'Fox Guns' Savage Era Folder (1930-1932)
-
- Posts: 741
- Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:21 pm
- Location: Alberta
- Has thanked: 6 times
- Been thanked: 10 times
- Contact:
'Fox Guns' Savage Era Folder (1930-1932)
Thanks to another member for letting me add this folder to my collection.
I have not seen one of these green folders before. Has anyone else?
(Click on the images for more detail)
I have not seen one of these green folders before. Has anyone else?
(Click on the images for more detail)
Last edited by JasonPeck on Thu Aug 16, 2018 2:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
AHFCA Life Member
-
- Posts: 741
- Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:21 pm
- Location: Alberta
- Has thanked: 6 times
- Been thanked: 10 times
- Contact:
Re: 'Fox Guns' Savage Era Folder (1930-1932)
Another interesting tidbit based on the shop stamp on the front cover:
P. VON FRANTZIUS
608 DIVERSEY PARKWAY
CHICAGO ILLINOIS
"Peter von Frantzius was a Chicago businessman and arms dealer to the Chicago underworld during Prohibition, later dubbed by the press as "The Armorer of Gangland". An almost exclusive supplier of the Chicago Outfit (although often selling to rival gangs such as the North Side Mob), he was one of the first to supply "Tommy" submachine guns and other specialized weaponry connected to countless gangland slayings during the bootleg wars of the 1920s, including the murder of Brooklyn mobster Frankie Yale in 1928, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929 and the 1930 gangland murder of Chicago journalist Jake Lingle."
P. VON FRANTZIUS
608 DIVERSEY PARKWAY
CHICAGO ILLINOIS
"Peter von Frantzius was a Chicago businessman and arms dealer to the Chicago underworld during Prohibition, later dubbed by the press as "The Armorer of Gangland". An almost exclusive supplier of the Chicago Outfit (although often selling to rival gangs such as the North Side Mob), he was one of the first to supply "Tommy" submachine guns and other specialized weaponry connected to countless gangland slayings during the bootleg wars of the 1920s, including the murder of Brooklyn mobster Frankie Yale in 1928, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929 and the 1930 gangland murder of Chicago journalist Jake Lingle."
AHFCA Life Member
-
- Posts: 1570
- Joined: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:14 pm
- Location: West
- Has thanked: 794 times
- Been thanked: 73 times
Re: 'Fox Guns' Savage Era Folder (1930-1932)
Very interesting, Jason. Jim
Goodbye Mandy, once in a life time hunting dog. I miss you every day.
-
- Posts: 741
- Joined: Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:21 pm
- Location: Alberta
- Has thanked: 6 times
- Been thanked: 10 times
- Contact:
Re: 'Fox Guns' Savage Era Folder (1930-1932)
Also, the hunter in the woods graphic shown on the cover, is the same illustration shown on page 11 of the 'How to Buy a Gun' booklet.
AHFCA Life Member
-
- Posts: 1360
- Joined: Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:06 pm
- Location: Western NY
- Has thanked: 501 times
- Been thanked: 239 times
-
- Posts: 5545
- Joined: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:18 pm
- Location: WA/AK
- Has thanked: 240 times
- Been thanked: 1263 times
Re: 'Fox Guns' Savage Era Folder (1930-1932)
That is a great little folder, with links back to the 1917 magazine ads (right) and the 1927 folder of the A.H. Fox Gun Co. (left).
With the cover picture from the 1930 catalog insert introducing the Fox-Sterlingworth Deluxe.
With the cover picture from the 1930 catalog insert introducing the Fox-Sterlingworth Deluxe.
Share the knowledge