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Colt Fire Arms 1930s Paper, Memorabilia & Advertising Collection
Page-2A (1930s)
Date Ranges:
1900-1920s 1930s 1940s 1950-60s 1965-70s 1980-90s
Colt Firearms Printed Handbooks, Brochures,
Pamphlets, Paper, Marketing,
Sporting Advertising, instructions, and Memorabilia
Colt Fire Arms Memorabilia wanted to purchase by this collector
If you have pre-1941 Colt Firearms paper
or marketing items for sale, please Contact me
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More... takes you to reference images & data from: 'The Book of Colt Paper' by John Ogle Purchase on Amazon |
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Pre-War Colt Catalogs and Post-War Colt Catalogs
Data to help determine when Colt paper was printed
Note: The 'Colt Company' name version, Colt pistol logo, and 'Printed in U.S.A'
are mentioned to help determine approx. dates for pre-1930 material. Colt
printed multiple runs of all their brochures, so what you see may be a later run
but the design, data, and images remain the same through each printing
unless the Form number changed due to a revision.
1930s Colt Paper1929-1930s: Great DepressionThe stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression resulted in a slowing down of production for Colt. In anticipation of this, the company implemented a diversification. Colt acquired contracts for business machines, calculators, dishwashers, motorcycles, and automobiles; all marketed under a name other than Colt.
During this period, from 1929 to 1930 Colt used 'Small Arms Division'. From 1931 to 1939 they used 'Fire Arms Division'. From 1941 to 1947, they again used 'Small Arms Division', then in 1947 to 1955 they operated as 'Colt's Manufacturing Company'. |
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All automatic pistol information sheets arelisted together here
 
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1933Colt communication with a customer about their New Service Target revolver.
Providing details and specifications about their new 6" barrel in addition to the regular 7 1/2" barrel. Signed by Leonard C. Davis, Advertising Mgr. |
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1933 & 1939Colt box interior and end labels used until WW2
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  Colt Police Positive Special .38 w/ 5 in. bbl.(1933) |
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  Colt Officers' Model Target .38 (1939) heavy 6 in. bbl. |
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1934 More...Colt on the Trail |
46 pages of stories about Colt use |
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1931-1939Colt 's Fire Arms Division communication with a customer requesting a repair.Colt instructions required the arm to be shipped by Express instead of by mail. |
 See Colt's 1865 Express shipping receipt below |
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June 3, 1865Adams Express Company paperwork
Dated 1865 for a package of merchandise from Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. shipped to James Savage, Louisville, Ky. |
 See Colt's parts shipping bag below |
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1930sColt parts shipping bag with attached mailing tag.
The cloth bag measures 4 x 6 in. plus the address label. These parts would have been ordered by a customer and shipped by an Express shipping company. |
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1934Colt communication with N.C. customer regarding nickel and bluing refinishing.
A price sheet is included. |
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1936Instructions sticker in Colt Automatic Pistol box. Adjusting the Stevens rear sight.2.25 x 6 in., sticker Dated by box from which it was added |
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1937Colt: A Century of Achievement
Paper (9 x 6 3/4 in.) and hard-cover (9 1/2 x 7 in.) handbook versions. 97 pages. |
  Hardcover version, 97 pages with table of contents Same detailed 97 page content with images |
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1937Introduction of the Colt Woodsman .22 Match Target heavy 6 1/2" barrel
8 x 11 bi-fold, 4 pages |
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1936 More...Story of a Colt 'Officers' Model as told by himself
(A-122) No form number on brochure, but the 1936 Colt Shield logo is printed on the inside. 4.5 x 7 in. when unfolded. |
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1938 More...'The Story of a Colt Officers' Model', with Rampant Colt logo and w/o 1936 shield
(A-1648), 4.5 x 7 in. when unfolded. |
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1938 More...The New Colt Match Target automatic pistol
3 3/8 x 6 1/4", two-side tri-fold pamphlet, Form (706) |
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1943 More...A parts flyer for the Colt Match Target Woodsman Automatic Pistol7 x 11 in. flat and 3 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. folded. |
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1939Colt announces the introduction of the .32 Heavy barrel Officers' Model revolverTri-fold polished single-side ad sheet
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1939 Colt Detective Special factory test target shipped in a factory maroon box, with hang tag |
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1930s More...Colt Shooting Suggestions
Form A-113 |
  Included in a Colt revolver's factory box |
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1939Colt selectsThe Man of the Year |
   Top shooters for 1938 |
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1939 More...Colt Officer's Model Target Revolver
Form (A-221) tri-fold |
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1939The Colt Family Hobby Show Poster
10 x 12.25 in., single sided on poster paper. "To be held during the week of Jan. 16-20, 1939 in the Club Room." Employee families exhibited items from their personal collections or hobby. |
Colt Poster Ogle's book display |
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1939Letter from Ohio hardware company, Cussins & FearnDealer contacting a Colt referral for a revolver. Illustrates Colt's relationships with their dealers and customers |
  An unusually effeminate letterhead from a hardware company? |
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1939 Colt's Automatic Machine Guns and Rifles Handbook A rare original 1939 edition of this 96 page handbook about the early machine guns Colt built for war. (A-108), 96 pgs.
Also see: 1914 Colt's Automatic Guns Handbook |
 See: Large display with multiple images
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1940 Berlin, Germany receipt to Colt's Patent Firearms for a patent application continuation: '1933 Colt Automatic Firearm' filed in the Reich Patent Office in 1941 for 150 RM. 6 x 8.5 in., thin velum paper
Colt maintained patents in countries where it sold or produced their products.
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A German receipt for the renewal of an 8 year patent (# 653.758), originally effective October 1, 1933. It was set to expire in 1941, but here was paid for renewal on October 10, 1940. (Colt Forum) |
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