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Kalamazoo reel

Patent drawing sheet showing seven figures of a fishing reel with side plates, cross-bars, grooved spindles, a crank handle, gear casing, and a click mechanism, labeled with letters A through Z identifying each part.

FISH-LINE REEL.William Shakespeare, Jr. · October 5, 1897

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