Vintage National Sportsman Magazine August 1940‎ Fishing Hunting Skeet Outdoors

Brand/Publication: National Sportsman magazine. Issue: August 1940, Vol. LXXXV, No. 2; original 10¢ cover price. Language: English; monthly sports and outdoors periodical printed in the United States. Format: Staple-bound softcover magazine with black-and-white text pages and illustrated ads. Front cover features color artwork by Ted Francis showing two men fishing from a rowboat on a lake. Editorial focus on sports, fishing, hunting, skeet shooting, and general outdoor recreation. Interior contents include articles, photographs, columns for sportsmen, and period advertising. Includes a Skeet Highlights July 15–August 15 section listing skeet shooting events and clubs across the United States. Publication offices listed as 350 E. 22nd St., Chicago, Illinois, and 275 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts; copyright 1940 by National Sportsman, Inc. Back cover carries a Beech-Nut Gum advertisement using the same fishing illustration, with vintage promoting its distinctive flavor and refreshment. Classic 1940 sports and outdoors issue suitable for collectors of fishing, hunting, and skeet shooting ephemera.