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Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)
May 18, 2003 Sunday
SECTION: TRAVEL; Pg. D2
LENGTH: 287 words
HEADLINE: Wyoming museum displays Colt's legendary firearms
BYLINE: ]The Associated Press
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CODY, Wyo. -- The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is featuring an exhibit of the one of world's most famous firearms, and the life and times of its creator, Samuel Colt.
The exhibition, "Colt: The Legacy of a Legend," opened May 9 and continues through Oct. 6.
The display includes 800 firearms representing the most historically significant exhibition of Colt firearms during the past 100 years, according to Interim Curator Warren Newman of the center's Cody Firearms Museum.
"With a proud Colt as his trademark, Sam Colt made his name and his guns international legends," Newman said. "They still are -- more than 140 years after his death."
About 100 lenders, including members of the Colt Collectors Association and several museums have contributed to the display, which ranges from early revolvers to machine guns of the World Wars and the M-16.
Among various themes, the exhibition will tell the story of Samuel Colt, whose short life was "filled with intensity and inventive ingenuity," Newman said, as he developed revolutionary ideas for a functional and reliable revolving cylinder handgun.
"He gave substance to his ideas by carving the parts for such a gun from pieces of wood," he said. "Those priceless carvings will provide one of the many highlights of the exhibition."
Colt, who died at 48, pioneered principles of interchangeable parts and mass production that would become hallmarks of the American Industrial Revolution, Newman said. He also ushered in a new era in merchandising with innovative advertising and marketing.
The exhibition will look behind the scenes of the Colt factories and examine what set them apart from tedious and mundane 19th- and 20th-century factories.
May 18, 2003 Sunday
SECTION: TRAVEL; Pg. D2
LENGTH: 287 words
HEADLINE: Wyoming museum displays Colt's legendary firearms
BYLINE: ]The Associated Press
BODY:
CODY, Wyo. -- The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is featuring an exhibit of the one of world's most famous firearms, and the life and times of its creator, Samuel Colt.
The exhibition, "Colt: The Legacy of a Legend," opened May 9 and continues through Oct. 6.
The display includes 800 firearms representing the most historically significant exhibition of Colt firearms during the past 100 years, according to Interim Curator Warren Newman of the center's Cody Firearms Museum.
"With a proud Colt as his trademark, Sam Colt made his name and his guns international legends," Newman said. "They still are -- more than 140 years after his death."
About 100 lenders, including members of the Colt Collectors Association and several museums have contributed to the display, which ranges from early revolvers to machine guns of the World Wars and the M-16.
Among various themes, the exhibition will tell the story of Samuel Colt, whose short life was "filled with intensity and inventive ingenuity," Newman said, as he developed revolutionary ideas for a functional and reliable revolving cylinder handgun.
"He gave substance to his ideas by carving the parts for such a gun from pieces of wood," he said. "Those priceless carvings will provide one of the many highlights of the exhibition."
Colt, who died at 48, pioneered principles of interchangeable parts and mass production that would become hallmarks of the American Industrial Revolution, Newman said. He also ushered in a new era in merchandising with innovative advertising and marketing.
The exhibition will look behind the scenes of the Colt factories and examine what set them apart from tedious and mundane 19th- and 20th-century factories.
