| Title |
Browning Arms Company Collection, Box 012, Folder 07 |
| Creator |
Birdsell, Wayne; Browning, Val A., 1895-1994; Rafter, John R.; FN (Firm : Belgium); Schroeder Freres; Zinn, Harry A.; United States. Bureau of Customs; Browning, John Val; Mattlet, Ernest; Briggs, William M.; Browning, Marriner Bigelow; Goddard, Grant F.; Kinkade, Byron; Senden, F. Raymond; United States. Embassy (Belgium); Union of Gunsmith Retailers of Belgium |
| Description |
Exchanges and documentation regarding customs and importation, with John R. Rafter as primary creator. Includes drafts of affidavits. |
| Subject |
Firearms industry and trade--United States; Firearms industry and trade--Utah; Browning Arms Company; Business enterprises--Utah--Ogden--History |
| Digital Publisher |
Digitized by Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Date Digital |
2026-06 |
| Date |
1951; 1952; 1953; 1954 |
| Medium |
correspondence; documents; financial records; legal records |
| Spatial Coverage |
Washington, D.C., United States; New York City, New York, United States; Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States; Herstal, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States; St. Louis, Missouri, United States; Liège, Wallonia, Belgium; Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Type |
Text |
| Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 13000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. |
| Language |
eng; fra |
| Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. For further information:  |
| Sponsorship/Funding |
Funding generously provided by the Val A. Browning Charitable Foundation. |
| Source |
Browning Arms Company Collection, MS492, Box 12, Folder 7, Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6mmbx9n |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
194196 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6mmbx9n |
| Title |
Page 53 |
| OCR Text |
Show V. poses and guns have pose. exeeption, such any pur~ as samples only; and, with that not been offered for sele anywhere 11 samples The price at which shotgun were sold those for of the new type ¢150.- is Company Arms Browning the to 1953 3, March Browning John wir. f.06b. coverings and packing, per gun, ineluding cases, or cost the Antwerp, Belgiwn, which price is over twice ae a & recular automatic shotgun. The St. at entered were question in suns sample ll but apof $150.— per gun, price Louis at the above-mentioned the from receipt pending thereof is being withheld oraisement as n", oreductio of of a statement of their "cost manufacturer defined in Seetion hO2(f) of the ghow separately each of its four fhe with the and 1t no kept the that suggests separate from samples, 100 letter appraiser's has manufacturer statutory that of & 3 and 2, 1, which cost of Tariff Act of 1930, which will elements as deseribed in items definition. of the 11 imported this producing the connection in records that notes 15th January cost came; samples lot of 100 guns be computed by ascertaining actual costes, wherever possible, It also and by carefully estimating costs, wherever necessary. and designing of origin) of s (regardles costs the states that their in included be should samples 100 of lot developing this fhe appraiser's letter also offers the cost of production. assistance of his office in elarifying the legal requirements relating te this matter. that you should bring to It seems to me, therefore, facts whieh are relevant the attention of the appraiser any manufac~ not digclosed by the above-mentioned affidavit of the he wrote when turer and, hence, were not known to the appraiser will appraiser the I feel sure that his letter of January 13th. will and welcome any new information whieh you have to offer si “ iin carefully ae consider The a * new = it. or additional facts, as I understand which were not disclosed by the above-mentioned the manufacturer are as follows: None be will Wo ported. of the 11 imported sold more by your samples of sample company. the new type guns have shotgun them, affidavit been will or be im- of |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
194249 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6mmbx9n/194249 |