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A & W McCarthy (Firm): Acme folding decoy, grass suits, duck calls; directions for measuring a gun [1902]
- Date
- 1902
- Reference
- Eph-A-GUN-1902-01-018/019
- Description
Pages of a sales catalogue include text and prices, and show illustrations of duck decoys, grass camouflage suits, wooden duck calls, snipe calls, hawk calls and quail calls; and instructions for measuring a gun in a case where it needs to be re-stocked.
Extended Title - From their "Price list of cartridges, guns, rifles, etc ..." no 12 [1902], pages 18 and 19
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engravings on double page spread, 120 x 355 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Ephemera of octavo size relating to guns, rifles, shooting and ammunition. 1900-1910] / A & W McCarthy (Firm): A & W McCarthy's price list of cartridges, guns, rifles, etc. No. 12. J Wilkie & Co. Ltd, Printers and Stationers, Princes Street, Dunedin [1902]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Ephemera, Engravings, Sales catalogues, Advertisements, Engravings on double page spread, 120 x 355 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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UnknownA & W McCarthy (Firm): 127A. Grass suits. These suits save the trouble of digging a wha...
Date: 1902
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to guns, rifles, shooting and ammunition. 1900-1910]
Reference: Eph-A-GUN-1902-01-018-2
Description: Shows an illustration of four poses of a duck shooter wearing a grass suit to disguise himself while shooting. Shows back and front views of the man kneeling, and standing. Text states that the shooter can change his position, if he is not in the flight of the ducks, and a duck will not be able to detect the shooter. Price 10 shillings. It is not stated what type of grass was used. Extended Title - From their "Price list of cartridges, guns, rifles, etc ..." no 12 [1902], page 18 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on lower half of catalogue page, 120 x 188 mm.