Vintage Gun Photos

[KahrMan]

48 minutes ago, Ronald_55 said:

Wow. That is an interesting take...

Could you imagine that running today?  People would lose their minds.

[Jeb48]

Almost looks staged

[hipower]

9 minutes ago, Jeb48 said:

Almost looks staged

To those who remember him...looks like Bill, the Rabbi.

[TomInMN]

37 minutes ago, Jeb48 said:

Almost looks staged

 

Does anyone have an idea about when that type of block he's sitting on was invented?

 

I found a couple of places that mentioned early 1900s as a rough time frame, but I don't know enough to know if that's accurate. Or even if what I was reading about (cinder block/ manufactured concrete block) is what is actually in the photo...

[Photoguy67]

1 hour ago, TomInMN said:

Does anyone have an idea about when that type of block he's sitting on was invented?

 

I found a couple of places that mentioned early 1900s as a rough time frame, but I don't know enough to know if that's accurate. Or even if what I was reading about (cinder block/ manufactured concrete block) is what is actually in the photo...

According to google, Harmon S. Palmer invented the first commercially successful concrete blockmachine in 1900

[TomInMN]

8 hours ago, Photoguy67 said:

According to google, Harmon S. Palmer invented the first commercially successful concrete blockmachine in 1900

I saw that also. The block he's sitting on looks like it probably fits that bill, but I'm no expert and wouldn't be shocked to hear that he's sitting on something other than what it looks like to me.

[quedz]

"People have used concrete since ancient times, but the concrete block was not invented until the 1830s. Widespread manufacture of concrete blocks began in the early 1900s, and their popularity grew rapidly. Since then, they have been used in an enormous number of projects including basement walls, commercial buildings and more."

https://www.hunker.com/12151204/when-were-concrete-blocks-first-made

[MP5_Rizzo]

FWIW...The gentlemen appears to have on a pair of Oshkosh overalls.  Oshkosh clothing company started in 1897 but did not start labeling their bib overalls until 1911

[Steelharp]

On 6/19/2019 at 8:42 PM, Jeb48 said:

Ride Em Cowboys

 

Traded in Trigger???

[Steelharp]

On 6/23/2019 at 8:04 PM, KahrMan said:

Where do ya get phony ads like these?? lol

[Jeb48]

Members of the Watford Womens Home Defense Unit practicing

 

[Jeb48]

Dress up???

Edited June 27, 2019 by Jeb48

[Jeb48]

Ewart Scott Grogan, first African explorer and traveller to traverse the continent from the Cape to Cairo

[Jeb48]

John Moses Browning poses for a photo in 1918 holding one of his Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR) with Winchester gun designer Frank Burton.

 

[TomInMN]

Jeb, thank you for keeping this thread up. It's a lot of fun to see these old photos.

[RED333]

On 6/26/2019 at 9:11 PM, Jeb48 said:

Dress up???

Yep, I do not think horses were stuffed back in then days.

[Jeb48]

[RED333]

18 hours ago, Jeb48 said:

$41.50 in 1957, went looking and found one for $275.00 today on Gun of America.

[Chucktshoes]

On 6/24/2019 at 10:15 PM, Jeb48 said:

Almost looks staged

Because I’m about 90% certain it is. 

[Ronald_55]

3 hours ago, RED333 said:

$41.50 in 1957, went looking and found one for $275.00 today on Gun of America.

Try looking for.a .357 mag model or better yet a .357 max....

[Jeb48]

Take that Superman

 

[RED333]

9 hours ago, Jeb48 said:

Take that Superman

 

Now we all know Superman can stop a bullet!

Edited July 1, 2019 by RED333
Because I can

[Guest BCR#1]

On 6/25/2019 at 10:19 PM, Jeb48 said:

Members of the Watford Womens Home Defense Unit practicing

 

The first three dames are tough. Shooting P-14's and an SMLE in .303

[peejman]

2 hours ago, BCR#1 said:

The first three dames are tough. Shooting P-14's and an SMLE in .303

I wondered what those (P-14) were.  Didn't recognize the rear sight. 

[Jeb48]

 WWI era believed to be a Columbia bicycle outfitted with a metal scabbard