When the Thompson came out, they sold for $175, which was VERY expensive for the time.
Holy moly, look at the heaps of dead bandidos and their horses. They didn’t pussy-foot around what their product was to be used for, did they? I can scarcely imagine the reaction if a firearms maker used similar advertising today.
I’ll take three please! No, no need to wrap them ... but give me a crate of those .45 ACP cartridges ... Ahh the good old days! ;-)