Old Kenyan Hunting Advertisements

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Here's some old Kenyan Hunting Ads.


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Rob

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Amazing time in history for Africa!
 
Cool, thanks for sharing!
 
I thought the Selby advertisement very interesting. Didn’t know he had a partner!
 
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
 
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.

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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.(y):)

Regards

Rob
 
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.
 
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.. !

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