Firearms
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Gunstocks; Machine guns; Muskets; Pistols; Revolvers; Rifles; Shotguns; Sporting guns; Stevens firearms; Winchester firearms.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Maxim Silencer Company photographs
Collection
Accession: 2015-288
Abstract:
The Maxim Silencer Company was the first company to manufacture gun silencers for commercial use. The company was founded in 1908 as the Maxim Silent Firearms Company by Hiram Percy Maxim (1869-1936) in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1912 Maxim incorporated his business as the Maxim Silencer Company. Maxim was an engineer and inventor. This small collection consists of photographs of rifles with silencers, the company's World War II Army E. Navy award ceremony, and a few images of Hiram Percy Maxim and his son Hiram Hamilton Maxim.
Dates:
circa 1900-1909; Majority of material found within 1943-1945
