Awesome high-res photo of a Washington DC sporting goods shop front window in 1922.

[HetchHetchy]

Awesome high-res photo of a Washington DC sporting goods shop front window in 1922.

Note the Daisy air rifle with bayonet, revolvers and Winchester M1906 pump 22 from left to right...

 

[kcofohio]

So high-res, I can't see them.

 

[JTHunter]

Seems like HetchHetchy forgot the link.
Oh well.

 

[dartor]

I found the link

Google is your friend

http://www.shorpy.com/node/5004

I have to admit, a Daisy with a bayonet....times have changed.

 

[The_Next_Generation]

 

[wojownik]

1303 F Street ... about 2 blocks east of the White House. Unimaginable that such a store front would exist in the area today ...

Here's another picture - farther back (love the parked vehicles). 1920 (2 years earlier). http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wNvjaxqA2Ms/Us6oQK81vxI/AAAAAAAAIYU/SENI3szVh-M/s1600/30445v.jpg

And here is a photo of what this has become today (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dLefkKP7b...1600/Screen+Shot+2014-01-09+at+8.45.12+AM.png).

 

[Red Wind]

1920. Courtesy of wojownik.

 

[230RN]

I see they knew how to park cars back then.



Gun, rifling, cartridge, ballistic tables, powder.

( ^ Just for site relevance. )

Terry

 

[jim in Anchorage]

I see they knew how to park cars back then.



Gun, rifling, cartridge, ballistic tables, powder.

( ^ Just for site relevance. )

Terry[/QUOTE
And without power steering! The wire wheels helped though.

 

[old lady new shooter]

I see they knew how to park cars back then.



Gun, rifling, cartridge, ballistic tables, powder.

( ^ Just for site relevance. )

Terry[/QUOTE
And without power steering! The wire wheels helped though.

I learned to drive stick on a '54 Chevy with no power steering and no syncromesh. (No syncromesh = double-clutching required to shift, i.e. depress clutch, shift to neutral, release clutch, depress clutch to shift to desired gear, release clutch until next shift required.) Really a person needed 4 hands to turn a corner -- one to signal, one to shift, and two to turn the wheel! Somehow I survived though...

 

[bannockburn]

Very cool! Thanks for the step back in time.

 

[e rex]

Thank you for the pictures.

 

[RecoilRob]

So....the three pistols center at bottom of window. What do we have there? Smith (or copy) revolver in center, on the right a Browning 1903? And on the left...would that be a Mauser 1910 or 1914? And what is 'US' on the boxes they're sitting on? A distributor name like 'FIE'? Interesting stuff looking at the cool stuff they had back then!

 

[bainter1212]

Great pics. Love the "get the boy something he wants" banner.

 

[Sistema1927]

One has to wonder if the customers of that Grill know that they used to sell "evil" guns where they now eat.

My Winchester '06 is from 1924. Interesting to see the band on the stock. Wonder if any of those have survived?