- Manufactured by
- The Kroydon Company, American
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- ca. 1966
- Medium
- paint on wood with metal with plastic , nylon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 58 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (16.5 × 148.5 × 16 cm)
- Description
- A Kroydon Free-Spin No. K-350 fishing rod/reel combo from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The rod has a red plastic butt cap, wood handle grips, and a silver tone reel seat. The rod blank is white and blue painted wood and has two silver tone metal guides held in place with wrapped red thread. The tip top is also silver toned and held in place with wrapped thread. The reel features a black reel foot, drag knob, anti-reverse switch, and spool release. It also features a black bail arm, silver line spool, and a black plastic handle with silver tone metal armature. White text printed on a black tag with a white frame reads [FREE-SPIN / NO. K-350]. The text is just above the handle attachment. The other side of the rail body is plain. 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
- Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey, 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
- 2011.12.21.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




