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C. C. Brand's Advertisement for Improved Whaling Gun
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: advertisement
Maker: Brand, C.C.
Place made: United States
Date made: 1860-1887
Materials: ink; cardstock
Measurements: 2 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in
Nomenclature: business
Classification: whales
AF-BA-2243
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: advertisement
Maker: Brand, C.C.
Place made: United States
Date made: 1860-1887
Materials: ink; cardstock
Measurements: 2 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in
Nomenclature: business
Classification: whales
Advertisement for C.C. Brand's "Improved Whaling Gun" -- "Patent Bomb Lance", manufactured by Junius A. Brand, Norwich, Conn. With woodcut of men on a boat firing a gun at a whale, with whaling ship in background. Verso details directions for use of the gun.
AF-BA-2243