[Austin W Hogan]

Parker Pages ran a cover photo of Ernest Hemingway with a Parker and several ducks a couple of issues back. The editor recieved a rather strongly worded letter from a Hemingway collector that Hemingway owned no Parkers, and that Parker Pages and PGCA were attempting to invent a Hemingway Parker.
We replied that the fact that the picture showed Hemingway holding a Parker, was not evidence that he had ever held it while that shutter was closed. The gun may very well have been a prop supplied by the photographer, publisher or ad agency.
The fact that a gun may have been a prop should always be considered when examining celebrity pictures.

Best, Austin