The Rhodes Mechanical Swimming Frog
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Coming in its very scarce original "Wm. Shakespeare, Jr. Co., Kalamazoo, Mich." picture box with extraordinary red & green printing and lure illustration, correctly end marked No. 3 GWF, with 1905 and 1908 patent dates. The 5 3/4" x 3" wood slide top box is a bit warped, so the lid is loose, with a small section of wood missing from the underside of the lid and a 1/8" wide wood section missing from one box bottom edge. The early rubber frog, with an oblong belly weight and its legs still attached and unbroken, is hand painted in green frog finish. This complete package includes a large black & white fold-out paper (15" x 8" when open), showing the Shakespeare Wooden Minnow, Rhodes Wooden Minnow, Revolution and Evolution, grading at least Ex-.
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The Rhodes Mechanical Swimming Frog
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