Ephemera, First post

[crashcar95]

I would like to thank the members of the forum.
Your posts are extremely educational and enjoyable.
I started off simply buying old tools at yard sales, but one becomes quickly addicted to finding all types of treasures.
I thought I would make my first post a few of my more humble findings.
The one booklet is the 1907 catalog for the Schebler Carburetor from Wheeler & Schebler Manufacturers of Indianapolis, Indiana. I found this in a cigar box full of junk drawer type items, paid a few bucks for the whole box.
The other is a tenth edition 32 page "Trapshooting Hints" from duPont. I am not sure of the year it was published. I paid fifty cents for this.
Not valuable, but interesting, to folks interested in cars and guns.
Thank you again.

 

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[zombieraccoon]

Nice finds ! I keep a lot of older booklet, That carb book may have more value than you think, does it have the old Indian/Harley carbs in it ? If so I would imagine it a very deserieable item to the right person

 

[diggummup]

Very nice catalog for a boat engine carb. I love digging through boxes of "junk". Don't know if you planned on selling but it does have some value. There are no recent sales of any as old as yours or for the D model but I'd say it's worth $30-$50 to the right person based on the little info. I did find on Worthpoint. Here is a good little read about it... https://www.gasenginemagazine.com/gas-engines/the-ubiquitous-schebler-model-d-carburetor

 

[crashcar95]

Thanks. At the time this catalog was published, they had four models, the D,E,F, and H.
The H was "Especially for Motorcycles and Buggymobiles"

 

[crashcar95]

Thanks for the link. Interesting. I wasn't one hundred percent sure that it might not be a later reproduction.

 

[diggummup]

Thanks for the link. Interesting. I wasn't one hundred percent sure that it might not be a later reproduction.

I blew up the photo and the cover print looks legit to me. A modern copy would show a dot matrix in the print. I think yours is an offset lithographic print done in the period.

 

[EagleRidge]

On the Dupont, look for a date code, like 3-50, on the first or last pages. Ephemera adverts used that for a while sometime around the 1940s-1950s. That would be the month and year.

 

[pjdentry]

Those are really neat, thanks for sharing!