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Mates, Some additional information. In reviewing my notes, I see a statement that ABU-Garcia acquired Conolon in 1981. Growing up with Mitchell and ABU reels in the US, I had though of Garcia as an importer. Acquisition of Conolon (which may rightly have been called rod maker to the world at that ti...

Okay guys, just to clarify. Cache and cookies are different. Cache is a memory where the browser stores HTML pages, related images, Javascript, and CSS on the user’s machine. Whenever a user visits a website, at first the browser inspects objects in its cache before requesting it from the website. A...

Hey Bill, Neither the 1982 or 1981 catalogs have any publication information. They do not even have an introduction or table of contents; they go right into pages about reels. They do include a couple ABU-Garcia US addresses for service on the back cover. The 1980 catalog (copyrighted 1979 by ABU-Ga...

Hey Kim, :idea: It's possible that's an old page image saved in your browser's cache. Try clearing your cache - for browsing history only, not passwords (it's a pain to re-enter those, if you're using your cache for those). Alternatively, it could be you have a deep longing for the former Conolon se...

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Hey Bill, Thanks for your support and questions. Yes, this was a transition time. Let me see if I can first answer your question about who published the catalogs I posted above. I only know some of the details of this time - so we may need some further help. Mates, I was just in process of posting i...

Hey Mates, I am posting covers of Garcia catalogs/booklets and some content from 1982 to ~1952 that I own. I very much would appreciate help on posting Garcia publication covers (and any content if requested by mates); I pretty much have an example from each year but I don't own everything Garcia ev...

When Wallace is able, perhaps another thread to relocate under "Mitchell History Discussions"? It's certainly jam-packed with history.

Christian, How is it that I have missed your post for this long? I am somewhat surprised there have not been any content inquiries. C'est Magnifique! Thank you. Could it be that it posting under "Mitchell Reel Service Talk" when there does not appear to be anything immediately about servic...

Wallace, Best wishes for your good health! You are appreciated and needed. Hi Mates, I hope everyone has been and will be enjoying wonderful holidays with their family and friends! I just found some appropriate holiday content, although a bit late. Maybe something for next year? The Garcia 1962 Chri...

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Hey Bill (GreatLaker), Nice Nov-1951 ad! Mates, At the start of this thread, I wrote there may be some interest in “how spinning changed fishing and the environment Mitchell was able to enter and lead in”. If so, I continue now with Bache Brown content. Bache Brown was often given credit for introdu...

Hey Mates, The earliest I could find the Manual Pick-Up Attachment being cataloged is pg 60 of The Spin Fisherman Magazine (published quarterly by Charles Garcia) that included a copy of what is viewed as the 1954 Garcia Catalog. [In case anyone is wondering about the Atlantis and Spinette, they wer...

Hey Mates, I always like to source material as much as possible. Reasons for that include being able to view/collect the original and to better understand its context (for example, magazine ad, poster, consumer catalog, or trade material). The pages 6 & 7, Wallace posted above, come from the 195...

Hi Wallace,

Yes, agreed. In the US, some time in 1948 at the latest.

John

Hi Mates,

For more info on sources, see Reel Repair by Alan Tani "Show your Collections" (scroll down the page a bit):
https://alantani.com/index.php?topic=10064.615

John

Hi Mates,

Next, the Garcia wedge.

John

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Hi Mates, Okay, we know that Pons & Carpano filed for patents on the Mitchell Spinning Reel (later to be designated as the Mitchell 300) in France on 28-Jul-1948 and in Great Britain on 3-Aug-1948, but not ever the US. It should, however, be noted that Otto S. Gumprich/Charles Garcia filed for a...

Thanks, Wallace. Mates, The Apr-1950 advertisement (above) for a demonstration of the Mitchell Spinning Reel by Nate Buell in Klamath Falls, OR made me wonder whether I could spot Nate Buell having done that elsewhere. Indeed, he was in the Los Angeles area in Nov-1950 for 4 sessions. John 5011 03 D...

Hi Mates, Newspaper ad's from April, 1950. (More stuff I had missed in my earlier review of my files. Note to self: don't name a folder "miscellaneous".) John 5004 03 The_Morning_Call Allentown_PA.jpg 5004 06 The_Berkshire_Eagle Pittsfield_MA.jpg 5004 28 Herald_and_News Klamath_Falls_OR.jpg

Hi Mates,

A newspaper ad:

15-Apr-1949 Press-Republican Plattsburgh, NY

(I had missed this one when I had reviewed my materials.)

John

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Hi Mates, I thought it might be interesting to post from Wikipedia an explanation of the anonymous part of Société Anonyme. Originally, shareholders could be literally anonymous and collect dividends by surrendering coupons attached to their share certificates. Dividends were therefore paid to whoev...

Hey Bill, I'm always interested in additional participation from the Mates. Please add your additional content to this thread - I'd definitely like to see it. As to why Garcia didn't have any magazine/newspaper advertising in 1950 that I could find (using the same tools I had used for '49 and '51), ...

Mates,

Examples from 1951:

1) Field & Stream May-1951
2) Times Herald, Port Huron, MI Jul-1951
3) the Spin Fisherman Vol 1 No 1 Oct-1951

John

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Hey Bill, Thanks for sharing that very nice page (from the prior MRM no less!). It would be so nice to learn where that page came from (the specific details of its source). It doesn't look like a magazine/newspaper advertisement, but it's definitely a promotional piece. Can anyone help with this? Bi...

Mates, I continue with the earliest known advertising of the Mitchell reel in the US. If someone has earlier, please let us know. First, a ~⅓ page ad in February, 1949 Field & Stream magazine. Second, a ~⅛ page ad in April, 1949 Field & Stream magazine. (This same ad appeared in March, 1949 ...

Mates, I see there may be some interest in history - how spinning changed fishing and the environment Mitchell was able to enter and lead in. So, I start with (not in exact chronological order) content from 1952 I had posted on the prior MRM from Fresh and Salt Water Spinning by Eugene Burns, US cop...

expo-de-moulinets.jpg Simone, Above, excerpt of one of the Museum's display cases, taken from: https://jazlebontemps.com/2020/05/03/marcel-carpano-directeur-usine-de-wintzenheim/ . There is not much available online. We will await to hopefully hear from someone who has had actual eyes or hands on. ...

Christian, Thank you for contacting the Musée de l'Horlogerie et du Décolletage for details about the photos in their PDF on the 2011/12 Exposition. Hopefully, they will have some information to share. (If I may be honest, may I say I was disappointed in the Museum for not following scholarly standa...

Christian, Very nice. A 48-hour turnaround time – may we say that is another example of Mitchell competing in the “modern world”? You have added another location (33 Boulevard Henri-IV, Paris) to this thread. A very nice location, near the Seine, ~3 km southeast of Notre Dame. https://www.google.com...

Christian,

Wow! Fantastic work!

Thank you.

John

Just above the head of the gentleman sitting at the counter, is that a French-market rod-and-reel set? If so, could its date narrow the date of the photo?

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Let me revise my wild guessing (that I just did above) to the Thiez factory because of the slanted ceiling in ***02.jpg and the large building in the window view of ***09.jpg .

Hey Kim, Yes, Christian has some really marvelous contributions of images and history from French fishing magazines. The image you are referring to (if I understand correctly) I posted. It’s my favorite of that set! (It’s kind of like Mitchell heaven – haha.) Were I a Mitchell collector I would send...

Hi Christian and Mates, I think the current apartment building at 30 rue de Messy very likely was the Mitchell factory (see Google Streetview link below). Yes, the windows and balconies are different. But a central building flanked by a much larger building as the factory was, is too much of a coinc...

mrm Quartier messy Cluses highlight.jpg Hi Christian, I now realize your aerial photo of the Messy district (quartier) shows the Mitchell factory (windows and neighboring house match). Behind the factory is a river, presumably the Arve? So perhaps the factory does have a rue de Messy street address...

Hi Christian, Thanks so much for clarifying the Messy factory. Its location was in the Messy district outside Cluses, not rue de Messy in Cluses, if I correctly understand what you wrote. Thanks also for the additional history and wonderful pictures. John mrm Mitchell Cluses production line 03.jpg m...

mrm Mitchell Cluses factory center-village reel.jpg Hi Mates, So, Mitchell had a thing for putting giant reels on roofs. (It was a good thing.) I can’t tell whether this one was 2- or 3-dimensional – I’m hoping it was 3D. No telephoto shots of it? Where did it go? Please tell me it’s in someone’s b...

Hi Glen,

Well, please excuse my misunderstanding of your statement:

Here in HMC Dockyard we are using the same principal to apply Powder Paint System.

John

Hi Mates, I need to correct what I had written earlier, above in this thread. (I had forgotten I had rotated the Google Map during Streetview.) Correction: … Also, if rue de Messy is correct, that means the building is west of the Arve. The images Wallace has shown have been referred to as the villa...

Glen and Christian, Electrostatic painting is an excellent point. I used to powder coat brass spoon lures and brass spinner blades with an electrostatic gun. Glen, as you said, it provided excellent, uniform coverage - notably at edges (where sprayed lacquer would often recede, leaving metal somewha...

Hi Mates, So, I’m trying to figure out all these locations. The image Dries started this thread with has been referred to as the Messy location. I take that to be the rue de Messy in Cluses. Mitchell Sports had a 30 rue de Messy address. If I have that street address correct, sadly it appears that b...

Hi Mates, Very interesting, engaging. Really wonderful to see contributions from maestros Dries, Christian, and Wallace all in one thread. So, I wondered what does it look like nowadays? Who took over the buildings? If one wanted to visit, where would one go? Hopefully the Google Maps link below wor...

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