Thanks to one of my favorite Archival finders, Robin E., who pointed me to this flickr set featuring pages from Manufacture Francaise, a French firearms and clothing catalog from 1921. Per an auction note for a related item: "Manufacture Francaise produced an annual catalogue with over 700 pages and thousands of images of various products for sale. The catalogue provides a great deal of information of every kind needful to Sportsmen, Cyclists, Anglers, Tourists, etc."
Neat stuff!
ReplyDeleteI am curious that the page on sports shoes didn't include cycling- that is something I'd like to see.
Erick
Leslie,
ReplyDeleteon the hunting bags, do some of them have a double layer of fish-netting? Perhaps there is a layer attached to the flap to create a second pouch?
-HOM
1 US dollar = 13.4 Francs in 1921. Would like to go back in time as a lot of this incredible gear could have been snapped up for 2-4 bucks. Great find.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding post, Lesli!
ReplyDeleteNice post !
ReplyDeleteThere is a link from the manufrance website to order the 1910 catalogue reissue !
You can also try ebay.fr with manufrance as a keyword.
Respect for your blog.