Calendar & Posters from the Past
 

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

What, no Ithaca oil???

Ithaca Oil Can
 

Just for you, my friend :)

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

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

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

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

Yikes! :eek:

How about Signet Oil, recommended by Parker Brothers?

Didn't Parker also recommend 3in1 oil?

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'.

Ithaca oil
 

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

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!

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 -)

Ithaca Oil
 

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

RD

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

700$ seems the going rate currently. Wow!

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

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.

Attachment 105901

Attachment 105902

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

I could look at this stuff forever...charlie

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