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Hardbrake

Riverside, Calif

I am in my 60's and have been picking up stuff starting in about the 4th grade, on the way to school. Trash day was my day to find good stuff. I collect cameras aI am in my 60's and have been picking up stuff starting in about the 4th grade, on the way to school. Trash day was my day to find good stuff. I collect cameras and photographs from the turn of the century (American West) and Cowboy and Indian items (no repo's). I have been working at my first love photography for a few years and it is a dream come true in a lot of ways. Now I have to learn a hole new way of using the digital camera and computer. (Read more)

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Bicylists Revolver - Military and Wartimein Military and Wart…
6 months ago
1870's Texas Rangers - Military and Wartimein Military and Wart…
11 months ago
Stuido Table ? - Furniturein Furniture
11 months ago
The world through rose colored glass - Camerasin Cameras
11 months ago
Patten Medicines (Lies in a bottle or box) - Bottlesin Bottles
11 months ago
Merwin Hulbert what? - Outdoor Sportsin Outdoor Sports
1 year ago
Cowboys were Flashy - Outdoor Sportsin Outdoor Sports
1 year ago
American Cowboys - Accessoriesin Accessories
1 year ago
22 Cartridge boxes - Outdoor Sportsin Outdoor Sports
1 year ago
Those Lost Marbles - Gamesin Games
1 year ago

Comments

  1. Very very nice collection, have you ever taken a picture with any of them? The loading of of glossy enlarging paper in place of a plate would be interesting to see what results you receive. Either w...
  2. Nice set of spurs I am an avid Cowboy and Indian collector and I have a single spur with the same design, it's nice to see a set Hardbrake.
  3. I have enjoyed collecting item of the American west both Cowboy and Indian but I have also loved researching the west. I have dozens of book both old and new regarding Cowboys and Indians sometime I ...
  4. I spent over 2 month in Holland while stationed in Europe in the 60's and By Far I found it the best country in Europe, loved every minute of the stay (the people were outstanding)
  5. Very nice and even harder to find then people think Hardbrake
  6. Shannon: I have a picture (tin type) of a lady with the same last name (Parnell) in one of the old photo albums. I will scan it with in the week and if you want I will e-mail you a copy of it. The ...
  7. Thank you, I received this item from my step-father upon his passing. Ira Long would have been his great uncle as John W. Adams was his grandfather. I have sent the Texas ranger Hall of Fame copies ...
  8. Very nice I have never seen this camera before how nice . Will you take a picture with it? Hardbrake
  9. I have always to go to Fort Smith Ar.Maybe someday I will get there.
  10. Yes that be her a Real Texan and a bit on the wild side.
  11. Could you be related to Bell Star?
  12. Thank You: I kinda of use this site to practice my passion Photography. I fell that just to take a picture like number 2 and 3 is just not what I want to do I have taken hundreds of identification p...
  13. Yes I do have some photographs and information regarding Captain Ira Long. I am sorry to report that I do not have a picture of him but in one of my listing on Collectors Weekly I have a picture (tin...
  14. Touching story (sad) and yes I will visit your listing, thank you Hardbrake
  15. I have never seen one like this until this one, nice, Hardbrake
  16. This Very fine example looks as if it was made last week how nice, Hardbrake
  17. Very nice and in outstanding condition Hardbrake
  18. You correct Colt captured the market Remington made a fine hand gun but it was heavy and a lot of them had their barrel shortened as did this one. The stuff under the barrel added to the weight but i...
  19. Thanks: Investigating into an item or items is the real enjoyment of collecting for me, not to bring up the photography and writing. Hardbrake
  20. Thank you both, Stevensvintage and blunderbuss, the thank should go to Lesley, John Adams Daughter for saving and coping the letter. Hardbrake
  21. Thank You I failed to add to the description that if a viewer would like to read the account of the Lost Valley fight it can by Googled, Hardbrake
  22. All I can say is Oh Boy "I LOVE IT" What a nice find. Hardbrake
  23. First off I would like to thank all of you for your input and you have given me someplace to start looking. I knew that if I posted this table I would learn something and I have. I will start lookin...
  24. I had one of these as a kid and it uses 127 film and the pictures are on the low end of the box cameras of the day but I like it (my grandfather gave me mine). Hardbrake
  25. Thank you I went to the link I will hold off on what this table is for right now as there is just to muck stuff under the top of the table. The Art department (Arts in Corrections) did more in the pai...
  26. Grate find, will be enjoyable for you to read, Hardbrake
  27. Dr. Rambow: Nice old parlor rifle, I have one almost identical but mine is a 30 long center fire and it was made in Belgian in the late 1870's or 80's. If your is in good mechanical condition it sho...
  28. Very Nice item (coin) and a great gift, you have a very nice friend if judged by his or her gifts. As a former drug investigator this item would have been over look if a search was done in a rush. N...
  29. This is in deed different and a nice addition to any photography/ camera collection. I would like to ask you several question regarding early 19 century American Photographers. About 20 years ago I ...
  30. Scottvez: Nice cabinet card, I tend to agree with you on it containing props but still a nice card. The revolver in the in the belt of the man to the right looks like a Colt 1878 D.A.. Compare it t...
  31. Thanks: It is a handgun that was well know in its time, but has gone by the way as time has passed. Hardbrabe
  32. Thank you for you're much to kind comment and the answer is yes I have given thought to writing a book. I have wanted to produce calenders base on antique for quit a long time. I will post a new sho...
  33. Thank you Aqua69
  34. Thank You: As you can tell I kind of like talking (in this case typing) Hardbrake
  35. Thank all three of you, for you're kindness.
  36. Thanks for the question, this bowl is quite small with an approximate 3 7/8 inch circumference and has a depth of about 1 1/2 inches. This small size aided it in its serving the changes in the season...
  37. Thank You: You're description of the blow is spot on. I have looked at and at time wandered who made it and what age was the maker. The hole family worked together to serve, the young learning from...
  38. miKKoChristmas, that is a German Swirl and it is well used, I found that at a yard sale. Hardbrake
  39. Thanks all three of you and by the way, I was not just kidding when I wrote about not saying anything about the Marbles. I can remember at least 2 time I lost what would have been my marble, by openi...
  40. Thanks Bellin68, I guess if I used to much of this stuff it would not be to cool. Hardbrake
  41. Thank-You packrat-place. I will enjoy my visit to the web site may-be I can find out a thing or two. Hardbrake
  42. Thank You: The real thanks should go to Lessie Adams, John Adams daughter. If she had not copied it. It would be nothing now but a very hard to read letter and in the trash long ago. I am almost s...
  43. Thank You, I am so glad that Lessie Adams saved this letter from never seeing the light of day. Something that the "Good old days" were not always that good. Hardbrake
  44. I only know that the spider web came from a nine on the boarder with New Mexico and Arizona. The 3 stone bracelet I do not know but I wish I did, Hardbrake
  45. Manikin: I wish I could help you on this one but I do not know. It look as if this is a cast piece and where it was made I could not guess. I think it is beautiful and when you wear it, as when I w...
  46. I would love to look at it, I do not know how much help I could be but it would not hurt to look, Hardbrake
  47. These egg cups are neat, my guess is late 40's or early 50's. You should be able to identify the maker from the hallmark on the bottom. Thanks Hardbrake
  48. Thank you Hunter, I have owned the studio light for over 20 years and they are still in good shape and the Nikon and lens is about 5 years old now but I like Nikon for its lenses. The photograph I ha...
  49. Thanks Walksoftly, you're right it does. I would bet money that it is made by the same people and more the likely made in the same time frame. I will go there when I have some time and read what they...
  50. Hunter that is a flash photo, I use a Norma 800 watt studio system whit 2, 2400 studio lights one for fill and a second one to act a both a main light and a back ground light. I take my pictures wit...
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Early Multiple Lens Wood & Brass Field Cameras Two more odd 1880s Trade Cards for Frank Pearsall, Brooklyn Photographer Antique Oak Detective Camera, early 1890s spurs and bike Early Boudoir Style Cabinet Portrait Card #2 Al-Vista 5-B Panoramic Camera, 1899-1910 Santa In 1880s Vintage Camera Advertising More Vintage Camera Ads With Santa - late 1890s Blair 5x7 No.2 Folding Hawk-Eye Camera - 1892 Sunflower Multiplying Camera, c.1903 Erickson Art Glass Fan-Shaped Bowl - c1944 1891 Henry Clay Camera - a rare American camera Bullard Folding Magazine Camera, Series B, c.1898 Ferrotype Bon Ton View Box, 1870s – another memorable collecting experience Rare Uncut Tintypes of Husband & Wife Teeny Tiny Wood & Brass Camera - c.1900 Shew Xit

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