1926 U.S. Shot Shells Hunting Dogs & Waterfowl Advertising Poster
1926 U.S. Shot Shells advertising sign featuring sporting dog and waterfowl artwork promoting the company's Defiance, Climax, and Ajax Heavies 12-gauge shotshell lines. The lower portion depicts individual boxes of each load beneath a waterfowl hunting scene, accompanied by the advertising slogan "A Load for every purpose / A Shell for every purse." U.S. Cartridge Company marketed shotshells under the Defiance, Climax, and Ajax names, representing different offerings within its sporting ammunition line. The combination of hunting dogs, waterfowl, ammunition box graphics, and the prominent U.S. Shot Shells logo makes this an especially appealing piece of early sporting ammunition advertising with strong crossover interest among firearms, ammunition, hunting, sporting dog, and general advertising collectors. Marked "C.S. 79-2-26" and "Lithographed in U.S.A." Measures 20 1/8" W x 30 3/4" H.
Condition
Displays with general age wear including light toning, scattered surface wear, and minor edge and corner wear. Areas of professional touch up along the bottom lettering. The poster is shrink wrapped to foam board and retains a top hanging band.
1926 U.S. Shot Shells advertising sign featuring sporting dog and waterfowl artwork promoting the company's Defiance, Climax, and Ajax Heavies 12-gauge shotshell lines. The lower portion depicts individual boxes of each load beneath a waterfowl hunting scene, accompanied by the advertising slogan "A Load for every purpose / A Shell for every purse." U.S. Cartridge Company marketed shotshells under the Defiance, Climax, and Ajax names, representing different offerings within its sporting ammunition line. The combination of hunting dogs, waterfowl, ammunition box graphics, and the prominent U.S. Shot Shells logo makes this an especially appealing piece of early sporting ammunition advertising with strong crossover interest among firearms, ammunition, hunting, sporting dog, and general advertising collectors. Marked "C.S. 79-2-26" and "Lithographed in U.S.A." Measures 20 1/8" W x 30 3/4" H.
Condition
Displays with general age wear including light toning, scattered surface wear, and minor edge and corner wear. Areas of professional touch up along the bottom lettering. The poster is shrink wrapped to foam board and retains a top hanging band.
