Berkley Fishing rod and reel combo from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

Object Details

Description: A 415 Berkley spinning fishing rod/reel combo from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The rod has a black butt cap, cork handle grips, and a silver tone reel seat. The rod blank is white and has three silver tone metal guides held in place with wrapped thread. The tip top is also silver toned and held in place with tape and wrapped with plastic thread. The reel features a black reel foot, drag knob, line spool, anti-reverse switch, and spool release. It also features a silver tone bail arm and a black plastic handle with silver tone metal armature. Molded and silver painted text on the reel body reads [Berkley] next to a black tag with silver text that reads [415]. The text is just above the handle attachment. On the other side of the rail body is a round, white label with a red heart at the center with [Berkley] printed in white cursive text at the center. Red text surrounding the heart reads [SPINNING REEL] at the top and [NO. 415] at the bottom. The rod’s clear fishing line is broken and loosely wrapped around the reel.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: paint on wood with metal , cork (bark) , plastic , nylon and pressure-sensitive tape
Dimensions: H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 70 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16.5 × 179.5 × 10.5 cm)

Place collected: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place made: Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification: Tools and Equipment

Topic: African American; Black Enterprise; Black interiors; Business; Recreation; Segregation; Travel