JOHN WAYNE’S GUN LEATHER

How Duke’s holster and gun belts evolved to his CLASSIC RIG

By LAVISTA BILL BELL

Most of you reading this magazine know who John Wayne is. For those under 30, he’s that big actor who plays in lots of westerns and war movies you watch with dad or grandpa. Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in 1907 and a native of Iowa. Early on, his family moved to Southern California and settled in Glendale. It was here that he was bestowed with the nickname “Duke” by firemen at the Glendale firehouse where Marion would hang out with his huge Airedale terrier of the same name. Morrison was a promising football star in high school and college, but an injury put him out of the game. He ended up a prop man, working on movie sets, and then did some bit parts for the Fox Film Corporation.…

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Guns of the Old West (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2022

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