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Box MS454.03

 Container

Contains 59 Results:

Obituaries of Colt Presentees

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.25
Identifier: Folder 454.03.25
Scope and Contents 2 Handwritten Sheets with Names, Birth Dates & Death Dates, n.d. Photocopy of Death of Senator Houston in The New York Times (NYC), Jan 1, 1880, p 5.  Photocopy of Obituary of Mrs Ransay in The New York Times (NYC), Feb 9, 1858, p 5.  Photocopy of Obituary of David R Atchison, Jacob W Thoman, AR Boone, Thomas Woodward, Cornelius W VanOlnda in The New York Times (NYC), Jan 28, 1886, p 3.  Photocopy of Obituary for Hon Bailie Payton in The New York...
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Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Colt’s Patent Repeating Firearms / Colt Presentations

Geer’s Directories

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.34
Identifier: Folder 454.03.34
Scope and Contents Handwritten Geer’s Hartford City Directory for 1848-49… #11-19.  Handwritten Geer’s Hartford City Directory for 1850… #13-41.  Photocopy of Front Pages of Geer’s Hartford Directory for 1880, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1890.  Photocopy of E-Mail from Dorothy Keller to Herbert Houze, Dec 22, 2006, Re: Geer Information.  Photocopy of E-Mail from Dorothy Keller to Herbert Houze, Jan 23, 2007, Re: 1855 Information.  Photocopy of...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Colt’s Patent Repeating Firearms / Hartford, Connecticut

Julia Auction Images

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.40
Identifier: Folder 454.03.40
Scope and Contents

Negatives.

Photos. 

Photocopy of Photos. 

E-mail from Herbert Houze to Kristin Hoffman on June 22, 2010, Re: Julia Auction of Oct 7, 2009. 

E-mail from Kristin Hoffman to Lisa Oakes on July 19, 2010, Re: Julia Auction of Oct 7, 2009. 

E-mail from Little John to Herbert Houze on July 28, 2010, Re: Auction Lots. 

Typewritten Herbert Houze request for March 16, 2009 Sale and Forthcoming Sale.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Gun Engraving / Images of Engravings

1869 & 1970 Medals

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.08
Identifier: Folder 454.03.08
Scope and Contents

Photos. 

Negatives.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Winchester Repeating Arms Company / Winchester Early Patents

1876 Centennial Gun

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.15
Identifier: Folder 454.03.15
Scope and Contents

Negative & Photo of Winchester-Wetmore-Wells “Centennial 1876” Revolver. 

Photocopy of Souvenir of the Centennial Exhibition…; Hartford, CT, GD Curtis, 1877, cover, pp 57, 81-90, 111-119, 125, 127. 

Souvenir of the Centennial Exhibition…; Hartford, CT, GD Curtis, 1877, cover, pp 81-90. 

Photocopy Visitors Guide to the Centennial Exhibition…; Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott, 1876, pp 2-5, 12-15, 20-23, 34-35.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Winchester Repeating Arms Company / Winchester Model 1875 and Model 1876

Model 1876 – Ledger Pages

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.16
Identifier: Folder 454.03.16
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Ledger Pages.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Winchester Repeating Arms Company / Winchester Model 1875 and Model 1876

Charter Oak Pistols

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.26
Identifier: Folder 454.03.26
Scope and Contents Photocopy of Editorial in Hartford Daily Courant (Hartford, CT), June 22, 1857, p 2.  Photocopy of The Charter Oak in New York Herald (NYC), Nov 10, 1856, p 8, col 2.  Photocopy of Charter Oak Cradle in Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, MA), Apr 29, 1857, p 1, col 6.  Photocopy of Grand Fireman’s Tournament at Hartford in New York Herald (NYC), Aug 23, 1857, p 5, col 4.  Photocopy of Protection Engine Company #22 in New York Herald (NYC), Sept...
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Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Colt’s Patent Repeating Firearms / Colt Presentations

Gun Auction Photos & Gun Engraving Details

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.41
Identifier: Folder 454.03.41
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and Handwritten Analysis of Engraving Characteristics for Gustave Young. 

Photocopies of Gustave Young Engravings. 

Photocopies of Unattributed Engravings.

Photocopies of 5 pp of Colt #29705 Revolver.

Julia Auction Pages. 

Little John’s Auction Pages.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Gun Engraving / Images of Engravings

Miscellaneous Engravers

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.45
Identifier: Folder 454.03.45
Scope and Contents Photocopy of US Census 1860 for Hartford, CT, District 2, Roll M653_78, p 1015, image 492 for Charles W. Thompson.  Results of Ancestry Search of Civil War Soldiers for Frederick W. Dart, accessed Oct 30, 2006.  Photocopy of Geer’s 1861, p 81, for S.H. Clark, wood engineer.  Photocopy of US Census 1870 for Hartford, CT, Ward #4, Roll M59_101, p 636, image 144, for S.H. Clark.  Photocopy of US Census 1870 for Hartford, CT, Ward 3, Roll M593_100, p 553,...
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Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Gun Engraving / Engravers

Hartford Directories

 File — Box: MS454.03, Folder: 454.03.35
Identifier: Folder 454.03.35
Scope and Contents Handwritten Letter From ? (St Joseph College, CT) to Herbert Houze, Nov 26, 2006, Re: Hartford Directories.  Photocopy of Geer’s Hartford City Directory, 1826-1863, pp 188-89, 256-257, 304-305.  Photocopy of Well’s Directory, 1851, pp xvi-xvii, 96-97, 132-135, 186-187.  Photocopy of Geer’s Hartford Directory, 1864, pp 152, 297, 552, 558.  Photocopy of Geer’s Hartford Directory, 1865, pp 214-215, 288-289.  Photocopy of Geer’s...
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Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 454, MS 454 - Herbert Houze: Colt, Winchester, Engravers, Auction Catalogs / Colt’s Patent Repeating Firearms / Hartford, Connecticut

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