Look what I found!
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:19 am
I wanted to share this 1893 photograph with my KCA Friends.
This U.S. War Department display features a group of three Springfield 'trap-door' rifles: a .45 caliber with a 'trowel' bayonet, a .45 caliber with a 'rod' bayonet, and a .30 caliber, with a hand-guard. (Indicated by an orange Arrow in the close-up).
I looked long and hard for photos of this display.
(The gun-rack photo is in the Smithsonian digital collection. I think, I can make out a '30' on the ID tag. I have also added some photos of 'guide-book' pages, that referred to some of the 1893 War Dept. display).
This U.S. War Department display features a group of three Springfield 'trap-door' rifles: a .45 caliber with a 'trowel' bayonet, a .45 caliber with a 'rod' bayonet, and a .30 caliber, with a hand-guard. (Indicated by an orange Arrow in the close-up).
I looked long and hard for photos of this display.
(The gun-rack photo is in the Smithsonian digital collection. I think, I can make out a '30' on the ID tag. I have also added some photos of 'guide-book' pages, that referred to some of the 1893 War Dept. display).