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I'm ordering 2
Classic cap-gun ad: "Cory Doctorow:
This Popular Science ad from March 1946 for a cap pistol still has the power to reach out across the decades and grab me -- the more I look at it, the more I want to get my own cap pistol made of 'strong lightweight aluminum.' The blatant sexism actually makes this somehow more compelling, a kind of assurance that this is a product produced by the kind of troglodytes who would produce a cap-pistol of such surpassing irresponsibility that it might be able to rupture and ear-drum or, just maybe, put out an eye.
Boy! It's Keen
A REAL METAL RAPID FIRING 'G-BOY' REPEATING CAP PISTOL
$1.95 (Gun Only)
Box of 5 rolls caps 7 Boxes . . . $1.00
RAPID FIRING!
LOOKS LIKE A REAL '45
ACTUALLY SMOKES ON FIRING HAS LOUD EXPLOSIVE REPORT
It's a real thriller. Yes! Looks and feels like the Automatic '45's' carried by our Army Officer . . . It's made of strong lightweight aluminum . . . with a plastic 'Pearl' handle. It's easy to reload. Any boy would gladly give his entire allowance for one of these.
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(Via Boing Boing.)
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