Where is number 170703? An interesting history

[Dean Romig]

I would venture to say that your picture Dave, and the group photo on the previous page with the "Babe" were both taken on the same day.... same car as the one on the left in the first picture... same clothes... look for other similarities.

[Autumn Daze]

Daryl, The gent on the left is Lou Gehrig.I don't know the fellow in the middle and we know the "Babe" on the right.

Dean, Please read ALL of my previous post......

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

Dean, Please read ALL of my previous post......

Sorry... I've had a bad day.

[Autumn Daze]

Remember what we discussed?......Amber liquid....night..night...

[Mark Conrad]

Richard thanks for sharing this information.

170703 is a DHE with 34 inch barrels, straight grip, no safety, large grip, 1 3/8 x 2 x 14 3/4. The order states engrave one large duck on floor plate. The guard bow was engraved "Made to order for W. H. Wilshire Los Angeles, CA". This order is almost a half page. duBray was the salesman and the gun was discounted to $62.50. WFP agreed to the discount.

duBray sold lots of these long barrel guns to the west coast market.

Mark

[Flying8]

Thank you all for your replies. Mark, my letter order form is on the way! Thank you for the post with the order book information.
I found a Los Angeles Herald newspaper article from 1908 mentioning W.H. Wilshire leaving for a hunting trip to Calabasas. At the time, Calabasas must have been mostly all farm land or natural chaparral. I also found a page out of the magazine "Arms And The Man", dated June 12, 1913, that shows the results of a tournament and the winners. He placed 2nd in the 20 gauge overhead event, and placed in several of the other events. I underlined his name in the photo of the page below. I don't think he was related to the famous Wilshire, for whom Wilshire Blvd. is named after, but haven't confirmed that yet. Would be interesting to find out how Reid ended up with the gun. Wilshire would have probably been a bit older than him. But the two probably knew each other.