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<ul><li><b>Scope and content:</b>  Original Caption: Armored observation automobile to the U.S. Army.  The U.S. Army has been in need of an observation tower that could be quickly transported from one part of the field to another.  Oscar Marino and his two brothers got together and built the observation automobile seen in the photograph.  The tower of the automobile extends 25 ft. up into the air.  When the automobile is being moved about the top of the tower can be folded back.  It can also be used for sending wireless messages.  On the top of the tower is a small platform just room enough for one man and a machine gun.<table class="messagebox plainlinks layouttemplate {{{lang}}}" lang="{{{lang}}}" dir="ltr" style="margin:2px 10%;width:auto;border:2px solid #48d;background:#fbfcff;color:#222;border-left-width:8px;border-collapse:collapse;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image" style="padding-left:.9em"><img alt="Commons-emblem-notice.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Commons-emblem-notice.svg/32px-Commons-emblem-notice.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="32" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Commons-emblem-notice.svg/48px-Commons-emblem-notice.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Commons-emblem-notice.svg/64px-Commons-emblem-notice.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"></td><td class="mbox-text">This date is not correct.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Date Taken: 3/31/1905
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Photographer: Kadel &amp; Herbert</li></ul></div>
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