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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-101467104043
ISBN-139781467104043
eBay Product ID (ePID)20038382248
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, General, Firearms & Weapons, Travel, Antiques & Collectibles, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJohn Wooley, Wayne Mccombs, Larry Larkin
IllustratorYes
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 In.
Item Length9.2 In.
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Width6.5 In.
Additional Product Features
Publication Year2019
LCCN2019-936487
SeriesImages of America Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Book TitleJ. M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum (50th Anniversary Edition)
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisIn 1929, a transplanted Arkansas sawmill owner named J.M. Davis decided to put his collection of 99 firearms on display in the lobby of his Claremore, Oklahoma, hotel. Some 40 years later, on Davis's 82nd birthday, the artifacts found a permanent home at the Claremore's J.M. David Arms and Historical Museum, an internationally known tourist attraction celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019. Today, thousands of visitors a year marvel at exhibits featuring statuary, knives, swords, saddles, American Indian artifacts, political buttons, World War I posters, and many other items--all in addition to the most extensive private collection of guns on the face of the earth. With words and pictures, this book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the museum and John Monroe Davis--the man, his times, and his amazing acquisitions.