Colt revolver
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Description
- Title
- Colt revolver
- Creator
- Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co
- Contributor
-
Buffalo Bill,--1846-1917.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co.
Salsbury, Nathan,--1846-1902.
Sitting Bull,--1831-1890. - Published / Created
- ca. 1895
- Copyright Date
- [circa 1870-1895]
- Abstract
-
A collection of weapons and costume accessories owned by Nathan Salsbury and associated with colleagues of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, including John Burwell "Texas Jack" Omohundro and Sitting Bull. Included are a shotgun, a bolas, a pair of moccasins, and a quiver containing a bow and arrows, as well as a revolver owned by Salsbury.
Nathan Salsbury (1846-1902), Civil War veteran, actor, and theatrical entrepreneur; after 1884 co-owner, producer and manager of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show."
- Description
- One revolver made by Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and owned by Nathan Salsbury. The gun is 29 cm in length and was stamped in several places: "Colt's PT. F. A. Mfg. Co. Hartford CT. U.S.A. / Patented Aug.5.1884 Nov.6.88. Mar.5.95." along the top of the barrel, "Colt. D. A. 38" along the side of the barrel, and a rampant colt in a circle at the top of the ivory grip. It is stamped "411" on the cylinder release, and with serial number "15 / 936" on the buttstrap. The monogram "NS" is inlaid in gold on the side between the grip and the cylinder, and is surrounded by engraved flourishes. The revolver is housed in a fitted velvet-lined box.
- Extent
- 1 revolver + case : 29 cm.
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS S-3019
- Collection Title
- [Objects associated with Buffalo Bill]
- Collection / Other Creator
- Salsbury, Nathan, 1846-1902, collector
- Collection Date
- [circa 1870-1895]
- Container / Volume
- Box 5
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- three dimensional object
- Genre
- Revolvers (firearms)--United States--19th century.
- Resource Type
- Tools, Equipment & Instruments
- Subject (Name)
-
Buffalo Bill,--1846-1917.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co.
Salsbury, Nathan,--1846-1902.
Sitting Bull,--1831-1890. - Subject (Topic)
-
Theatrical managers--United States.
Wild west shows.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Citation
- Nathan Salsbury, Objects Associated with Buffalo Bill. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12442385
- Object ID (OID)
- 16057780
- More Information
- http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/callnumSRCHXC.asp?&CN=WA_MSS_S-3019