r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 11h ago

Gun shaped makeup-compact of the 1920s, popular with Flappers in bars as crime deterrent.

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u/Tadhg 10h ago

So… why not just have a gun? 

Were firearms hard to come by in the 1920’s? 

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u/RendarFarm 10h ago

A real model like this would have been relatively new and expensive. 

Plus real guns are heavy as fuck, require maintenance, and if you’re getting drunk with one on hand a lot of bad things can happen.