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Weapons
Weapons ➔ Case, Gun
Identifier:
123029Date:
1918 – 1922Current Location Status:
In StorageSource:
Gift Of Hebard, Mrs. E. A.Related Entities:
Mrs. E. A. Hebard (donor) Lindberg Gun Shop (creator)Alternate names: Charles Lindberg & Sons
Swedish immigrant Charles Lindberg opened the Lindberg Gun Shop shortly after he arrived in Grand Rapids in 1865. According to the Polk directory in 1900, Lindberg operated his business at 19 Pearl Street. The site is now the location of the magnificent Woodbridge N. Ferris Building, home of Kendall College of Art and Designs Federal Galleries. Another advertisement also lists his business as located at the corner of Bridge Street and Turner Avenue on the city's West Side. Another Polk directory from 1898 lists the address near the corner of Commerce and Fulton in the Kortlander Building. Lindberg's guns were well known for their quality and remain collectors items today.
Lindberg's sons, Oscar and William joined the business 1880's. The shop specialized in guns, ammunition, sporting goods and locks. Lindberg himself died in 1908. A large collection of artifacts he used in his shop were donated to the Museum by his daughters, Mrs. Thomas Vidro (Dorothy Lindberg) and Anna Lindberg. His shop was used to inspire the gun shop featured in the Streets of Old Grand Rapids exhibit at the Van Andel Museum Center and several artifacts collected from his shop are featured in that exhibit.