Zebco Fishing Rod and Reel
name: label: maker
content: Brunswick Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Zebco fishing rod and reel in package. The rod is black with silver and orange detailing marked "Centennial TM No. 6100". The Zebco company began as the Zero Hour Bomb Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1932. In 1947, RD Hull brought his idea for an enclosed reel to Zebco and in 1949 the first "standard spincast reel" was manufactured and guaranteed never to backlash. This revolutionized the fishing industry with inexpensive equipment that anyone could use. Zebco was bought by the Brunswick Corporation in 1961 and continued to innovate the fishing industry with new reel and tackle designs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Oklahoma, Tulsa
topic: label: name of sport
content: Fishing
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Brunswick Corporation, through Milton Rudo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0181.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0181
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0181.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Rod and Reel Set
label: Object Name
content: rod, fishing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (rod & reel material)
label: Physical Description
content: chrome (rod & reel material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (red & reel; package material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (rod & reel material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (package material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in x 4 1/2 in; 96.52 cm x 11.43 cm