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Colt History Print & Photos c1870s [189863]

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Colt History Print & Photos c1870s [189863]
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There are seven items in this lot of Colt history: the Colt Factory photo by Prescott & White 1870s; two Congressional documents: Colt patent extension 1853, and accepting Colt firearms by Congress 1848, a token from Kittredge & Co. Colt distributor, two stereo-views of the Colt Armory; a lithograph of the Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing, a B. Kittredge Co. advertising broadsheet for the Colt Peacemaker dated 1874.
There is an original photo of the Colt Factory by Prescott & White (Hartford, Conn.) 17 in. X 21 in. that has been copied and lithographed by many. The photo was take from the Church of the Good Shepherd tower. Mounted under original glass with sags and air bubbles. The framing may also be original to the work.
There are two original Congressional papers: The 30th Congress, 1st session April 25, 1848 to accept Colt firearms for the US Army. Colonel Talcott objecting to the motion based on inherent defects in the Colt design namely the escape of gas at the junction of the cylinder and the barrel (all true but defies physics). The testimony from Texas Rangers Walker, Roberts, and McCullough carry the motion to acceptance. The written recommendations are all worth reading.
The 33rd Congress reviews Sam Colt's request to extent his patent dated February 25, 1836 (US patent #138) on the grounds that he lost financial solvency on his firearm patents and therefore qualified for a seven year extension. The original patent soon to expire in 1851 gets the Commissioner of Patents to extend his original patent for seven more years; extended to 1858. Furthermore, the US Patent Office experienced an extensive fire in 1836 and all previous patents were reduced to ashes. So the patent to Colt Firearms #138 is rewritten as 9430X on "improved firearms". This document is original from congressional records is yellowed and complete at three pages.
There is a Kitteridge token, purveyors of military goods dated 1863. In very good condition.
A David Robinson stereoview of the Colt Armory with yellow border in very good condition.
A second stereoview is by R. S. DeLamater depicting the Colt Armory without railroad tracks, on an orange border, in very good condition, not dated.
A lithograph print of "Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufactory,/ Hartford, Conn" p. 51 from a text book. 9.5 in. X 13.5 in. framed at 14 in. X 17.5 in.
An advertising broadsheet from The Turf, Field and Farm dated Nov. 27, 1874. B. Kittredge & Co. is advertising the benefits of Colt's New Model Army, or model P already known as the Peacemaker. The firearm brings cartridge ammunition, accepted by the US Ordnance Dept. and therefore makes all other firearms obsolete. The revolver depicted is drawn to scale and looks imposing. Actual paper at 11.5 in. X 17 in. matted and framed at 17 in. X 23 in.
This is Colt history first-hand, you hang it on the walls not in the safe.
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