Doctor Samuel Jagoda and his array of weapons

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20047268

Description

Doctor Samuel Jagoda, shown amid his array of weapons. He collects pistols and guns as a hobby. He started 17 years ago when a patient, who was an antique gun collector, gave him some rare weapons. Since then Dr. Jagoda has been acquiring guns from every country, some date back to 400-year-old Oriental match-lock model. The collection said to be the largest known and contains besides guns, knives, swords, shields, helmets, handcuffs, stirrups, cannon, clubs and most anything related to hostility. Here you see he is standing and smile next to part of his display collection. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, November 24, 1940.

Archival Date

1940-10-25

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1279

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Jagoda, Samuel (Dr.); Weapons; pistols; Handguns; Guns; Firearms owners; Knives; Shields; Helmets; Handcuffs; Cannons