Help identifying this label.?
 

When I was going through Parker paperwork that I had on hand, I found this piece inside of a catalog. It appears to be a reproduction case label or something of the sort. But I have not seen one just like it before.

Is anyone familiar with it?

Attachment 103788

Did Parker ever use any labeling with "Bro."?

Nope - not that I have ever seen. It's always been Parker Bros. or on very early things it was sometimes Parker Bro with superscript 's.





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I see them quite often here in Baltimore.:eek::)

They were a retailer/agent in San Francisco
https://images.app.goo.gl/jxY6557MzjGzSyQ3A

No, no, no.... :rotf:





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What proof or documentation do you have that they weren't a Parker agent on the West Coast.

They were but they never used the trade name Parker Bro. which its the subjwct of this thread.

Further, A.W. duBray was the agent and we know just about everything about him.




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This is about the same size as a gun case trade label would be.

Brian,

Is there anything to suggest it's not just something someone threw together as a cheap reproduction piece to hang or post somewhere? Or perhaps even to go in a case as you mentioned. What kind of stock is it on? I guess what I'm getting at is I could make that pretty quick and print it out right here on my PC.

Apart from the 'Bro.' not being consistent with any original Parker label, simply 'PARKER GUN' isn't consistent either. It is "THE PARKER GUN" or "PARKER GUNS".

Isn't it possible, since A W Dubrey was the retailer/agent for Parker (& other gun makers) during this period, the trade label is his trade label with "Parker on top of the label. Some what similar to what other retail gun stores did: Griffin & Howe, Abercrombie & Fitch, even old Pachmayr in downtown L. A. It more than likely a repoduction of an old A W Dubrey trade label, or could even be possibly be original. The below link shows an alternate version.
https://images.app.goo.gl/jxY6557MzjGzSyQ3A

I suppose it's possible, though pretty remote, as no such label appears in TPS, which is pretty inclusive.
Almost every case label I have seen has been the product of someones imagination. Some are very nice, others, not so much.
Mike Massina was one of the best case restorers around. The week before he died, George Purtill and I spent the day with him, and he gave me a stack of beautiful case labels, one of which I have used, ever since, in my walnut gun cases. It, like most, was entirely his own creation.

Let me express my lack of knowledge for a moment here - did Parker sell cases? Or would you have to buy the gun and obtain the case elsewhere?

PB would provide a case if requested. A&F cases were also offered for a 2 year stint I believe in the Remington era. They may have been offered at other times as well, not sure on that.

From at least the 1880's catalogs, maybe earlier, to the end of the Remington period, cases have been offered in Parker catalogs. However, I don't think we have ever seen an original Parker case label.

Dylan note the mention of the case in this letter.

Did Parker ever use the "Old Reliable" nick name in advertising

seems that would post date the manufacture of the guns

My guess is someone did a little editing work and made it - maybe for sale

easy enough to do with just a few minutes of spare time

I don’t believe duBray’s employers, Parker Brothers, would ever allow him to alter their trademark for any reason whatsoever. Period.





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Yes Rick, Parker Brothers did in fact use “The Old Reliable” and/or “Old Reliable” in their advertising. There are several instances where we have seen it.





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David, the hyperlink you provided to illustrate an “alternative” is in fact an original or a copy of an original Parker Brothers advertisement.





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The card was just inside of a parker brochure that I had in my small pile of catalogs and paperwork. It was wrapped in tissue paper and had someones return address sticker on it. Whatever it is, I am sure that it is a modern reproduction or manufacture. I was just wondering a reproduction of what? Something legitimate, or something made up. The material is heavy card-stock. Much like the case label reproductions are.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Oh tay Banky!!

Just like The Parker Pages? :corn:

....Here we go again...





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