The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2005.98.1 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Packing Army Machine Guns at Colts Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.

DistributorDistributed by Wide World Photos, Inc.

Date1940

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 3/4 x 8 3/8in. (17.1 x 21.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/8 x 9in. (18.1 x 22.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionA young man wearing a striped apron over overalls and a shirt is holding a machine gun above a wooden packing box. Additional machine guns are on a table in the foreground. Addtional boxes are stacked floor to ceiling at the right. What appear to be empty boxes are in the left background; a window and a pipe are partially visible.

Object number2005.98.1

MarkingsStamped on verso, in pink ink, "[The follo]wing credit must be / [print]ed underneath each / [rep]roduction of this picture. / PHOTOGRAPH FROM / WIDE WORLD PHOTOS, INC. / TRADEMARK REGISTERED BY U.S. PATENT OFFICE / NOT TO BE SYNDICATED, RENTED... / THIS PHOTO MUST NOT BE USED [FOR ADVERTISING] / WITHOUT WRI[TTEN PERMISSION] / MADE IN U.S.A."InscribedOn paper, attached to lower margin, mimeographed in purple ink, "WIDE WORLD PHOTO: PLEASE WATCH CREDIT / NY-60004/ 15 PRODUCING ARM MACHINE GUNS / HARTFORD, CONN. - PACKING MACHINE GUNS AT THE COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MFG. CO. HERE FOR DELIVERY TO THE U.S. ARMY. THE COLT PLANT MAKES .30 AND .50 CALIBRE MACHINE GUNS FOR THE ARMY AND IS RUSHING PRODUCTION NOW UNDER THE DEFENSE PROGRAM. / HH-9/25/40 S / APPROVED / RELEASE SEPT. 27TH".

On verso: Typewritten at upper right edge, "File: Army Drawer, Armaments, production of, [H]fd."; lower right, in pencil, accession number.

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