Manufactured by
Berkley, American, founded 1937
Owned by
Sinclair, Clayton, American
Sinclair, Hazel, American
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Date
1963
Medium
paint on wood with metal , cork (bark) , plastic , nylon and pressure-sensitive tape
Dimensions
H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 70 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16.5 × 179.5 × 10.5 cm)
Description
A 415 Berkley spinning fishing rod/reel combo from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The rod has a black butt cap, cork handle grips, and a silver tone reel seat. The rod blank is white and has three silver tone metal guides held in place with wrapped thread. The tip top is also silver toned and held in place with tape and wrapped with plastic thread. The reel features a black reel foot, drag knob, line spool, anti-reverse switch, and spool release. It also features a silver tone bail arm and a black plastic handle with silver tone metal armature. Molded and silver painted text on the reel body reads [Berkley] next to a black tag with silver text that reads [415]. The text is just above the handle attachment. On the other side of the rail body is a round, white label with a red heart at the center with [Berkley] printed in white cursive text at the center. Red text surrounding the heart reads [SPINNING REEL] at the top and [NO. 415] at the bottom. The rod’s clear fishing line is broken and loosely wrapped around the reel.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place made
Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Type
fishing rods
Topic
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Business
Recreation
Segregation
Travel
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Object number
2011.12.21.1
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e8947eb4-6526-4b8d-9d2a-fc227b12a676

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