Meissalbach "Takeapart" Fishing Reel
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Meissalbach "Takeapart" salt water fishing reel. Metal with black plastic covering on each end and a black plastic handle. The reel comes apart into three pieces. To take it apart, press the knob on the right side of the black face to the left. A. F. Meiselbach and his brothers remained active in making fishing reels and obtaining patents on their improvements for some years. A. F. made reels from the 1880s until the 1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Fishing
label: level of sport
content: recreational
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Albert Oliner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0795.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0795
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0795.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Reel, Fishing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 in x 3 in; 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm