IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Model 1851 Navy was Colt’s most ...

Samuel Colt and his 1851 Navy Revolver. Everyone knows Texas was an independent republic after winning its independence from Mexico, but between 1836 and its annexation by the United States in 1845, ...

Sleek, balanced, and deadly accurate, the Colt Navy became one of the most popular revolvers of the 19th century. Its use in the Civil War and on the frontier made it a symbol of American grit.

The Frontier West was nothing if not a place of opportunity. It offered an unlimited number of ways to perish including disease (a big favorite), thirst, starvation, weather, livestock, serpents, ...

There are few names that invoke the American Frontier more than Samuel Colt, but before his revolvers helped win the West, Colt was a struggling gunmaker. On Jan. 4, 1847, Colt won a contract to ...

Featured Colts: US Army-purchased Model 1875 'Long Model' Gatling gun, 1851 Navy Revolvers made for Italy's King Victor Emmanuel II, pair of pre-WWII gold-inlaid Officers Model Double-Action Revolvers ...

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