Winchester has always had a way with advertisements of striking the perfect combination of sentimentality and impending adventure without coming across as saccharine. This Vintage 1950s Western Winchester J.G. Woods Illustrated Deer Hunting Advertising Poster is in Very Good condition, with several scattered small holes and tears in the corners and edges, a notable horizontal crease running across the full length of the middle, and with some scattered age wear evident. This poster came into our possession unframed, and was photographed unframed, but we’ll be framing it gratis for preservation and safe transport before the auction. Most interestingly, it measures 40” x 26”, and bears a bright, vibrant, and crisp illustration of a leaping deer at front, with an armed hunter trailing in the background, “Western / TRADEMARKS / WINCHESTER” spelled out in large red lettering along the upper front, the printed signature of the illustrator, “J.G. Woods”, neatly tucked into the depiction of brush at the lower left front, and the printing information, including the copyright date of 1955, in small black lettering along the bottom front. This poster was one in a series of four similar designs copyrighted in 1955 by the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation (parent company of Western Winchester); the other three designs included a squirrel, rabbit, and pheasant. A fine example of a rare, original Vintage 1950s Western Winchester J.G. Woods Illustrated Deer Hunting Advertising Poster.