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I Bought a group of Photos (for the 99s) but this was amongst them so I thought Id share. No Info at all on the pic.  Close up of the rifle... 
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Neat picture and a nice rifle, bet it was taken sometime between the Wars.
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Springfield, right? Nice aperature sight!!!!
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Looks like a rather well executed stock. Better than just amateur work. The metal seems to be in the white so maybe it's a work in progress? Nice rifle. I do like a good Springfield.
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Springfield, right? Nice aperature sight!!!! Yes, a Springfield with a Lyman 48 pip sight.
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Doncha just love that pic?! I bet everything he's wearing that shows is wool, cap, shirt and pants....well, except for the s'penders
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Neat picture and rifle, wish we knew more!
MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014
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I would say it's a Griffin & Howe, like this one, minus the scope and mount and the barrel mounted sling swivel: 
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That's what I was thinking. Regardless, it wasn't a product of a backwoods Bubba shop.
The guy strikes me as a man of means too. Absent is the slack jawed look of so many nimrods in vintage photos, replaced by keen eyes, clean shaven cheeks, and most importantly, new suspenders. I'm betting he was a city-based professional man on a hunting trip out in the boonies. Ha ha, all in fun this reading into old pics what we want to see.
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Hell, he just stepped out of a Michigan saw mill after the boss gave him new suspenders for Thanskgiving because his old one were about to give way. The Boss's son Mike was standing in the yard with his camera, handed him his new Niedner rifle, "Hold this" and snapped the photo of Jake, still covered with wood chips.
No Smoking at the saw mill!
Best part of old pix is making up your own story, eh?
Great pic!
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