[Sam Myres' Gun Holsters]

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Newspaper clipping that focuses on Sam Myres' history as a maker of holsters for the FBI and the Texas Rangers. The article goes on to say that Bill Myres, Sam Myres son, has gone on after his father's death to run the family business. The article includes two pictures, the top shows a Texas Department of Public Safety Officer wearing a Myres-designed holster. Below that, there is a picture of Myres and Captain John R. Hughes discussing a holster. The title article of the article is "El Paso Firm Helped Carry Guns of West."

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1 clipping : ill. ; 22 x 10 cm.

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Myres, Sam June 2, 1957.

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Newspaper clipping that focuses on Sam Myres' history as a maker of holsters for the FBI and the Texas Rangers. The article goes on to say that Bill Myres, Sam Myres son, has gone on after his father's death to run the family business. The article includes two pictures, the top shows a Texas Department of Public Safety Officer wearing a Myres-designed holster. Below that, there is a picture of Myres and Captain John R. Hughes discussing a holster. The title article of the article is "El Paso Firm Helped Carry Guns of West."

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1 clipping : ill. ; 22 x 10 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2016

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  • June 2, 1957

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  • June 9, 2018, 10:55 a.m.

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  • Aug. 31, 2018, 10:33 a.m.

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Myres, Sam. [Sam Myres' Gun Holsters], clipping, June 2, 1957; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1011573/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Pioneer City County Museum.

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