a .jpg of the object if requested.

I do know something about cannons, so I would be interested in seeing the
.jpg.

Please send.

Thnx.

Thomas Kavanagh, PhD.

kkk

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