Cannon Firing on May Day, Fillmore
Image
Title
Cannon Firing on May Day, Fillmore
Identifier
9690
Source
Edith Moore Jarrett Collection, 1983
Description
View of a crowd standing around a cannon on May Day. The cannon is pointed towards the right of the image. Leon Harthorn is lighting the fuse of the cannon. Harthorn is wearing a top hat and dark suit. Vehicles and palm trees visible in background.
Museum records indicate that the cannon is a captured German cannon. Lighting the cannon during the May Day celebration was Fillmore tradition.
Museum records indicate that the cannon is a captured German cannon. Lighting the cannon during the May Day celebration was Fillmore tradition.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
Black and white photograph
12.5 x 18 cm
Subject
Artillery
Fillmore (Calif.)--Social life and customs
Harthorn, Leon
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Type
Image
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Cannon Firing on May Day, Fillmore,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed April 27, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/7430.