We wished Dave a fond farewell a couple of weeks back and have been settling in to work sans curator. No word on the search for a new curator, but we hope to have someone in place this fall.
I returned home from the Denver gun show last Monday (May 18). It was a good weekend; we did around 150 serial number searches, eight Cody Firearms Museum memberships and a number of Factory Letters. I wish I could make it to the Orangeville, Ontario show on May 31 as I am in the area visiting family, but unfortunately, I fly back to Wyoming that day. We are looking forward to the two big gun shows in Cody in a couple of weeks. The Winchester Club of America show is June 12-14 and the Winchester Arms Collectors Association show is June 19-21. Makes for a couple of long weeks for us, but we enjoy seeing old friends and making new ones.
May 26, 2009 at 5:51 am |
The folks at the NRA Museum suggested that I contact you about getting an image of a Winchester rifle I would like to portray. I have a piece of Winchester Repeating Arms Company paper dated Nov. 8th, 1892. It is a sales receipt for a rear sight elevator. I have a photo of a Model 1892 rifle with a pistol grip and checkered stock, a take down model. I’m told that it was the highest grade of the Model 18792 available. I would like to obtain an image which is clear enough to show me the detail of the weapon so I can portray it correctly. Can you be of any assistance? I’m willing to pay a reasonable fee for a photograph I can use as a model.
June 17, 2009 at 2:08 pm |
Dave,
Images of CFM objects can be obtained. You will have to work through CFM Curatorial Assistant Warren Newman and the Imaging Rights and Reproductions Manager Sean Campbell.
I would suggest you contact Mr. Campbell at 307-587-2107, or at seanc@bbhc.org to learn about the process.
Good luck in your quest.
May 26, 2009 at 8:33 am |
I have in my possesion a supposed Annie Oakley smooth bore Winchester carbine, 44 WCF, Model?,#563014.I need help to see if it is true and/or possible that it was given by her!!
June 17, 2009 at 2:04 pm |
Jim,
Here is a response from Warren Newman, CFM Curatorial Assistant. Hope it’s of use to you.
“Your Winchester .44 W.C.F. Carbine is probably a Model 1873 Lever Action Repeating Carbine. With serial number 563014, it would have been produced in 1899, according to fairly reliable secondary sources. There is nothing to indicate, even in our extensive archived references and computerized databases, that Annie Oakley ever owned a Model 1873 chambered for the .44 W.C.F.cartridge, but she owned a great many guns that probably have never been authenticated. It will all depend on the thoroughness and persuasiveness of your written documentation on the gun.”