Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors 1904 Louisiana purchase Exposition

Theres another display case ,to the left of the indian fellow , that doesnt show up in the glass negative i posted Heres the link, for the museum ,to surf through if you choose 103 pages worth ,,,,,

https://mohistory.org/collections?t...0and%20Prints%20Collections&images=0

As are the holes in the end of the barrels. Stompers.

So when did savage offer or manufacture cartridges?

1895 was the first savage brand cartridges made by Union metallic cartridge company (UMC)
1900 SAVAGE Made their own when other manufacturers refused to sell to them
Around 1928 Unites State Cartridge started making them for Savage

Yea kdog, this is a wonderful picture! Glad you found it. Thank you for sharing it too.
GeneB was probably up all night searching for the Savage gallery rifles.
The picture deserves posting, so........

No problem ,,,I thought it was worth sharing ,,,According to the Museum ,,There are No Copyright licenses ,,,,,,,,,,So its free to use ...Unless someone comes alive from the worlds fair It is an Awesome photo when before it was just an Image of the true photo ......And its a Glass plate negative ,,Whatever that is ,,,Just sounds cool

Some of the competition -
J. Stevens
Winchester
Winchester's shooting range

One for Loggah - https://cdm17210.contente/id/5914
In another reference they say it burnt down the day after it opened and had to be rebuilt... maybe they used really bad wood?

That adds some perspective. Those booths make Savages look like new comers. They were....

Neat stuff. Thanks to all who researched this, and for the links.

I wish that such exhibitions were done today. The only thing even remotely like that exhibition I ever attended was a world's fair, Expo67 at Montreal.

I can't imagine the kind of money or ambition that went into those displays, could be duplicated today, even with 3D web pages!

Wouldn't you love to be able to read those cards that are under every gun?

I like the savage display better than the Winchester

The larger ammunition was probably showing what they were capable of?

Any sign of marlin?

You can search the current database and nothing for Marlin turns up. They apparently are still adding pictures, as Kdog stated they just started digitizing these last year. I did find Peters Cartridge Company -
Peters 1
Peters 2

It was a big place, lots of early automobiles -
Studebaker's anyone?
More Studebaker's, maybe all they had at that time?

Locomotives -
link 1
link 2 Looks like an articulated 0-6-6-?, did not realize they had something like that then.
link 3
link 4

1500 HP gas engine

I think I found the 'biggest' locomotive, an 0-6-6-0 introduced 1904 by one source 1900 by another and called "Old Maude" after a cartoon mule" Link to Wikipedia

Some pretty large locomotives in greenfield village , definetly a worthwhile place to visit.

Concatenated Order of Hoo hoo ,,,,,Thats a mouthfull

ctw ,,,,,,,,,,Sent you a link see if it makes it ,,,,,,,,,,This website doesnt allow or i cant figure out how to
link it On the awards

The Manufacturers Palace was 700 k to construct

The Stevens booth is nice too ,,,,didnt know the were even there ,,,,,,Schutzens in their case Cool
I was born in the wrong Era

Did the manufacturers have to pay for their booths or were they provided by the organizers, and allocated on their perceived status? (If so, stands to reason Winchester would have a more palatial display than the relatively new upstart Savage.)

Mean gene has been doing some digging ,,,,,I dont know why but my neck starts hurting with computer stuff ,,,,and concentrating lol.....Nix-ay on the digging in cali or where ever else you were trying to send me ...........More intrigued because of Savage being in my home town ...I was born right across the hwy from the Zoo and Forest Park ,,,,,But in the wrong era ....
Yes they had to pay for their booth space ,,,,,,How much i dont know ,,,with more digging ,its possible to find out ......I still dont understand the demolishing of high dollar Palaces (Buildings )

Looks like some military rifles in lower left display.
1903's & 1899's in the pyramid.
A number of deluxe engraved, carved, pistol grips, globe front sights, tang sights....

I'd bet my boots they had to pay. And the spots in front of the entrance door and and at the ends of isles and near the bathrooms and food vendors are always coveted and thus bring a premium. More money bought more and better booth space.