When woodchuck hunting they stayed at the “Shushan House”.  They had a gun room there and wrote all there experiments on the wall.  D.W. La Voy was the owner of the Shushan House and it was destroyed by fire circa 1915.
At the edge of town they used a 200 yard range which was located somewhere near “Dempsy’s” what or whoever that was.  There was a large pile of stones at the backstop at 200-yards.

MP,

    Thank you for the information. Do you have any information about Dr. Baker? Where he was from and so on.

    Having that scrap book is a wonderful thing indeed. Have you thought about publishing it?

                                   Sendaro

MP,

     What is the rifle Dr. Baker is holding in the photo? Is it a Farrow? 

                              Sendaro

40_Rod,

      Thanks for the reply. A sharps! I didn't think of that. 
  What rifle does Mann have in the photo? 

      It looks like a Stevens that Niedner is holding in the photo. Could it be a 44 1/2 Stevens?

I found that old photo on a web site that had photos of Shushan New York. I just think that old photo is great! Had no idea that it was "hijacked" from someone. 
       Do you know anymore about Dr. Baker? I did read somewhere that he was a shooter. I think that it said a rest shooter.

     I find all of this very interesting and want to learn more about the history of the men in that group photo. 

     As a teenager I meet Harvey Donaldson and talked to him several times. Back then I had no idea of his early history. I talked to him about modern target and varmint rifles. Wished that I knew about his early days in shooting. 

   I'm very happy to hear that MP has the items that he has and that they are being preserved. I'm sure that so much has been lost over the years. A few years back I came across Milton Farrow's score cards and some letters. I do not own them but know where they are. The present owner knows a little about Farrow, but I don't think he knows the whole story. These items are safe at present, but who knows what will happen to them and other jewels of the past shooting sports.

                               Sendaro

                  

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      That is an excellent perception on your part, I might add.  I thought that I would add my remarks about the auto since it represented that period in time, long since pasted, but which had gone unnoticed by the keenly focused gun cranks who often miss the foreground and/or background ancillary activities.

  Thanks for your addition.

  CMM