Fooling with a Gun

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A boy accidentally fires a gun, smashing a clock and making a hole in the wall

Tom Potts was fooling with a gun
(Such follies should not be),
When—bang! the pesky thing went off
Most unexpectedly.

Artist

Name:: Newell, Peter
Dates:: 1862-1924
Country:: US

Illustration

Subject:: People
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The hole book
Author:: Newell, Peter
Publisher:: New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d. [1908?]
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A boy standing in front of a fireplace accidentally fires a gun, smashing a clock and making a hole in the wall.

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