B-B Gun Ads
James Lileks posted a dozen or so ads from the 40's and 50's for Red Ryder B-B guns (you know, "You'll shoot your eye out").
I remember pouring over most of these ads, visions of sharp-shooting clouding my heavily corrected vision. This particular ad struck a nerve.
LILEKS (James) Institute :: Archives
I remember Dad showing me how to shoot in the basement of the Valley Road house, and no, he never talked about the war. At least not with me and my brother.
A few years later, camping with the scouts, he would get drunk playing cards with the other Dads after we were sent to bed in our tents. Of course we would sneak out, injin up to the adult's tent, and listen to the stories. Some would have been better not to hear...especially from the Dad's who were Marines in the Pacific.
I remember pouring over most of these ads, visions of sharp-shooting clouding my heavily corrected vision. This particular ad struck a nerve.
LILEKS (James) Institute :: Archives
I remember Dad showing me how to shoot in the basement of the Valley Road house, and no, he never talked about the war. At least not with me and my brother.
A few years later, camping with the scouts, he would get drunk playing cards with the other Dads after we were sent to bed in our tents. Of course we would sneak out, injin up to the adult's tent, and listen to the stories. Some would have been better not to hear...especially from the Dad's who were Marines in the Pacific.
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