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13/12/2017 03:43:47
Jacob Breitenstein, Illinois.
With thanks to Sean Campbell, imaging manager of the Buffalo Bill Centre of the West in Cody, Wyoming, for permission to post pics of guns held in the Cody Firearms Museum. The blurb accompanying these guns follows.
Accession Number: 1993.8.48
Date : 1871-1873
Dimensions: L: 43.25 in, Barrel length: 21.5 in, H: 9 in
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas K. Hutchinson
Inscription: top of barrel, behind rear sight: J. Breitenstein
Synopsis: firearm- rifle- airgun- Jacob Breitenstein; St. Louis, MO- wood- brass- steel- top of barrel, behind rear sight: J. Breitenstein- St. Louis type- .32
Accession Number: 1993.8.20
Date : 1874-1880
Dimensions: L: 46 in, Barrel length: 24.5 in, H: 8.5 in
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas K. Hutchinson
Remarks: spring piston
Inscription: [top of barrel, behind rear sight] J. Breitenstein | Warsaw Ill.
Synopsis: firearm- rifle- airgun- Jacob Breitenstein; Warsaw, IL- wood- brass- steel- [top of barrel, behind rear sight] J. Breitenstein | Warsaw Ill.- St. Louis type- spring piston
