in 1904, this advertisement appeared in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_Tacoma_Times" class="extiw" title="w:the Tacoma Times">the Tacoma Times</a></i>, stating that children could best celebrate the Fourth of July by purchasing the "YOUNG AMERICA DOUBLE ACTION <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/revolver" class="extiw" title="w:revolver">REVOLVER</a>" - which, the advertisement emphasized, was not a toy.
<br>The image shows a boy happily shooting two revolvers in the air.
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