RIFLE, TARGET
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact10472
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WINCHESTER SINGLE SHOT .22
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P20000028001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WINCHESTER SINGLE SHOT .22
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 16.5
- Length
- 86.5
- Width
- 3.3
- Description
- WINCHESTER SINGLE SHOT .22 EXTRA LONG RIFLE. BOLT AND TOP OF BARREL STAMPED WITH "P" AND "W" MARKING. BARREL STAMPED "WINCHESTER" AND "MOD 1902-22 SHORT LONG OR EXTRA LONG". STOCK BADLY CRACKED AND REPAIRED UNDER RECEIVER AND BARREL. NO SERIAL NUMBER VISIBLE.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-FIREARM
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- History
- RIFLE BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER ISABELLA WELLS (NEE ROLLINS B. 1888). ISABELLA WAS WORKING IN WESTERN CANADA BY THE AGE OF 18. SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL AT SEVERAL PLACES IN SASKATCHEWAN, SCAPA, BOW ISLAND AND FT. MACLEOD. SHE RECEIVED RIFLE WHEN SHE WAS TEACHING AT YORKTON. THE DONOR CLAIMS IT IS A BOY'S RIFLE AND THAT HER FATHER TAUGHT HIS CHILDREN TO SHOOT WITH IT. THE DONOR CLAIMS HER MOTHER PLANTED TREES IN GALT GARDENS AND WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO DRIVE A CAR IN FT. MACLEOD. THE DONOR'S PARENTS HOMESTEADED SOUTH OF FT. MACLEOD. FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000028001
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-10
- Collection
- Museum
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