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- Toy Rifle, Used by James Greenhoe, 1937-1946 -
- 1937-1946
- Collections - Artifact
Toy Rifle, Used by James Greenhoe, 1937-1946
- Percussion Rifle, circa 1855 -
- circa 1855
- Collections - Artifact
Percussion Rifle, circa 1855
- Label, "Argonaut Brand Grapes," 1888-1899 -
- 1888-1899
- Collections - Artifact
Label, "Argonaut Brand Grapes," 1888-1899
- Flintlock Pennsylvania Rifle, circa 1810 - This is a splendid example of a Pennsylvania-made long rifle, a specialty of German immigrant communities. With over forty decorative inlays depicting eagles, shields, hearts, and abstract decorations, this rifle is an elaborate work of art, no doubt viewed with pride by its owner, perhaps a member of a Pennsylvania militia.
- circa 1810
- Collections - Artifact
Flintlock Pennsylvania Rifle, circa 1810
This is a splendid example of a Pennsylvania-made long rifle, a specialty of German immigrant communities. With over forty decorative inlays depicting eagles, shields, hearts, and abstract decorations, this rifle is an elaborate work of art, no doubt viewed with pride by its owner, perhaps a member of a Pennsylvania militia.
- Clyde Barrow with 1932 Ford V-8, circa 1933 - Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow captured headlines -- and attention from the FBI -- with a string of robberies and murders throughout the central United States in the early 1930s. Police officers ambushed and killed the couple in May 1934. Their exploits were romanticized in the 1967 film <em>Bonnie and Clyde</em> starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty.
- April 13, 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Clyde Barrow with 1932 Ford V-8, circa 1933
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow captured headlines -- and attention from the FBI -- with a string of robberies and murders throughout the central United States in the early 1930s. Police officers ambushed and killed the couple in May 1934. Their exploits were romanticized in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty.
- Cowboy Holding a Rifle and a Cigar, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Cowboy Holding a Rifle and a Cigar, circa 1910
- Farmer with His Dog and Gun, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Farmer with His Dog and Gun, circa 1910
- Flintlock Lorenzoni Repeating Rifle, circa 1680 -
- circa 1680
- Collections - Artifact
Flintlock Lorenzoni Repeating Rifle, circa 1680
- Long Rifle, 1758 - Long guns or fowling pieces were primarily for hunting. The long barrel aided accuracy. This gun was made in 1758 by Medad Hills of Goshen, a gun-making center in northwest Connecticut near the colonial iron foundries. It was made for Noah North of nearby Torrington. Hills had a contract to supply muskets for the Connecticut Committee of Safety in 1776.
- 1758
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Long Rifle, 1758
Long guns or fowling pieces were primarily for hunting. The long barrel aided accuracy. This gun was made in 1758 by Medad Hills of Goshen, a gun-making center in northwest Connecticut near the colonial iron foundries. It was made for Noah North of nearby Torrington. Hills had a contract to supply muskets for the Connecticut Committee of Safety in 1776.
- Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 - In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.
- November 22, 1963
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Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963
In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.