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Unread 02-17-2019, 12:54 PM   #31
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Craig, can you tell us where Mr. Platt lived? The "Gold Hearts Gun" is the only other lower grade gun that I'm aware of with gold parts.
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Craig, can you tell us where Mr. Platt lived? The "Gold Hearts Gun" is the only other lower grade gun that I'm aware of with gold parts.
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Back then, Meriden was a nicely, leisurely drive up route 5 from New Haven. Probably one and a half to two hours. I'll bet he took the day off had the Missus pack a lunch and had a nice picnic in Hubbard Park. "Oh, darling, I just want to swing by the Charles Parker Company before we head home".
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Back then, Meriden was a nicely, leisurely drive up route 5 from New Haven. Probably one and a half to two hours. I'll bet he took the day off had the Missus pack a lunch and had a nice picnic in Hubbard Park. "Oh, darling, I just want to swing by the Charles Parker Company before we head home".
That was 1889 so it woulda been Horse and buggy .
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Or he could have taken the train. The New Haven line made stops along the way to Hartford, one of them being Meriden. Probably only an hour or so.





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That was 1889 so it woulda been Horse and buggy .
Ok, they went for the weekend.
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Ok, they went for the weekend.
If memory serves the order was made one day and it was shipped two or three days later . Well shipped delivered whatever it was ready three days later .
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