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Anyone notice it says "photographed at Griffin & Howe" at the bottom of the photo?
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And it was taken in their "gun-smithing" room; there is a stock in a contraption at his
left elbow and the two other gentlemen are surely gunsmiths, considering their
attire.
You guys are really eagle eyed and funny!
JC
"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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Sidelock
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The picture was not taken against a mirror. The lever is to the right as it should be. A left opening top lever is as scarce as "truth in advertising". Depending on the year of the ad, the site would be Griffin and Howe workroom or the Griffin and Howe shop at Abercrombie and Fitch at 45th and Madison. I don't know what year G&H moved to the Abercrombie and Fitch's seventh floor. The first time I visited A&F as a 14 year old in 1960, Griffin and Howe had their shop at A&F, with the door in the back left corner of the Leo Martin Gun Room.
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A long-deceased friend was once an Arrow Shirt Man. While not exactly a double gun, this is nonetheless a classic firearm held by a familiar face: 
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Typical for a Russian, he has hands like a pianist , hence his fingers so long its folded under the tigger guard. Tie tucked into trousers common, still is at some London establishments, means the tie is always perfectly placed under a suit jacket.
-Clif Watkins
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No one has mentioned that the Hathaway Shirt Co. became the foundation for Warren Buffet's billions - $$$.
If, instead of buying the shirt, one had bought a few shares of the common stock, they could now purchase multiple new Purdey shotguns. A single share of BK-A is now priced at $113k.
JERRY
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No one has mentioned that the Hathaway Shirt Co. became the foundation for Warren Buffet's billions - $$$.
If, instead of buying the shirt, one had bought a few shares of the common stock, they could now purchase multiple new Purdey shotguns. A single share of BK-A is now priced at $113k.
JERRY Not quite, the Hathaway company you speak of was a textile conglomerate in Mass. But cotton was both company's stock in trade
-Clif Watkins
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