On October 2, 1892, the Dalton Gang attempted to outdo other famed outlaws by robbing two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas. Among the personal arsenal the gang brought to the occasion were 10 specially ordered, pearl-gripped single-action .45-caliber Colt pistols. The Pamplin Collection owns both Bob and Frank Dalton’s guns. Among the icons of the American…
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Newspaper (Sunday Mirror) announcing the 1937 death of Emmett Dalton, the last of the famed Dalton Brothers who robbed the Coffeyville, Kansas, banks in 1892. Emmett survived the shootout, served time in prison, then had a career in the early movies. Photograph of Emmett Dalton, lying wounded, following the raid on the banks in Coffeyville….
The West of lawmen, outlaws, showmen, heroes, and rogues
One of the West’s great iconic artifacts, this pistol belonged to Bob Dalton at the time he attempted the famous Coffeyville, Kansas, bank robbery. On October 5, 1892, Dalton and other members of his gang stormed the C.M. Condon & Company’s Bank and the First National Bank in Coffeyville. Members of the town responded with…
Guns, spears, bows and arrows, knives, tomahawks, and cannons representing battle, the hunt, and recreation
Step-brothers David Farragut and David Porter, both U.S. naval captains, worked together to capture the forts protecting New Orleans in the spring of 1862. For this immensely important Union victory early in the Civil War, Captain Farragut presented this pistol to Captain Porter. The revolver is a cased English Webley “Longspur” single action pistol engraved…
Jesse James Love Story
by Matt Clark (American, 1903-1972) This painting, by western artist Matt Clark, depicts the 1874 marriage of Jesse James to Zerelda Mimms (“Zee”), who aims her pistol at the hapless minister, while brother Frank keeps a lookout at the window. Like his brother Benton, Matt Clark was member of the Society of Illustrators Hall of…