Colt : the revolver of the American West / Jeffrey Richardson [in association with] The Autry Collection, [preface by Lt. Gen. William M. Keys ; foreword by Beverly Haynes].
All objects in this book are from the collection of the Autry National Center. Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279).
Contents:
Prototype Colt revolver -- Cased no. 1 pocket model -- No. 1 model ring lever revolving rifle -- Cased no. 2 belt model -- Cased no. 3 belt model -- Model 1839 revolving shotgun -- Cased no. 5 holster model pair -- Model 1839 revolving carbine pistol -- Cased Ehlers fifth model -- Military Walker model -- Civilian Walker model -- Modern Walker model pair with gold inlay -- Cutaway second model dragoon -- Engraved third model dragoon -- Experimental third model dragoon -- Cold superintendent E.K. Root's cased presentation third model dragoon -- Modern third model dragoon pair with gold inlay -- Prototype "Wells Fargo" model 1849 pocket -- Italian Nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi's cased presentation model 1849 pocket with gold inlay -- London model 1849 pocket -- Cutaway model 1849 pocket -- Experimental double action Brevete pocket model -- Presentation model 1851 Navy with Johnson-Holbrook shoulder stock device -- Model 1851 Navy with gold inlay -- Cased London model 1851 Navy -- Cold superintendent E.K. Root's cased presentation model 1851 Navy -- Kansas territorial governor Robert J. Walker's presentation model 1851 Navy -- Model 1851 Navy with canteen shoulder stock -- Alabama governor Andrew B. Moore's presentation model 1851 Navy -- Experimental prototype model 1855 sidehammer pocket -- Colt distributer J.I. Spies's cased presentation model 1855 sidehammer pocket with charter oak grips -- Cutaway model 1855 sidehammer pocket -- Model 1855 half stock revolving sporting rifle -- Colonel Charles A. May's cased presentation model 1860 Army pair with shoulder stock -- Actor William S. Hart's model 1860 Army -- Engraved model 1860 army -- Military Telegraph Corps supervisor Edward S. Sanford's presentation model 1861 Navy -- Cased model 1861 Navy -- Banker William H. Cox's cased presentation model 1861 Navy -- Prototype "trapper's" model 1862 police -- Captain H.A. Brigham's cased presentation model 1862 police with book casing -- Cased model 1862 police -- Experimental conversion of the model 1860 Army -- Puerto Rican governor JoseĢ Laureano Sanz's cased presentation Thuer conversion of the model 1860 Army -- Richards conversion of the model 1860 Army -- Field conversion of the model 1861 Navy -- Captain Cyrus McKneeley Scott's presentation model 1862 police and pocket Navy conversion with "Tiffany" grips -- Model 1871-72 open top frontier with "Tiffany" grips -- Model gun for the new line .38 caliber -- The first single action Army model -- Experimental single action Army model -- Wild West showman Pawnee Bill's single action Army model pair -- Cutaway single action Army model -- "Buntline special" single action Army model -- "Buntline special" single action Army model -- Trick roper Vicente Oropeza's single action Army model -- Actor Paul Newman's single action Army model pair -- Lawman Wyatt Earp's single action Army model -- Tombstone mayor John Clum's single action Army model -- Actor Clayton Moore's single action Army model -- President Theodore Roosevelt's single action Army model -- Night Hawk's cased presentation single action Army model -- Outlaw Kid Curry's single action Army model -- Dodge City cowboy band director Jack Sinclair's presentation single action Army model -- Actor Buck Jones's single action Army model -- Outlaw Emmett Dalton's single action Army model -- Saddlemaker Edward H. Bohlin's cased Bisley model single action Army -- Actor Leo Carrillo's single action Army model -- Wild West performer Buck Taylor's single action Army model -- Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's Bisley model single action Army -- Actor Ken Maynard's single action Army model pair -- Actor Tom Mix's single action Army model -- Entertainer Roy Roger's single action Army model -- Texas Ranger captain Manuel T. Gonzaullas's single action Army model pair -- Entertainer Gene Autry's single action Army model -- The first second generation single action Army model -- Actress Gail Davis's presentation single action Army model -- 44 Magnum single action Army model -- President John F. Kennedy's presentation new frontier model single action Army -- President Lyndon Johnson's prototype single action Army model -- Single action Army model pair with gold inlay and "Tiffany" grips -- President Richard Nixon's prototype single action Army model -- President Gerald Ford's presentation single action Army model -- Modern "Buntline special" single action Army model -- President Ronald Reagan's presentation single action Army model -- Single action Army model pair designed by Tiffany & Co. -- Gunslinger John Wesley Hardin's model 1877 thunderer -- Hartford chief of police George F. Bill's cased presentation model 1877 lightning -- Model 1877 lightening with Wells Fargo stamping -- Model guns for the model 1878 double action frontier -- Captain Jack Crawford's cased presentation model 1878 double action frontier -- Experimental double action with swing-out cylinder -- Brigadier general John T. Thompson's model 1903 new Army and Navy -- Politician Albert Fall's new service model -- Colonel Charles Askins Jr.'s new service model -- Abercrombie & Fitch police positive model -- Shooting champion Dr. Charles H. Wilson's police positive .22 target model G -- Python model pair with gold inlay.
Summary:
The Colt Single Action Revolver "won the West" by being the gun of choice on the American frontier, used by everyone from settlers and Native Americans to law-enforcement officers and outlaws. Over its twenty-five-year history, the Autry National Center has compiled the finest assemblage of more than 500 Colt revolvers in the world, including the Colt Industries corporate collection. The Autry's curator has selected the 100 most important examples to document and celebrate the history of Samuel Colt's revolutionary invention. The revolvers include pieces of historical significance, opulently engraved specimens, and extremely rare models. Featured are an early prototype revolver, Wyatt Earp's and Theodore Roosevelt's favorite guns, and the first modern revolvers designed by Tiffany & Co. Each gun is described in a detailed essay, and additional artifacts - historical photographs and art, uniforms, hats, and holsters - are featured to place the revolvers in their proper historical context.--From book jacket.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.