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Savage display exhibit ,,,,,,,,,,Hope this works ......................It on Glass Plate negative

Click top right ,,,then you can blow it up ....Not too much or it distorts

https://cdm17210.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/lpe/id/4017/rec/1

Well done!!!!

Beautiful.

I see one carved stock, possibly a second. I'm not greedy, I'll settle for the pistol grip, checkered saddle ring carbine in the case.

Theres a smaller case to the right ,,,Has hunting at the Frisco ? ,,What is that ?
And at the bottom of the pyramid case has 34 c street and 44 3rd street ,,,Is that their address in Utica ?
I dont see any sling swivels ;-)

I have to say for the time period ...........Thats a Pretty BAD A$$ PHOTO ..........Look on the left side where the acid or whatever they used back then ,made a wierd effect on the photo

What are those 3 at the top of the pyramid on the left side ? lots of engraving and woodwork
Awesome

Nice work kdog! That's the best photo yet.

Not sure what the "savage rifle... frisco" signage is about yet.
The "street address" is just the expo floor map location. Savage Arms was at 311 Turner, Utica.

I'll be study'in this pic more....

Im in AWE ,,,,,,,,Museum responded this am ... said he passed it to another dept ,,,but gave me a link to wade through ,,,,and this popped up ..............

Thanks Kdog, I've looked for info on this for years! This helps a lot with what I was looking for. I'm now looking for the 1903 with the carved stock in the second photo, any leads to it's whereabouts would be appreciated.

Added a 5th detail - 3 that look like they might be cutaways on the counter, an 1899, a 1904 & a 1903.

"Hunting in Frisco - Ozarks On The Pike" seems to be the 1904 World's Fair public shooting gallery.

Peters ammunition used exclusively there.

No problem ...Happy i could help ......My neck is a little strained from the research ,,,,,But it was easier than i thought ,,,,,,,,,,Maybe the museum will come up with some more ......Remington was there ,,,but i can find anything on them ...Ctw helped with some info he sent .....Would like to see it in person ....
Wonder what happened to that case ? Does Savage have any pics of these in house ?

That picture isn't up in Savage's lobby, and I don't think they have much old memorabilia sitting around in the back. They got rid of a lot of it a long time ago.

Once you rest up, there's a few more opportunities... The research never ends.

But you did good...


*) Savage had a display at the San Francisco Pan Pacific exhibition in 1915 where they highlighted their new 250-3000 rifles. I have a so-so magazine picture of that somewhere.

*) As well, Savage displayed at the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exhibition in Omaha, Nebraska - though I have no idea how large their display was. I've found a picture of the Winchester display from that.

*) And finally, they were at the 1900 Paris World's Fair.

Winchester displays at 1895 Expo and 1898 Omaha Expo

Aha.. think I found the San Francisco display from 1915. Looks like they were still setting up, or taking down. Awfully empty.

Gene it might be buried under the golf course .....The large Ferris wheel at the fair .....the main axle weighed 25 tons .....a fellow that worked for the demolition company said its buried in forest park ,,where the present golf course is today in Forest Park They looked for it in the 40s ,,,and found some bearings and steel plates It cost almost a half a mill to put that up ...and tore it down 7 months later ,,And made a profit at 25 cents a ride .........Unbelievable ...Those palace buildings ,some were pricey 200-300 k ,,,some only 10 thousand ,,,,,but most were profitable ,,,even at 15 cents to 25 cents a ride ,,
Some were elaborate and massive ,,to be torn down just 7 months later

I got to repeat that is a very good find, I looked closer at more of it and found what appear to be cutaways, added the picture above, maybe they did have an 1899 cutaway there. It looks like the dark areas are holes in the cheek and side of the receiver on the 1899 & 1903.

Just received some info for the Museum library in St louis .....The original pic i put up this am ,,,,Can be had digitized from them for 15.00 .....i can put up the info if anyone is interested ,,,,,,It was just put online last year Jan 2019 .....So it maybe why noone has come up with it ,,,,,,,She is digging at the moment for more photos so hope to hear from her tomorrow or so

Yes sir I am interested

I am glad the info did not get shipped off the help others as was suggested to me. Hopefully she can find more

Those are large cartridges in that photo.

CTW ,,,,i sent another email to you ....She is digging some more ...Said there are 2 more boxes to go through that are not posted on-line YET ...... OK the zero resolution undigitized can be had for 15.00 .....Lets see what else she comes up with ...........She is only in the office thursday and friday ...and something about not back in till Jan 7 th ............i will forward her email to each or post it here ? ,,,,

And looking for the winners of the displays as well which i was informed by ctw that Savage won silver ....They sent that off to another dept to look into Documents div ,,Photo div etc

This is a fantastic bit of research results!!