Name/Title
Winchester Rifle, left behind by an Alaska gold-hunter, late 19th centuryEntry/Object ID
1986.26.8Description
Acc. No. 86.26.8
Subject Category: Weapons
Date or Period: Late 19th century
Object: Rifle
Description: Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn, U.S.A. Patent-October 7th, 1879. Serial number 82357. 22 W.C.F. Natural wood stock, varnished.
Size: L-42 inches.
History of Object: Rifle that originally belonged to Dais Harris, a friend of P. A. McDonell (pioneer of Bay Farm Island). The rifle was left in the care of Mr. McDonell when Harris went to the Alaska gold fields in 1898. He never returned to claim the weapon.
Acquired from:
Roberta McDonell
Date: 5-24-86Interpretative Labels
Label
5/18/2021 MvL: old typed text on tag:
86.26.8
Rifle that originally belonged to Dais Harris, a friend of P. A. McDonell (pioneer of Bay Farm Island). The rifle was left in the care of Mr. McDonell when Harris went to the Alaska gold fields in 1898. He never returned to claim the weapon.
