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Organ of death. "This is the arsenal. From floor to ceiling, like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms." So wrote Longfellow in his poem, after seeing this stack of 1862 rifles. Now in another emergency the eastern armory again turns out guns for the war
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Credit lineOrgan of death. "This is the arsenal. From floor to ceiling, like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms." So wrote Longfellow in his poem, after seeing this stack of 1862 rifles. Now in another emerge. 1940-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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