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Jon & Selina Wedding

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Newest Books in my Library

Hills visit Hillside Farm

2006 Maine Trip

2007 Maine Trip

2008 Maine Trip

2011 Maine Trip

Pickles, 2007

2008 Allentown Flower Show

2007 Oley Fair

Camp August 2006

Camp ShiHam

Florida Spring Baseball

Florida Trips

Williamsburg 2007

Williamsburg 2001

Penn State Football 10-1-05

Penn State Football 9-8-07

Deanne Big 50th....

Brad & Deanne 25 years

Christmas 2005

2003 Halloween Party

2004 Halloween Party

2005 Halloween Party

2007 Halloween Party

2008 Halloween Party

2009 Halloween Party

Cicada at Hillside Farm

What they sounded like

Fall, 2005 at Hillside Farm

Flora at Hillside Farm

Pigeon Shooting

Pennsylvania Elk

Comet Hale-Bopp, 1997

Fleetwood Baseball

Family/Hillside Farm Pics

New England Lighthouses

My Personal History

Blackberry

Sis

Annie
Born: April 9, 2006

Frankie
Born: April 9, 2006

Gilbert
Born: July 3, 1993
Died: Jan. 14, 2006

Toby
Born: Sept. 23, 2002
Died: June 18, 2008

Winston
Born: May 1, 1987
Died: Sept. 9, 2002

Barney

Chicago Shot Tower Trade Card

1915 DuPont
Fred Gilbert Honor Shoot
Trophy

1907 DuPont
Trapshoot Shoot Trophy

1906 NYAC
Trapshoot Shoot Trophy

1913 Reed & Barton
PSSA State Shoot
Trophy

Indian/Buffalo Nickel (obverse)
1913-1938

American Eagle Silver Dollar
(obverse)
1986-present (one ounce
pure silver) Bullion Coin

Proof
American Eagle Silver Dollar
(obverse)
1986-present (one ounce
pure silver) Bullion Coin

Franklin Half Dollar (obverse)
1948-1963

Barber Half Dollar (obverse)
1892-1915

Large Cent (Braided)
(obverse)
1840-1857

Large Cent (Coronet Head)
(obverse)
1816-1839

Large Cent (Classic Head)
(obverse)
1804-1814

Large Cent (Draped Bust)
(obverse)
1796-1807

Wheat Cent (reverse)
1909-1958

Memorial Cent (reverse)
1959-present

Flying Eagle Cent (obverse)
1856-1858

Two Cent Piece (obverse)
1864-1873

Nickel-Three Cent Piece (reverse)
1865-1889

Flowing Hair Half Dime (obverse)
1794-1795

Caped Bust Five Cents (obverse)
or Half Dime
1829-1837

Seated Liberty Half Dine (obverse)
1837-1873

Shield Five Cents (reverse)
1862-1867

Liberty Head Five Cents (obverse)
1883-1913

Mercury Dime (obverse)
1916-1945

Jefferson Nickel (obverse)
1938-present

Draped Bust Dime (obverse)
1896-1907

Capped Bust Dime (obverse)
1809-1837

Seated Liberty Dime (obverse)
1837-1891

Lincoln Cent (reverse)
Released 2/12/2009

Lincoln Cent (reverse)
Released 5/14/2009

Lincoln Cent (reverse)
Released 8/13/2009

Lincoln Cent (reverse)
Released 11/12/2009

Lincoln Shield Cent (reverse)
Released 2/11/2010
2010-present

Indian Head Cent (obverse)
1859-1909

Colonial Chain Cent (obverse)
First Minted American Coin
Recently sold for $1.36 million
1793 Only

Colonial Chain Cent (reverse)
First Minted American Coin
Recently sold for $1.36 million
1793 Only

Peace Silver Dollar (obverse)
1921-1935

Morgan Silver Dollar (obverse)
1878-1904 (+ 1921)

Carson City
Morgan Silver Dollar (obverse)
1878-1885.....1889-1893
GSA Holder

Trade Dollars (obverse)
1873-1885

State Quarter (reverse)
1999-2008

Sacagawea Dollar (obverse)
2000-2010

Sacagawea Dollar (reverse)
2010

Sacagawea Native (reverse)
Indian Dollar
2009

James Buchanan
Presidential Dollar Coin
Released Aug. 18th, 2010
PA's Only President

Bald Eagle Dollar (obverse)
2008 US Mint
One Ounce Pure Silver
Commemorative

Lincoln Dollar (obverse)
2009 US Mint
One Ounce Pure Silver
Commemorative

Eisenhower Dollar (obverse)
1971-1978

Susan B. Anthony Dollar (obverse)
1979-1981 (+1999)

Walking Liberty Half (reverse)
1916-1947

Washington Quarter (obverse)
1932-present

Saint Gaudens $20.00 Gold
Doubles Eagle
"Most Beautiful Coin Ever Minted"
1907-1933

Indian Head Five Dollar Gold
(obverse) Half Eagle
1908-1929

Indian Head $10.00 Gold (obverse)
Eagle
1907-1933

Turban Head Five Dollar Gold
(obverse) Half Eagle
1795-1807

Liberty Head Five Dollar Gold
(obverse) Half Eagle
1839-1866)

American Buffalo
Fifty Dollar Gold Coin (obverse)
(2005-present)

American Gold Eagle
Fifty Dollar Gold Coin (obverse)
(1986-present)

America The Beautiful
Mt. Hood Quarter (obverse)
(2010)

America The Beautiful
Hot Springs Quarter (obverse)
(2010)

America The Beautiful
Grand Canyon Quarter (obverse)
(2010)

America The Beautiful
Yosemite Quarter (obverse)
(2010)

America The Beautiful
Yellowstone Quarter (obverse)
(2010)

1953 A Star Note
Five Dollar Note (obverse)

1918 Boston Federal Note
One Dollar Note (obverse)

1917 Large Red Seal Note
Two Dollar Note (obverse)

1899 "Chief" (obverse)
Five Dollar Silver Certificate

1901 "Bison"
Ten Dollar Note (obverse)

1907 "Woodchopper"
Five Dollar Note (obverse)

1899 "Black Eagle"
One Dollar Note (obverse)

1917 "Sawhorse"
One Dollar Note (obverse)

1899 "Mini-Porthole"
Two Dollar Note (obverse)

1889 Martha Washington
One Dollar Note (obverse)

1922 (obverse)
One Hundred Dollar Gold Certificate

1922 (obverse)
Fifty Dollar Gold Certificate

1922 (reverse)
Fifty Dollar Gold Certificate

1922 (reverse)
One Hundred Dollar Gold Certificate

1922 (reverse)
Five Hundred Dollar Gold Certificate

1922 (reverse)
Ten Dollar Gold Certificate

1922 (reverse)
Twenty Dollar Gold Certificate

1896 "Educational"
One Dollar Note (obverse)

1896 "Educational"
Two Dollar Note (obverse)

1896 "Educational"
Five Dollar Note (obverse)

1896 "Educational"
Five Dollar Note (reverse)

1914 Kansas City Fed. Reserve
Five Dollar Note (reverse)

1914 Cleveland Fed. Reserve Type B
Ten Dollar Note (reverse)

1914 Chicago Fed. Reserve
Twenty Dollar Note (reverse)

1914 St. Louis Fed. Reserve
One Hundred Dollar Note (reverse)

1918 "Green Eagle"
One Dollar Note (reverse)

1918 "Battleship"
Two Dollar Note (reverse)

1890 "Grand Watermelon"
One Thousand Dollar Note (obverse)
Recently sold for $2,255,000

1905 "Technicolor" (obverse)
Twenty Dollar Gold Note

1863 Lincoln
Ten Dollar Note (obverse)

1929 Fleetwood, PA (obverse)
Twenty Dollar Red Seal

1891 Silver Certificate
Twenty Dollar Note (obverse)

1891 Silver Certificate
Fifty Dollar Note (obverse)
Fifty Silver Dollars

1882 Gold Coin Certificate
Twenty Dollar Note (obverse)

1934 Fed. Reserve Note
Chicago District
Five Thousand Dollar Note (obverse)

CONFEDERATE CURRENCY

1862 Confederate Note
One Hundred Dollar Note (obverse)

1863 Confederate Note
Twenty Dollar Note (obverse)

1863 Confederate Note
Fifty Dollar Note (obverse)

1862 Confederate Note
Ten Dollar Note (obverse)

1864 Confederate Note
Richmond
One Dollar Note (obverse)

1864 Confederate Note
Richmond
Two Dollar Note (obverse)

1864 Confederate Note
Richmond
Five Dollar Note (obverse)

1864 Confederate Note
Richmond
Ten Dollar Note (obverse)

1864 Confederate Note
Richmond
Twenty Dollar Note (obverse)

1864 Confederate Note
Richmond
Fifty Dollar Note (obverse)

1864 Confederate Note
Richmond
One Hundred Dollar Note (obverse)

1864 Confederate Note
Richmond
Five Hundred Dollar Note (obverse)

NEW AMERICAN NOTES

national debt

Newly discovered photo of Billy the Kid (left)

A Look Back

I bought an expensive dinner for these two guys. Had a super time. I asked my self why I would buy dinner at an expensive Tampa Restaurant for two millionaire baseball players. Ron Guidry and Mel Stottlemyre. At least I got to put their World Series rings on my finger and their friendship. They both love hunting, guns and trapshooting. Both are great Conservatives.

A Look Back

A Look Back

A Look Back

A Look Back

HAMILTON ANTIQUE HALLOWEEN COLLECTION

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Annie Oakley (left) and Frank Butler (right)

Moon Over Hillside
Moon taken at 8:54 PM on October 8, 2006 with my
Canon EOS Rebel 300D Digital SLR Camera and 75-300 mm
Canon zoom lens. The lens was set at 300mm
with a speed of 1/800 second at F/5.6.

History Channel Credits after program "Sharp Shooters."

Thank You from History Channel program "Hands on History; Bullets."

In the past several years I have contributed information and photographs to the History Channel for programs on Hands on History, Production of Bullets and another on Sharpshooters. I have also contributed information and pictures for a book to be published this fall on Sporting Memorabilia being put together by SoldUSA Auctions. I also provided pictures and information for the NRA magazine Outlook, May, 2006 issue. The magazine is devoted to NRA women. I have also provided photographs for Sporting Magazine for an article on Fred Gilbert. I also provided all the information for 3 articles in Trapshooting USA in 2012 and another in 2013. In 2012 and 2013 I also contributed much information and many photographs for 4 different articles in Trapshooting USA, a national trapshooting magazine.

Update: I just supplied Federal Ammunition with photographs for a DVD they are developing for in-house sales training. The DVD will not be made available to the public. Recently I also provided a photograph for publication in Shotgun News.

OUR THREE CHILDREN


Matthew Hamilton	Kay Lynn Hamilton Bornman	Bradley Hamilton

THE LADIES OF MY LIFE

Judy, my wife
KayLynn, my daughter	Jamie, my grand daughter

Mom (Richard)	Deanne, my daughter-in-law	Mom (Judy)
Hamilton Clan 2007

This book was published in 1996
and sold out in several hours at
The Pennsylvania State Shoot.

This book was never published for
obvious reasons. The same reason
I declined induction into the Fleetwood
HS Sports Hall of Fame.

Collector of sporting and trapshooting memorabilia. Including vintage clay targets, glass target balls, clay target traps, vintage pigeon traps, vintage photographs, shotgun shell boxes, shell box inserts, envelopes, postcards, catalogs, posters, calendars, die cuts, brochures, old books and magazines, trapshooting medals and fobs, old pin backs, contemporary trap shooting pins, old trapshooting trophies, wooden shell crates, vintage shotgun shell reloaders, memorabilia from Winchester, Rem-UMC, Remington, DuPont, Peters, Ithaca, Marlin and many others.

A selection of shell box inserts in my collection.

Who started the game of “glass ball” shooting in the United States is not in doubt. Every historian credits Charles Portlock of Boston as introduced or originating the sport in the year 1866. The first competitive shoots began in 1867 in the Boston area. Unfortunately the game did not have too much success, as the traps used at the time only threw the glass balls straight into the air. Obviously this was not much of a challenge to a shooter who was used to a darting, fast flying pigeon which – when released from its trap – tore off in any direction in order to escape from its temporary prison.

I know of no other type of glass articles, which is as difficult to locate. In seeking them out I have ended up with offers of lightning rod balls, Japanese fishing floats, Christmas tree ornaments, witches' balls, dentists alcohol lamps and even a few bottles. This situation exists because about 99 percent of those people who have a target ball do not know what it really is.

Fortunately, most of them were attractive enough to be kept. Many ended up where lots of people thought they belonged – on Christmas trees.

Trying to research the makers of these items is one of the most difficult tasks of all. A few have patent dates on them, but only a very small amount of these were produce by the patentee.

Recently I purchased this easel back Winchester die cut advertising the Winchester Junior Trapshooting Outfit. I have never seen one before. The die cut is cardboard and made to display on a sporting goods counter top. The advertisement was made in the very early 1920's.

This DuPont poster, measuring about 38"x271/2", is possibly the only remaining poster. Made in about 1903 it honors two early trapshooting greats. I purchased this poster several years ago and it is the "anchor" of my collection. The two DuPont "shooting stars" are John Garrett and Hall of Famer Fred Gilbert. Gilbert is the greatest pigeon shooter of all time.

This US Cartridge poster, is very rare. Made in 1890 it honors 75 early trapshooting stars. I purchased this twice, selling it once than several years later I reacquired the poster.

Below are several examples from my collection of colorful envelopes from gun and powder companies. Most envelopes are just as colorful on the reverse side. Today the few remaining covers are highly sought by collectors.

Below are several examples trapshooting scorecards from my collection. These cards were popular forms of small advertising. They were made by most gun and powder companies.

Done after printing as part of the finishing process, die cuts are areas of an advertisement that are partially or completely cut, shaped, or cut-out in a variety of shapes. The die cut is almost on heavy cardboard with an easel back. The die is a steel blade used to punch out the desired shape. Colorful sporting die cuts are very collectable and highly sought.

The first two towers were in Philadelphia (Sparks Shot Tower) in 1808 and the Jackson Ferry Tower in Wytheville, Virginia in 1807. Both these towers produced shot and bullets for the War of 1812. The Sparks Shot Tower in Philadelphia is the first "smoke stack" type tower in America. Most of the Jackson Ferry Tower in Virginia is underground. The Sparks and Jackson Ferry towers still stand. I visited both several years ago. Below are bags and salesmen's samples from Tatham's Shot Tower in New York, Colliers Shot Tower in St. Louis and The Globe Shot Tower, also in Philadelphia.

Three very rare shot tower relics from the 1800's
Globe Salesmen's Shot Samples
Tatham's Salesmen's Shot Samples
Collier's Salesmen's Shot Samples

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