Calendar & Posters from the Past

[Stan Hoover]

Picked these items up at a local auction, I thought they’re pretty neat!

[Daryl Corona]

What, no Ithaca oil???

[Stan Hoover]

Just for you, my friend :)

[Daryl Corona]

Ahhhh. Displayed in a place of reverence not with the common oils I see.:bowdown:

[Stan Hoover]

Those Ithaca Gun Oil cans are perhaps more rare, they are quite valuable if and when for sale

[Rick Losey]

the Ithaca oil was not available for long

Ithaca bought gun oil by the barrel and paid workers to put it in the little cans by hand

I don't expect it took very long for the efficiency/ "motion study" experts of the day to say
Umm , can we talk :banghead:

I see those cans sell for hundreds, there are two in the nose bleed asking price level on eBay right now
the same can with a different brand name in great condition is very reasonable

[Stan Hoover]

Rick,
Thanks for reminding me, that must have been a painfully slow process.

I guess there must be much less of them around, because it is hard to find a good one under $700, they sure have a following.
Stan

[Stan Hillis]

it is hard to find a good one under $700

Yikes! :eek:

[Bill Murphy]

How about Signet Oil, recommended by Parker Brothers?

[Daryl Corona]

Didn't Parker also recommend 3in1 oil?

[Mike Koneski]

I remember the Trojan Powder Co outside of Allentown. Can't tell you how many times they had fires/explosions on that site.

Aldo Leupold wrote about using flushing bars to help pheasant mortality. That poster is very cool! I also very much agree with the poster about cats. Just sayin'.

[Randy Davis]

Very nice Stan.... Have a few Ithaca items in the collection, but no oil can. Last one I seen offered at a local show $800... Probably worth it if you are an oil can collector.

RD

[Stan Hoover]

I also very much agree with the poster about cats. Just sayin'.

We live along a very short small road, I cannot tell you how many cats show up that have been dropped off, much to the delight of my daughters.

I know when groundhog hunting, if we see a cat that is more than 200 yards or so from the barn or buildings and doesn’t have a collar….. I’ll let you guess you guess the rest:smiley7:

Nice Ithaca items there Randy!

[John Dallas]

I gave final rites to a cat at our cabin, then threw the carcass into the woods. 6 months later, during a winter playtime with our grandkids, the dog came out of he woods proudly carrying the now picked clean skull.
Was cause for great conversation (+ and -)

[Randy Davis]

From my 1933 Ithaca Price list... .30 cents a can, packed a dozen in attractive colored carton.

RD

[charlie cleveland]

we all need a time machine.....charlie

[John Wayman]

700$ seems the going rate currently. Wow!

[Stan Hoover]

If anybody would like to look at or purchase one of these Ithaca oil cans, Brian Hunt (Firetower Doubles) will have some at the Southern I believe, at least he had some yet the last I had spoke with him,
Stan

[Dave Noreen]

That 1933 U.S. Dealers Price List is a scarce piece. I've been collecting NID paper for several decades and I hadn't seen it before.

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[Randy Davis]

Great collection Dave... The price list was in this pocket catalog. Has been in the collection for around 17 years...

[charlie cleveland]

I could look at this stuff forever...charlie

[Dave Noreen]

Great collection Dave... The price list was in this pocket catalog. Has been in the collection for around 17 years...

I've got that pocket catalog, but not the price list.