Pocket Fisherman Spin Casting Outfit
date: label: date made
content: 1972
name: label: maker
content: Popeil Brothers, Incorporated
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pocket Fisherman spin casting outfit is brown and white plastic with a folding rod and built in tackle box. The metal reel has white plastic handles and comes equipped with a ten pound mono test line. The outfit has a zippered plastic carrying case. The donor's father, S.J. Popeil, invented the Pocket Fisherman and marketed it on late night television in the 1970s. His marketing style is still copied today in infomercials and late night programming. Popeil also invented the Veg-o-Matic.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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
label: See more items in
content: Advertising
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lisa M. Popeil for the Popeil Family in memory of Samuel J. Popeil
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0978.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0978
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0978.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: outfit, spin casting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (zipper material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 9 in x 3 in; 10.16 cm x 22.86 cm x 7.62 cm