University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections American Firearms Manufacturers Collection Located in Locked File, Box 13 F3 Illustrated envelopes or “covers”: 1. Savage Arms: Hammerless Rifles and Ammunition. 7-color illustration with Indian in headdress with rifle in background. Illustrated back. Addressed to Messrs Wheelock & Dawley, Montpelier, Vermont. Tied by Boston, Massachusetts flag cancel. September 10, 1904. **on display in library 4.9.13 2. Winchester Rifles and Cartridges. 5-color illustration of mountain scene with two men and a dog. Illustrated back. Addressed to Great Western Mfg. Co., La Porte, Indiana. Tied by a Lockport, New York cancel. April 18, 1919. 3. Hazard Powder: Blue Ribbon Smokeless and Shells… 6-color illustration of a Mallard Duck bursting through paper. Addressed to Peck, Stowe & Wilcox Co., Southington, Connecticut. Machine cancel Nashville, Tennessee. October 14, 1898. **on display in library 4.9.13 4. Winchester Light Weight Hammerless Repeating Shotgun. 6-color illustration of hunter with shotgun and dog eyeing a grouse. Overall ad on back. Addressed to Mr. John Deere Plow Co., Syracuse, New York. Camden, New York duplex cancel. April 29, [year not stamped]. 5. J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company. 5-color illustration of man with gun, captioned, “He Is Shooting A ‘Stevens-Pope.’” Illustrated back. Addressed to Mr. L. J. Thorne, 98 Main St., Newark, Wayne Co., N.Y. Tied by a Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, duplex. January 2, 1904. 6. Winchester Repeating Rifles, Shot Guns, and Single Shot Rifles. 3-color illustration of bearded hunter in buckskin jacket with gun in background. Company name on back. Addressed to A.J. Leonard, Menlo Park, California. Tied by San Francisco cancel. August 12, [year not stamped]. **on display in library 4.9.13 7. Winchester Rifles and Shotguns. 5-color illustration of hunter on snowshoes facing an oncoming wolfpack. Illustrated back. Addressed to C.B. Pineo, Bar Harbor, Maine. Tied by Bangor, Maine cancel. 1914. **on display in library 4.9.13 8. Remington Guns & Rifles. 4-color illustration of a smiling female hunter with rifle, captioned, “My Favorite Is A Remington.” Illustrated back. Addressed to Peck, Stowe, & Wilcox Co., Southington, Connecticut. Binghamton, New York, cancel. October 30, 1901. 9. Winchester Model 1912 Light Weight Hammerless Repeating Shotgun. 4-color illustration of a smiling male hunter with shotgun and a smoking pipe. Overall ad on back. Addressed to Charles B. Pineo, Bar Harbor, Maine. Bangor, Maine, cancel. April 15, 1915. 10. Winchester Light Weight Model 1912 Hammerless Repeating Shotgun. 6-color illustration of a hunter with his shotgun and his dog. Overall ad on back. Addressed to John Deere Plow Co. in Syracuse, NY. Dundee, NY cancel. December 2, 191?. **on display in library 4/9/13 11. DuPont Powders. 5-color illustration of a quail on a rock. Addressed to Mr. L.S. Slevin in Carmel, California. Tied by #611 Flint, Michigan, cancel. September 13, 1927. 12. Peters Shells and Cartridges. 4-color illustration of a field scene with hunter and dogs. Overall color ad on back. Addressed to Consumers Power Co. Tied by #610 Flint, Michigan, cancel. November 2, 19??. 13. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. Illustration of a duck, captioned, “Dead Shot.” Addressed to John C. Stone, Kenwood, Missouri. Chicago, Illinois cancel. August 31, 1911. 14. Browning Arms Company. Engraved portrait of John Browning. St. Louis, Missouri cancel. February 3, 1932. 15. DuPont Smokeless Powder. 5-color illustration of two pointer dogs in action. Addressed to Dahl-Millikan Gro. Co., Washington CH Ohio. 1902. 16. E.R. Darling, Woonsocket, RI. Illustration of a Remington hammerless double barrel gun in blue. Addressed to Barnes Cycle Co., Syracuse, NY. 17. DuPont Powders. 4-color illustration of skeet match. Reverse has illustration of quail in wheat field. Addressed to J.W. Phillips, Lewiston, California. Tied by Redding, California cancel. 18. DuPont Powders. Illustration of Monora, a champion pointer dog of 1910. Ballistite illustration on back. Addressed to Sallisaw Who. Gro. Co., Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Tied by Ada, Oklahoma cancel. 19. DuPont Smokeless Powders. 5-color illustration of a quail on a rail fence with cornfield in background. Addressed to Chas. B. Pineo of Bar Harbor, Maine. Cincinnati Ohio cancel. March 3, 1899. 20. U.S. Cartridge Co. Black-and-white illustration of a hunter and his dog, with illustration of a cartridge below, titled “The Black Shell.” Addressed to John Deere Plow Co., Syracuse, NY. 1914? 21. Witte Hardware Co., St. Louis, Mo. Black and white illustration of a rifle with the slogan, “Witte Guns Are Close Hard Shooters. Try One” and a St. Louis World’s Fair logo on the lower left corner. Advertisement for IXL Steel Goods on back. Addressed to Mr. E. F. Reinhardt, Gore, Mo., with a St. Louis cancel, 1904. Includes a receipt from Witte Hardware Company to E.F. Reinhardt. 22. Winchester Repeating Rifles, Shotguns, and Single Shot Rifles. Black and white illustration of a bearded hunter and rifle with the slogan, “Best in the World.” Addressed to Swiler Bros., Stillwater, Okla., with a Guthrie, Okla., cancel. 23. Winchester Model 1912 Light-weight Hammerless Repeating Shotgun. Color illustration of two hunters and two pointer dogs in the field. Overall advertisement for Winchester on back. **on display in library 4/9/13 24. Winchester Repeating “Take Down” Shotgun. Illustration in red ink of Model 1890 Winchester Repeating Shotgun on front and reverse; Model 1894 repeating rifle is illustrated on reverse, along with a brief description of the Model 1886 repeating rifle. 25. Remington Arms Co. Black and white illustrated cover of a “New Model 1889 Double Barrel Shot Gun,” with the return address of The Tracy-Wells Co. Wholesale Notions, Columbus, Ohio. Overall advertisement for Remington rifles and sporting guns on reverse. Postmarked 1891. 26. Remington Arms Co. Brown and white illustrated cover of two crossed rifles, “G. A. Gridley & Son, Elmira, N.Y., Agents for Remington Hammerless and Hammer Guns and Sporting Rifles.” Advertisement continued on reverse. Postmarked 1901. 27. Full-color illustrated cover, “Winchester Repeating Shotguns, Endorsed by the U.S. Ordnance Board as Safe, Sure, Strong & Simple.” Features an illustration of five ducks hanging behind a shotgun and a hunter’s vest. Overall advertisement for Winchester cleaning preparations on reverse. Postmarked 1909. **on display in library 4/9/13 28. Winchester High Power Rifles and Ammunition 12-page foldout booklet with color illustration on front and back covers of a man preparing to shoot a charging bear in the snow. Contains sections on Repeating Rifle Models 94, 92, 95, 86; Self-Loading Rifle Models 10, 7, 5; and Gun Cleaning Preparations. 29. The Indian Store, Greenville, Maine / The Winchester Repeating Arms Co. cover illustrated in brown ink; features American Indian in feather headdress on left front, with four Winchester repeating shot guns on right front. Reverse illustration is of Winchester sporting supplies, including a pocket knife, gun grease, gun oil, a fishing lure, and New Rival and Nublack shotgun shells. No date. 30. Winchester Repeating Arms Co. cover printed in red and dark blue ink. New Haven, Conn., to Wilson Banks in Dixon, Wyo., 1906. 31. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., Chicago, black and white illustrated cover. Features a drawing of the company’s building on the left front, and a Spencer Gun Co. shotgun on the reverse, 1899. 32. Winchester Rifles and Cartridges full color illustrated cover showing two men with guns. Overall advertisement for Winchester guns and cleaning preparations on reverse. No date. **on display in library 4/9/13 33. Winchester Model 1912 Light-Weight Hammerless Repeating Shotgun, full color illustrated cover of two hunters with a pair of dogs in the field. Overall advertisement for Winchester guns and cleaning preparations on reverse. 34. J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass. Full color illustration of factory, with Stevens Fire Arms textual advertisement on reverse, no date. 35. Van Camp Hardware & Iron Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. Red ink text on front listing types of merchandise sold. Illustration of gun and shells on reverse, with text, “Guns for Everybody!” 1908. 36. Winchester Repeating Rifles, Shotguns / The Brown-Hurley Hardware Co., Des Moines, Iowa. Features a black/brown ink illustration of a bearded hunter with hat, buckskin jacket, and rifle, 1904. 37. Little Corporal Toy Pistol by Alfred L. Sewell, Chicago. Red ink full cover illustration of the toy pistol on front, with textual description of the toy’s features on reverse. No date. 38. John P. Lovell Arms Company, Boston, Mass. Black ink illustration of open shot gun and revolver ad with illustration of the factory. Reverse bears illustrations of Bean’s Patent Police Goods, showing a baton, whistle, and cuffs, 1896. 39. Winchester illustrated postcard for Western Cartridge Co., showing a rifle, flashlight and battery, bullet, pocket knife, and roller skate. No date. 40. Winchester Repeating Rifles, C. M. McClung & Co., Knoxville, Tenn. Red ink illustration of rifle model 1894 on front, with models 1890 and the Winchester single shot rifle on reverse. 1897. 41. Remington UMC Autoloading Rifles, for sale by Fred Schipper in Ellenville, NY, 1913. Black and red ink illustration of two bears holding the rifle parts on the front; a red ink circular design of “Remington UMC” on the reverse. Addressed to John Deere Plow Co., Syracuse, NY. 42. Remington Autoloading Shotgun, Brockett & Strong, Windham, NY. Black and white illustration of a flock of geese with shotgun in center, on a yellow fade background. Reverse illustration of steel penetration by the shotgun and with gun illustration below “It Loads Itself.” March 3, 1919. 43. The Duplex Telescope Sight, Manufactured by Lawson C. Cummins, Montpelier, Vt. Black and white illustration of a gun with the duplex telescope sight mounted on it.
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