More on the possibility of the JB initials…

There is a very real possibility of Dr. Beeson and Dr. Romig having been well acquainted with each other. They both went on emergency dogsled missions beginning the Iditarod.

Guys, remember that our Order Books ended in Dec 1919.

Dean,
You asked about the stylized initials JB that seem to appear with the word ALASKA. My VH has the initials JB on the water table could this be further evidence that Parker stamped or engraved ALASKA on the barrel lug? Interesting... hope with everyone's help we can figure it out.

Dan, I don't believe those stamps were done at the factory... but "never say never" as we always say.





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The info you posted on Dr. Beeson is interesting and a possibility, Alaska was not yet a state in 1926 when this gun was made, making those marks for personal identification may have been a good idea, although the gun certainly has a traceable serial number.

Especially so in that his nickname was "JB"





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Someone in Alaska who drank Justerini & Brooks.

Maybe it's a dead-end but, call it dumb luck, call it a WAG, or call it clairvoyance but about 12-15 years ago someone came on the forum here talking about a beat up 20 gauge Damascus DH with a horrible 1 1/2" wood extension on the butt from another gun, not even a Parker, and hand-painted with a heavy stained shellac and with crud all over but with an oval with the initials TP saying that family history said it had belonged to someone like a colonel in the army but couldn't remember the name but the initials were TP.
For whatever reason I threw out the possibility of it being Admiral Thomas Perry of the US Navy. My suggestion was poo-pooed but I ordered a letter from Mark Conrad (research chairman at the time) and the truth came out. I made an offer and the gun, having had a leather covered pad installed and re-checkered and wood refinished, it is now part of my collection...


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That's the kind of luck we should all stumble into now and then, very nice. Appears to have been cleaned up somewhat, not as you described. LOL

Yes Dan, the wood was completely refinished.





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