These articles are about Bannerman's Island and Frank Bannerman, the man who bought US military surplus by the ton and then sold it to the public and nations around the world.
His father started and ran the business until he signed up to join the civil war, after which 13 year old Frank took it over.
By 1905, his warehouse & showroom took up a whole city block in Manhatten and he still didn't have enough storage space.
At the end of the Spanish American War, he had bought 90% of all the captured goods including a huge storehouse of black powder.
It's estimated that 50% of all publicly displayed cannons were bought from Bannerman's.
He was still selling kepi's and surplus civil war guns throughout the 1930's and into the 1940's, as well as other items that were being stored in their original crates.
Read more about it below:
Bannerman’s Castle: The ultimate Army-Navy store--->>> https://www.guns.com/2015/11/07/bannermans-legacy-ultimate-army-navy-store/
Bannerman Island: A Mystery Island on the Hudson--->>> http://www.hudsonriver.com/bannerman-island
His father started and ran the business until he signed up to join the civil war, after which 13 year old Frank took it over.
By 1905, his warehouse & showroom took up a whole city block in Manhatten and he still didn't have enough storage space.
At the end of the Spanish American War, he had bought 90% of all the captured goods including a huge storehouse of black powder.
It's estimated that 50% of all publicly displayed cannons were bought from Bannerman's.
He was still selling kepi's and surplus civil war guns throughout the 1930's and into the 1940's, as well as other items that were being stored in their original crates.
Read more about it below:
Bannerman’s Castle: The ultimate Army-Navy store--->>> https://www.guns.com/2015/11/07/bannermans-legacy-ultimate-army-navy-store/
Bannerman Island: A Mystery Island on the Hudson--->>> http://www.hudsonriver.com/bannerman-island