November 1948 "Holiday" Magazine
 

My boss called me into his office today to show me an old magazine he found in a house he bought to fix up and rent. The cover had a hunter and there were many articles about upland and turkey hunting. One full page has this beautiful print and low and behold there is a Parker VH in the picture. I thought you fellas might like a copy of it.

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that was a great magazine in those days,

I have an old issue that I bought to frame, the center has a great artist's illustration of old classic fishing flies. But there is so much nice stuff in there i couldn't cut it up.

PS. This is large magazine similar to the old Life and Look mags. The print is probably close to 11 x 14.

MANY years ago, The L.L.Bean catalog always had Leland's Parker on the cover. They're too pc now, but at least the Freeport store still has hunting related stuff.

Who is/was Leland?

He was the L.L of L.L.Bean.

Leon Leonwood Bean (originally Linwood - but he changed the middle name some time along the line.)

I had the opportunity to interview with Leon Gorman, LL's son in law and C.O.B. of Bean's many years ago just as they were beginning to make the transition from the kind of operation that LL had running to what it has become today. Interesting guy and family history.

I do remember in the 1950's when you just went to a counter at Bean's, and told the sales clerk what you wanted from a catalog they would have on the counter, the sales clerk would go out back and bring out the item or items and complete the transacton. Not the same Bean's today.

Damned if I know. I meant Leon

did any body notice in the picture that he has 2 different brand of shells in the ammo jacket..and looks to be ever other one is differant in the loops..nice picture sure woulda like to have read those turkey hunting stories... charlie

Gorman is LL's Grandson.

And Pete, that's a great picture!!

And by all accounts he's the wealthiest citizen of Maine having amassed over $800M in assets. A smart and successful retailer.

now that would buy several old parkers... charlie

Or probably ALL of them.

Yeah, I'll bet the shell on the far left is a Peters. The others may be Winchesters. My guess.

I just purchased a Holiday Magazine cover from November of 1947. It has a graded Parker underneath a fireplace mantel with a painting of three Ruffed Grouse feeding in a field above the mantel. All my favorite things in one picture. I wish I could figure out how to post an image of the picture. Shells on the mantel are red and either twenty or twenty-eight gauge. The signature on the painting is C. Allen. Very nice to find.

Nice photo. One silver and one brown phase. And, that V looks to have a particularly nice piece of wood on it.

Yea, and its a shame he had to do it by outsourcing the manufacturing of their clothes. When the catalog comes in and everything says IMPORTED, it goes directly in the trash. He could have been a wealthy man and kept Americans employed, but greed took hold.

Greed? Why, he's just doing what every American business leader has been forced to do in order to make the absolute most amount of money possible, even if it means selling the future out from under his own people and country. Well, I guess greed is a pretty good word for it.

That's about the kind of ammo I carry when I'm grouse hunting. It doesn't make a lot of difference at grouse and woodcock shooting distances what ammo you use, as long as the shot size is about right.
Now if I was shooting clays for score it would be a different story.





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Only a Remington era V grade would have wood like that. Nice. Very nicely done picture.

And the border of the checkering on the forend appears to be in the Remington style.





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Wow! You guys are good with the details, you must have better bifocals further north. Ever think of reproducing some of those cover shots, it would be great to have such.

Getting permission on copyrighted items may be a problem.





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I have 30 or so copies of old Outdoorsman, Hunter-Trader-Trapper, and FFG, mags from the 30's that I found in an old abandoned house in a strip mine area back when I was in high school. Most still have their covers intac. I need to get them out and look thru them--might be some interesting pictures in there. I have them stored in ziplock bags.