Inspecting Army Machine Guns at Colts Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.
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Wide World Photos, Inc.
Date1940
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/2 x 6 3/4in. (21.6 x 17.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 x 7 1/8in. (22.9 x 18.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 x 7 1/8in. (22.9 x 18.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionTwo men wearing aprons over shirts and pants are standing on opposite sides of a long table or workbench, on which a long row of machines guns are arranged side by side. They appear to be working on the same gun. The man on the right wears eyeglasses and appears to be holding a screwdriver in his right hand. At the right, a third man wheels a flatbed truck or dolley with three machine guns on it toward the viewer. Two additional men, one blurred from movement, are in the background. Electric lights with shades hang from the wooden ceiling. A bucket hangs at the right. Some of the large factory windows at the left are open. A sign overhead reads, "NO ADMITTANCE / RESTRICTED AREA / ORDNANCE DEPT. U.S. ARMY / Colt's Pat. Fire Arms Mfg. Co." The numbers "4 S 10" appear to be stenciled on the beam at the right.
Object number2005.98.2
MarkingsStamped on verso, in pink ink, "The following credit must be / printed underneath each / reproduction 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 WRITTEN PERMISSION / MADE IN U.S.A."InscribedOn paper, attached to lower margin, mimeographed in purple ink, "WIDE WORLD PHOTO: PLEASE WATCH CREDIT / NY-60003 / 42 PRODUCING ARM MACHINE GUNS / HARTFORD, CONN. - VIEW INTO THE FINAL INSPECTION ROOM AT THE / COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MFG. CO. HERE WHERE .50 AND .30 CAL-/IBRE / MACHINE GUNS ARE LOOKED OVER BEFORE BEING APPROVED FOR / DELIVERY TO THE U.S. ARMY. PRODUCITON OF THE COMPLICATED MECHANISMS WHICH GO INTO THE GUNS IS ALL DONE IN THE COLT / PLANT. HH-9/25/40 S / APPROVED / RELEASE SEPT. 27TH".On verso, typewritten at upper edge, "File: Army Drawer, Armaments, production of, folder." Lower right edge, in pencil, accession number.
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