Vintage S&W ads

[Sixenough]

A friend of mine was doing research on the Klondike gold rush of 1898 and found a wonderful old ad. That spurred me to search Google Images and found a couple more. I'll bet there are more. Do any of you have any in your collection?

See attached photos.

 

[billwill]

Find some old National Geographic magazines and you should find some. Plus ads for "other"brands. Old ads are pretty interesting to look through.

I have also found ads by filtering the web search for just images. You can save those off and print them for your viewing pleasure.

 

[diegobxr]

Man, those truly were simpler, better times.
Do you imagine the outrage that something like that would cause today?

A great resource of vintage S&W ads is the book "Images of America: The History of Smith and Wesson", by Mr. Roy Jinks.

 

[CQB27]

Not as old, but I really like the ad.

 

[DWalt]

I guess in the Klondike, a .32 was considered to be a "Heavy Calibre."

 

[Alpo]

I was thinking similar. That's the first version of a 32HE, isn't it?

"Large" revolver? "Heavy" caliber?

 

[Sixenough]

More ads

These ads stress personal defense.

 

[codenamedave]

Not as old, but I really like the ad.

I remember when SFPD had those. Didn't last long, though.

 

[Jack Flash]

Wow! That one appeared in the Literary Digest?
Not much chance of a similar publication carrying a similar ad these days!