Cannon Firing on May Day, Fillmore

Image

Cannon Firing on May Day, Fillmore

Title

Cannon Firing on May Day, Fillmore

Identifier

9690

Source

E. M. 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.

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 December 22, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/7430.