REVOLVER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ANDREW FRYBURG .32 CAL
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- STEEL, NICKEL, TORTOISE SHELL
- Catalogue Number
- P19980002000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ANDREW FRYBURG .32 CAL
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- STEEL, NICKEL, TORTOISE SHELL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 9
- Length
- 16.8
- Width
- 3
- Description
- NICKEL PLATED HAMMERLESS .32 CALIBRE REVOLVER WITH TORTOISE SHELL GRIPS. BREAK ACTION TOP WITH 5 CHAMBER CYLINDER. STAMPED INTO TOP OF BARREL IS "ANDREW FRYBERG & CO., HOPKINTON, MASS." SERIAL NUMBER "11231" IS STAMPED INTO RIGHT SIDE OF TRIGGER GUARD AND ON FRAME BENEATH GRIPS.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-FIREARM
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- THIS GUN WAS PURCHASED IN THE UNITED STATES BY MR. HANS GUNDERSON AFTER ARRIVING IN NEW YORK FROM NORWAY ON JUNE 13TH 1906. HE CARRIED THE WEAPON FOR PERSONAL PROTECTION. MOVED TO MONTANA IN 1907 TO WORK FOR THE RAILWAY IN COLUMBIA FALLS. IN 1909 HE MOVED TO PROVOST, ALBERTA AS A HOMESTEADER. UPON ARRIVAL IN CANADA THE FIRING PIN WAS REMOVED FROM THE REVOLVER AND GIVEN TO HIS CHILDREN AS A TOY. UPON HIS DEATH IN 1975 THE REVOLVER BECAME THE PROPERTY OF HIS SON, GUY GUNDERSON. UPON GUY'S DEATH IN 1995 THE GUN BECAME THE PROPERTY OF HIS ESTATE. THE GUN WAS THEN DONATED TO THE MUSEUM TO AVOID DESTRUCTION UNDER CANADIAN FIREARMS LEGISLATION. SEE DOCUMENTATION FOR WRITTEN HISTORY BY GUNDERSON ESTATE ATTACHED TO CATALOGUE RECORD.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980002000
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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