Jack and Fred
Our original poster has supplied a modest amount of additional perspective in a couple of follow-on posts to his original, so, Jack, consider visiting the LACA site for minor elaborations, if you haven't been there, already.
The original poster also indicated a willingness to look at names for name-rocognition sake, so we might also want to make those three available to him.
-Got to start somewhere.
A few tibits are also in the original poster's messages that ring true in terms of Lefever. First, and as Fred knows, the Pennsylvania location of the original and now deceased purchaser. Pennsylvania was and is Lefever Family Country. The LACA's data base contains really good information along these lines. The early 1900s cut-off of the volume's data also rings true in terms Lefever selling manufacturing rights to Ithaca. A speculation might be that the records cover the hammerless sideplate model production by Lefever up to the time of the sale to Ithaca.
I think the original poster had as good a grasp as anyone on how we might start out, but its whatever works that counts, so new ideas are definitely appreciated.
And, JohnM, thanks for the well-reasoned lead. We'll work to do the best we can.
Last edited by outdoorlvr; 11/16/06 11:57 AM.
