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WIKIPEDIA
\nThe Free Encyclopedia<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Johnson Smith Company<\/strong><\/h3>\n

(Johnson Smith & Co.) was a mail-order<\/a>\u00a0business established in 1914 by\u00a0Alfred Johnson Smith<\/a>\u00a0that sold\u00a0novelty items<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0gag gifts<\/a>\u00a0such as\u00a0miniature cameras<\/a>,\u00a0invisible ink<\/a>,\u00a0x-ray goggles<\/a>,\u00a0whoopee cushions<\/a>,\u00a0fake vomit<\/a>, and\u00a0joy buzzers<\/a>. Founded in\u00a0Chicago<\/a>, the company relocated to\u00a0Racine, Wisconsin<\/a>\u00a0in 1923,[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0to\u00a0Detroit<\/a>\u00a0in the late 1930s, then to\u00a0Bradenton, Florida<\/a>\u00a0in 1986.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The company\u00a0advertised<\/a>\u00a0in magazines devoted to children and young adults such as\u00a0Boys’ Life<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Popular Mechanics<\/a><\/em>, and\u00a0Science Digest<\/a><\/em>. Their ads appeared on the back cover of many historically significant comic books, including\u00a0Action Comics<\/a><\/em>\u00a0#1, June 1938[3]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(first appearance of\u00a0Superman<\/a>) and\u00a0Detective Comics<\/a><\/em>\u00a0#27, May 1939 (first appearance of\u00a0Batman<\/a>).[<\/sup>citation needed<\/a><\/sup><\/em>]<\/sup><\/p>\n

In 1970, humorist\u00a0Jean Shepherd<\/a>\u00a0wrote the\u00a0introduction<\/a>\u00a0for the reprint of\u00a0The 1929 Johnson Smith & Co. Catalogue<\/em>,[4]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0writing<\/p>\n

The Johnson Smith catalog is a magnificent, smudgy thumbprint of a totally lusty, vibrant, alive, crude post-frontier society, a society that was, and in some ways still remains, an exotic mixture of moralistic piety and violent, primitive humor.[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

After marking its\u00a0centennial<\/a>\u00a0anniversary in 2014,[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0the company ceased operations on December 31, 2019, and was acquired by Collections Etc. in 2020.[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Johnson Smith Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n[edit<\/a>]\n