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Philadelphia reel patent

Technical patent drawing of a fishing-line reel showing a circular hinged frame mounted on a fishing rod, with a detachable spool, crank handle, and labeled parts a, b, c, d, e, k, n, q, r, s across six figures.

FISHING-LINE REEL.Clarence V. Roberts · October 13, 1885

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