He had been recently rejected by the Navy because in those days wearing glasses was considered a physical defect. So he and his life long buddy Ray went to down to New York City to celebrate the fact that his buddy Ray had been accepted by the Navy for enlistment. After too much celebrating, he alone ends up being shanghaied to work on the crew of a cargo ship bound for Galveston. Arriving in Galveston, probably with the world's biggest hangover, he went to work for Humble for almost 3 years, until he met up with a local representative of Colt Patent Firearms from his home town of Hartford.

Business was great as most everyone in those days carried. It probably helped keep the crime rate low. In 1923 he went back to Hartford with Colts and remained with them for over 40 years. The photos are actually Post Cards. The photo's by "E.G. Allen" The photos measure 3 1/2" H by 10" Long and are adhered to the Post card stock. They are imprinted on the back "POST CARD" "Place stamp Here" and an area for "Correspondence"     Regards Richard H. Hinkley     Murrieta, CA