This past week while observing the Burton Spiller thread, I remembered a pair of old Parker related photos in our collection and thought perhaps Spiller might have been among the ranks of the Portsmouth NH Gun Club shooters in the early 1930's.
Research indicates the original Portsmouth NH Gun Club shooting lodge burned to the ground on April-27th-1930 when a small airplane crashed on the Portsmouth Country Club golf course. The disastrous crash started one of the worst brush fires in years sweeping through the undergrowth and over the Portsmouth Gun Club...
We often hear "if only our Parker's could talk" and wonder what interesting history they might reveal? The photo below is dated Nov-27-1930, Thanksgiving day, (7-months after the fire) leading me to believe these men are standing in front of their newly rebuilt Portsmouth Gun Club... There are several Parkers in the hands of these sober face depression-era shooters, and who knows, maybe 79 years later one of those same "Old-Reliable" Parkers is now in your hands?...
Dean, thanks for sending the book images of Spiller, but still not sure if Burton is among them?... Several images below...
Best, CSL
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