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Thanks to Roger, Dave and Frank for the great photos and little-known factory info. To think all of this went on less than 10 miles from where I was born in SW Philly and I never knew any of it until I started with Fox Guns! Kevin
Roger. That last pic clearly shows roof structure long enough to pattern shotguns, as explained by Frank.
The A.H. Fox Gun Co. factory building roof is completely cleaned off in that late picture.
When I was there in 1986.
A.H. Fox Gun Co. advertising beginning in 1927 with the price drop of the Sterlingworth from $48 to $36.50 talks about a new factory with new equipment and the addresses are in the 4700 block of North 18th Street.
Fur - Fish - Game, September 1927, New A.H. Fox Factory.jpeg (136.1 KiB) Viewed 1065 times
The Fox Company fishing reels catalog I have a copy of gives an address of 4720 N. 18th Street and pictures the factory on the cover.
Before Covid hit, I went past the factory 2 time's a day, 5 days a week for 35 years on my commute to Center City on the West Trenton Septa train line. I might have the record for number of times looking at it. Allowing for 4 weeks off a year for vacation, holidays etc.., I've been past it almost 17,000 times
"Somehow, the sound of a shotgun tends to cheer one up" -- Robert Ruark
