The Camel has been found!
Did anyone read the post entitled "Shades of Orange?" At the bottom, I ask about the whereabouts of a certain camel, with a gatling gun mounted on his (or her) back. Apparently, it was part of the 1876 exposition.
This is the fourth comment for that post:
This is the fourth comment for that post:
eureka... the camel has been found... in mothballs, but safe and secure and saved for posterity
box 18 of 30, "CAMEL MOUNTING GATLING GUN PROJECT", Accession 99-152
National Museum of American History, Office of the Director,
Subject Files, 1958-1997
Theater of the Bizarre : Gatling Guns and Camels
http://www.heliograph.com/trmgs/trmgs2/camel.shtml
posted by Kinezumi-Risu at
8/21/2004 07:24:00 PM
People find it necessary to hyphenate most everything.
Life is simple. It's people that make it complicated.
