PISTOL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DERINGER, .41 CAL
- Date Range From
- 1880
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P20010009000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DERINGER, .41 CAL
- Date Range From
- 1880
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 7.5
- Length
- 12.5
- Width
- 3
- Description
- SINGLE SHOT, SIDE BREECH DERINGER PISTOL. MARKED "41 CAL" ON LEFT SIDE AND "-COLT-" ON TOP OF BARREL. RECEIVER IS NICKEL PLATED AND BARREL IS BLUED. BARREL DISPLAYS PITTING, CORROSION AND WEAR. SN 17737.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-FIREARM
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- PISTOL BELONGED TO DARLENE'S AUNT (GRACE LOGAN). LOGAN EMIGRATED TO CANADA FROM SEATTLE, WASH., SETTLING IN LETHBRIDGE APPROX. 1918. LOGAN MOVED IN ORDER TO MARRY DONOR'S UNCLE. SHE CARRIED THE PISTOL IN HER PURSE AND REPORTEDLY HAD TO USE IT ONCE TO SHOOT AN ATTACKER IN THE LEG. PISTOL WAS CARRIED IN SEATTLE NOT LETHBRIDGE. A QUAKER, LOGAN WAS ORIGINALLY FROM NEBRASKA, BEFORE BECOMING A TELEPHONE OPERATOR IN SANFRANCISCO AND A CASHIER FOR THE BON MARCHE IN SEATTLE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010009000
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-07
- Collection
- Museum
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