Old Kenyan Hunting Advertisements

[Dinosaur]

Here's some old Kenyan Hunting Ads.


Regards
Rob

 

[spike.t]

Neat....

 

[Ridgewalker]

Amazing time in history for Africa!

 

[cpr0312]

Cool, thanks for sharing!

 

[CAustin]

I thought the Selby advertisement very interesting. Didn’t know he had a partner!

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Please if anyone else has hunting ad memorabilia please post it too. Thanks Rob.

 

[Dinosaur]

I thought the Selby advertisement very interesting. Didn’t know he had a partner!

G'day CAustin,

I am curious about that too, maybe it is not the Selby that we know of ?

Maybe I had better find my copy of Brian Herne's 'White Hunters' book, it's a great reference tool

Regards
Rob

 

[Red Leg]

G'day CAustin,

I am curious about that too, maybe it is not the Selby that we know of ?

Maybe I had better find my copy of Brian Herne's 'White Hunters' book, it's a great reference tool

Regards
Rob

It is him - before he and many others headed south for Botswana with Kenya's closure of hunting. Some great old names in the first one.

I posted this on another thread, but this is an early post-WWI travel poster for India printed in the UK. Note you could arrange your own private coach on the train.

 

[Dinosaur]

It is him - before he and many others headed south for Botswana with Kenya's closure of hunting. Some great old names in the first one.

I posted this on another thread, but this is an early post-WWI travel poster for India printed in the UK. Note you could arrange your own private coach on the train.

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Thank you for the confirmation Red leg, and Woww, what a great framed print, I have never seen that one, and thank you for sharing.

Regards

Rob

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

I thought the Selby advertisement very interesting. Didn’t know he had a partner!

From what I've read, Selby went to work for Ker & Downey Safaris in Nairobi, which later became Ker, Downey and Selby.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Thanks @Dinosaur!

Compilation of Old Ads Promoting Hunting in Kenya: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/compilation-of-old-ads-promoting-hunting-in-kenya.15232/

 

[Pondoro]

Selby & Holmberg is Harry Selby & Andrew Holmberg..both can be seen in this 1953 movie guiding Robert Ruark in Kenya.. Holmberg guided Ruark to a 110 pounder.. !

 

[Red Leg]

From what I've read, Selby went to work for Ker & Downey Safaris in Nairobi, which later became Ker, Downey and Selby.

See his obit - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/20/obituaries/harry-selby-dead.html

Mr. Selby attended local schools, traveling by ox cart, and later the Prince of Wales, a boarding school in Nairobi. After World War II, he worked for Mr. Percival, who recognized his potential as a hunter-guide, and in 1949 he joined East Africa’s foremost safari outfitter, Ker & Downey, based in Nairobi. In 1956, after Mr. Ruark’s book had made him famous, he formed his own safari company, Selby & Holmberg.

 

[NamStay]

Bausch & Lomb Binoculars & Riflescopes John Barrie Alexander Kenya

 

[NamStay]

Hunphreys & Crook

 

[CAustin]

See his obit - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/20/obituaries/harry-selby-dead.html

Mr. Selby attended local schools, traveling by ox cart, and later the Prince of Wales, a boarding school in Nairobi. After World War II, he worked for Mr. Percival, who recognized his potential as a hunter-guide, and in 1949 he joined East Africa’s foremost safari outfitter, Ker & Downey, based in Nairobi. In 1956, after Mr. Ruark’s book had made him famous, he formed his own safari company, Selby & Holmberg.

Thank you for sharing this.

 

[Bullhunter]

I have many of these old marketing brochures.
(I plan an article about this also.)

 

[Bullhunter]

 

[Bullhunter]

 

[Bullthrower338]