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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\OBJECTS FACET\Weapons and Ammunition\weapons\projectile weapons\projectile weapons with explosive propellant\firearms\small arms\small arms by form\

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Claim by Jesse McLain against Cherokee Nation when his keelboat was sunk by steamboat Victoria, December 2, 1845

 Item — Folder 87: [Barcode: 61.87]
Identifier: 4026.1633
Description

Claim by Jesse McLain against Cherokee Nation when his keelboat was sunk by the national steamboat Victoria. Claim amount is for $1,522.12 1/2. Folder 87

Dates: December 2, 1845

Colt .45 revolver with ivory handle with a carved image of a steer, late 19th-early 20th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.12
Description

Colt .45 with ivory handle; there is a carved image of a steer with horizontal horns in the handle, along with an inscription reading, 'You need not fear a man that walks beneath the skies that he be strong...you be weak I will equalize.'



Inscription(s)

Inscribed on handle, "You need not fear a man that walks beneath the skies that he be strong...you be weak I will equalize."

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Nancy C. Russell and Neenah, circa 1905

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8067.5
Description

Nancy C. Russell posing with Charles M. Russell's hat, pistol, and holster while holding the reins of Russell's bay horse Neenah in front of the log cabin studio in Great Falls, Montana.

Dates: circa 1905

Photograph Postcard, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 232.Unknown]
Identifier: 4327.8698
Description

This is a photo postcard, printed in color with a reproduction of a Charles M. Russell watercolor of a saloon scene with three men lounging at a bar while another fires at the feet of still another. Words at the bottom read, "Dance! You short-horn dance!" At the top it reads, "101 Ranch, Bliss, O.T." and "I find cow-boys a social set, at one of their 'gatherings' I was invited to dance." Reverse side is blank but has Charles M. Russell's signature buffalo skull in the stamp location.

Dates: 1797 - 1897