Model 1921 Thompson Submachine Gun, Colt (Smithsonian, National Museum of American History AF.69053MA)

Smithsonian Open Access catalog record, CC0, for a Model 1921 Thompson submachine gun made by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, serial number 5075, date made ca. 1922 or ca. 1926. No image is published with the record.

Date: 1922/1926
Kind: finding-aid
Source: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (Open Access)
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: Smithsonian Open Access: the record is marked "CC0" (metadata_usage.access = CC0). Unit: National Museum of American History; ID number AF.69053MA; accession number 261907. No image is published with the record.

The record, from the National Firearms Collection (set “Military and Society: Armed Forces History”), gives the maker as Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, licensee Thompson, place made United States, date made “ca 1922” and “ca 1926,” serial number 5075, .45 in., and notes the gun is currently not on view. Overall size is given as 23 1/4 by 14 1/2 by 2 inches.

Two other CC0 Model 1921 records appeared in the same Open Access response, nmah_415157 (AF.56010, serial 6315) and nmah_416010 (AF.68980M, serial 583, ca. 1921). None of the three has an image online. The object page was not opened for this archive because of a bot check.

Object: Submachine gun, Model 1921 Thompson, serial number 5075
Maker: Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company; licensee Thompson
Date: ca. 1922 or ca. 1926
Provenance: accession 261907; not on view
Appears in: Smithsonian Open Access; NMAH AF.69053MA

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