Calamity Jane, famous figure of the American West, ~1880
Calamity Jane, famous figure of the American West, ~1880
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This was Miss America in 1880.
Holy shit.
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what kind of gun is that?
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The shootin’ kind. Where’d she get it? At th’ gettin’ place.
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What does it do? shoots you That.
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A doohickey from the thingamajig store
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It was what was called a pocket rifle, which was one of the first types of collapsible/removable stock rifles.The one that she has in particular, was marketed so that you could put the collapsed rifle into a pocket that you would have strapped to the crossbar of your bicycle.
I put a link to a blog with the actual make/model about it further down the chain.
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And it's got a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.
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https://images.app.goo.gl/yo6fUczVwwBBo2eR9
Does this help?
Bear in mind, when the pictures were taken, objects that were moved during the long exposure could be distorted
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Nah, that's not it at all. Looks almost exactly like this Frank Wesson 1870 Large Frame Pocket Rifle Second Type with Stock
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