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I think the serial number of the Parker is in the Parker records and probably in the Alderfer auction catalog. Kevin and I were both at the Alderfer sale where the AAH Parker was sold. Kevin and I were also at the sale where the other two Sousa guns were sold but we had no idea they were Sousa guns. A little later, the same house sold the double barrel Daly Diamond Grade pigeon gun that is also connected to Sousa ownership. I had no idea at the time that the Daly double pigeon gun had Sousa connections. I bought it because it was a great gun. I still own the Daly pigeon gun as well as the other two I wrote articles about.
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Al Houde, back to the Purdey. In my file of Parker records there is an order copy for a request by William Wagner to reblack the barrels on an unnumbered Purdey. It is the only example I have seen in tens of thousands of Parker records of them working on a gun that is not a Parker. Since Sousa ordered several Parkers through the William Wagner establishment and was a bit of a VIP at Parker Brothers, I suspect that the Purdey sent to Parker Brothers for barrel blacking was Sousa's gun. Too bad no serial numbers.
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I spent a lot of time examining the L.C. Smith A-2 during my museum career. There was a spare stock for it that was numbered to the gun. It was a rather plain walnut stock that I am going to speculate was used in the field.
When Sousa's Grandson donated it to the museum he wrote that Sousa used that A-2 for both trap shooting and duck hunting. My guess is the nicer stock was installed for show and the trap shoots, with the plain one used in the duck blind. I'm only speculating of course, but it would make sense. |
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John Philip Sousa’s Ithaca SBT at the ATA Hall of Fame in Sparta IL.
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If I've done so correctly, attached is an old B & W photo from the A.E Kraus estate of the special gold plated Smith gun Hunter Arms made for Sousa. This photo was made by Terry Allen from the original tattered photo, which is also featured in the inaugural issue of the DGJ.
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Somehow, in my travels, I have also managed to add the last Sousa Grade Ithaca Knick to my collection. Documentation as the "Last Sousa Knick" courtesy of my friend Walt Snyder.
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