Kroydon fishing rod/reel combo from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1966
name: label: Manufactured by
content: The Kroydon Company, American
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.21.2
objectType: label: Type
content: fishing rods
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on wood with metal with plastic , nylon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 58 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (16.5 × 148.5 × 16 cm)