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Title
$10,000 offered for Winchester
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Steele, Bob
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated September 22, 1954 reads, "Hunter, left, and Bickstone [sic] hold glass-covered case covering Winchester 1873 rifle, one of 38 accounted for of 138 manufactured. Hunter has been offered $10,000 for it. Rifle second from top of rack, valued at $4,500, is inlaid with ivory, ebony and has gold-plated parrel [sic]."; See images #00127372 through #00127380 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00127380
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d032_f35_i13
CARL0005445225
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/59065
Subject
Firearms--Collectors and collecting--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Firearms--Private collections--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Firearms--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)--Exhibitions
Firearms--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Antiques--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Rifles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Winchester firearms
Winchester rifle
Display cases--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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