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Thanks and good luck. I would like to see the picture too.
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Morris sent some pictures. Outstanding display congratulations Kevin and Bill.
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More
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Couple More....
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I would love to get my paws on a straight stocked auto 5 like the one in the display.
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The display commemmorates the evolution of the pigeon gun in the early breechloading era of flyer competition in the U.S. Five guns of five types were displayed, prominently skipping the most used gun of the era, the
hammerless double barrel shotgun. The guns displayed were: Parker Brothers Grade 5 lifter action ten gauge, 32" with provenance. Parker Brothers SB Grade single barrel trap, 34". Winchester Model 97, Trap Grade, 30". Browning Superposed, prewar Diana Grade light pigeon gun. Browning Automatic 5, Grade 2, barrel engraved in style of the dedicated pigeon model. "Speciale pour tir aux pigeons". Kevin had so many wonderful choices for double barrel hammerless pigeon guns that, in the interest of a compact display, he left them out completely. It is no surprise that Kevin received a Judges Choice award for this great display. |
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03-28-2011, 01:28 PM
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Couldn't have done it without your help, Bill!
The centerpiece photo is an 1878 photograph by Schreiber of Philadelphia entitiled "Philadelphia Gun Club Shooting, 1878." Schreiber was a contemporary of Matthew Brady, and became famous for his farm landscapes and livestock photos after he gave the business to his sons. The main building in the picture was the first PGC clubhouse, and was located on a piece of property owned by the family of one of the earliest PGC governors, Mr. Howell Bickley, and was close to the Biddle estate, "Andalusia", located north of the city of Philadelphia and hard by the Delaware River. The "Bickley Mansion", as it came to be known, served as the club grounds and venue from 1877 until 1894, when it moved a few miles upriver to its current location at Eddington on the Delaware. The photo became a reverse image in the famous Herman Simon painting, with the viewer looking over the left shoulders of the shooters and spectators, titled "Pigeon Shooting in 1878 at The Philadelphia Gun Club." |
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The original 1879 PGC photo has come a long way since it was discovered many years ago, I'm glad I was able to re-unite it with the Philadelphia Gun Club... It's also good to see the image getting some exposure in Kevin's Pigeon Guns display at the recent Baltimore Show... As for the the photo being a reverse image of the famous Herman Simon painting, I am of the opinion there was a second original Schreiber photo from the same view as the painting, and it was from that second original photo that Herman Simon created his image of "Pigeon Shooting in 1878 at The Philadelphia Gun Club."..... Hmmmm, I wonder who has that other rare old photo?...
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