1950 Johnson Smith Toy & Novelty Catalog on DVD
The Johnson Smith Company is a mail-order company officially established in 1914 by Alfred Johnson Smith in Chicago, Illinois, USA (but originally began in 1905 in Australia) that sells novelty and gag gift items such as x-ray goggles, whoopee cushions, fake vomit, and joy buzzers. The company moved to Bradenton, Florida in 1986 after having been in the Detroit, Michigan area since 1935.
The company would normally put ads in magazines devoted to children and young adults such as Popular Mechanics and Science Digest. Their ads appeared on the back cover of many historically significant comic books, including Action Comics #1, June 1938 (first appearance of Superman) and Detective Comics #27, May 1939 (first appearance of Batman).
In 2004, the company marked its 90th anniversary.
We present this electronic republication of the 1950 catalog {508 pages total} on a Gift Quality DVD as a tribute to this wonderful, world famous company.
Sample thumbnails taken from the collection.
(Low resolution thumbnails - CD/DVD images are scanned at 300 DPI)
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Bonus Catalog:
For your enjoyment we have included this early 1930's Johnson Smith Catalog. Missing the cover and first few pages, still this 565 page catalog provides an interesting read.
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