Prescott & White (active 1860s-1880s)
1869
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co's Works, Hartford, Conn.

Albumen print, mammoth
15 x 19 in (38.1 x 48.3 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Sale 2208 Lot 44
 
With Prescott & White's credit, title and copyright printed on mount recto.
 
The Photograph and the American Dream 1840-1940, 87.
 
The Colt Manufacturing Company (formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) was founded in 1847. After decades of improvements and various models, a new pistol was introduced in 1873, which utilized ammunition more effectively. This gun was dubbed the "Peacemaker" and was often referred to as "the gun that won the West."
 
LL/35593