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This page from Abercrombie & Fitch's 1916 catalog shows modified foodstuffs that make it easier to carry whether camping or hiking.

Excerpt of 1916 Abercrombie & Fitch Catalog about foodstuffs

This interior cover page represents the first mail-order catalog from Abercrombie & Fitch Company. Depicting two men in a canoe with one paddling while the other aims a gun to presumably shoot some wildlife, this image demonstrates how the company wished to capture outdoorsmen's attention. Furthermore, their main audience was assuredly masculine men, as these individuals fit typical tropes like physically fit and active. The men's activities and the general time period suggests that the man with the paddle is likely a guide.

Image of the 1909 Abercrombie & Fitch's catalog interior cover with two men in a canoe on the lake, one shooting and the other paddling