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Other Major Lure Companies
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This page is devoted
to the 5 major early lure manufacturers. Heddon, Creek Chub, Pflueger,
Shakespeare, and South Bend. There is so much to offer from these companies,
that one could not collect them all in a lifetime. Below are some examples.
James Heddon and
Sons Dowagiac, Michigan
Heddon Minnows in Green Crackleback.
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Heddon Wood Box model #100 Minnow. c. 1908 |
Heddon L-rig model #150 Minnow. c. 1917 |
Heddon Wood Box model #150 Minnow. c. 1908 |
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Heddon #1600 Deep Diving Wiggler and Box. c.
1915 |
Heddon L-rig model #100 Minnow. c. 1917 |
Heddon Bass Bug and Box.
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Heddon Artistic Minnow and Bouy. c. 1907 |
Heddon #402 Bucktail Surface Minnow. c.1908 |
Heddon "OO" Minnow. c. 1915 |
Heddon #350 Musky Surfusser. c. 1937 |
Heddon Dowagiac #900 Swimming Minnow. c.1910 |
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Ultra Casting Minnow. This is a Heddon Contract
Minnow. c. 1907 |
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Heddon #3000 Spin-Diver. c. 1918 |
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Heddon #300 Surface Minnow. c.1918 |
Pflueger Surprise Minnow and Box, c. 1915,
Akron, Ohio. |
3 Pflueger Metalized Minnows. c. 1912 |
3 early Pflueger Competitor Minnows. c. pre 1910 |
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Pflueger Kent Floater. c. 1912, Akron, Ohio. |
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Pflueger Wizard Minnow. c. 1903 |
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Pflueger Wizard Wooden Minnow in original Wood
Slide Top Box. Akron, Ohio, c. 1903 |
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William Shakespeare Co.
Kalamazoo, Michigan |
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Shakespeare painted Baby Revolution with Rhodes
Props. c. 1909 |
Shakespeare B-notch prop Musky Revolution and 2
Baby Revolutions. c. 1902 |
Shakespeare painted standard Revolution with
B-Notched props. c. 1909
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Group of Shakespeare Revolutions. c. 1902-1909 |
Shakespeare #44 Minnow and Box and large
paperwork. c. 1918, Kalamazoo, Michigan. |
Shakespeare #44 Minnow in Wood Box. c. 1909,
Kalamazoo, Michigan. |
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Kalamazoo Minnow. c. 1904 |
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Shakespeare Whirlwind Spinner. c. 1910
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Shakespeare Whirlwind Spinner. c. 1910 |
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Creek Chub Bait Company Garrett,
Indiana |
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Frame of Creek Chub Wee Dees, Weed Bugs,
Pollywiggles, and Gar Minnows. |
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Creek Chub #100 Wiggler. c. 1910 |
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Creek Chub Sucker. c. 1932, Garrett, Indiana. |
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Creek Chub Gar Minnow. c. 1927, Garrett,
Indiana. |
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Creek Chub Big Bug Wiggler. c. 1920, Garrett,
Indiana. |
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Creek Chub Weed Bug. c. 1927, Garrett, Indiana. |
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