Collection Highlights
Lady Arthur Paget (Minne Stevens) dressed for the Delmonico ball, 1875
Date:
1875
Object Number:
PR.223.1.4.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Luce Center
Model 1868 U.S. Springfield Rifle
Object Number:
1952.8
Date:
1870
Medium:
Wood, steel, iron, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 52 1/8 in. ( 132.4 cm )
Part (barrel): 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm)
Marks:
stamped: forward hammer on lockplate: "U.S./SPRINGFIELD" (eagle to left); tail: "1863"
stamped: breechblock: "1870/US" (crossed arrows and eagle head between the marks)
stamped: receiver: "33382"
stamped: buttstock: "L"; buttplate tang: "US" and "F"
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Description:
Wood, iron, and steel rifle; iron furniture; stamped marks forward of hammer and at tail of lockplate, breechblock, barrel bands, tang of buttplate, receiver, barrel; stamped cartouches on left side of stock at wrist; leather sling with brass buckle.
Gallery Label:
Designed in 1865 by Springfield armorer E.S. Allin, trapdoor model rifles and carbines replaced the muzzle-loading firearms that had been used during the Civil War, and became the standard weapons used by U.S. forces during the western Indian wars.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederic Griffith
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
