The Pre-1920 Heddon Lure and Box

1903 - 1920

Pre-1920 Heddon Lure Site Index Antique Lure Photos, and Advanced Collector Articles on Heddon Lures                    Topics discussed or shown: Heddon lures and boxes.  Research on Heddon Dowagiac fishing lures and boxes.  Heddon wood boxes with underwater minnows.  Articles on collecting cup-rig lures, High forehead lures and Heddon white boxes, Photos and information on the Slope nose picture box, down leaping bass box, Heddon Pine Tree box, blue border box, white border box, Artistic box, multiple minnow box, Heddon 'It Swims' box, Killer box, grading lures, lure collecting   _____  Pre-1920  _____ Heddon Lures and Boxes Heddon Early Collection photos:    Collection Set One of Two  Page:  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10    Collection Set Two of Two Page:  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10   Articles on Early Heddon Lures and Boxes   Search only Pre-1920 Heddon Heddon Dowagiac    1913 Heddon Catalog Lure collecting addiction: a serious problem, an article about buying too many lures Pre-1920 Heddon lure identification, a point by point method to identify a lure Heddon lure identification by type of hardware.  Photos and text explanations Heddon 100 and 150 statistics to help match correct lure and box Heddon 250 notes and the color Welbourne Special 1905 to 1908 comparative nose anatomy to identify Heddon lures Lure construction details for identification Heddon wood boxes: identification and dating.  Photos of wood boxes Heddon 150 color chart from the early catalogs         Heddon 1908 color chart  contract lures from Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co. Colors by rarity for selected early Heddon lures, two pages Old yellow and old rainbow Heddon colors Early and later sienna colors of Heddon lures Color chart for identification of Heddon box numbers 1904-1912 model 100 body shapes and boxes.  Photos of minor variations 1904-5 body style with cut off nose and tail 1905 model 100 body styles, colors, and shapes.  More photos 1906 vs 1908 100 and 150 body and cups 1906 vs 1908 175 lure, box, and paper Manufacture date sequences for early Heddon lures Four hook Heddon Slopenose Expert Dowagiac with gold wash cups Heddon 'Florida Special' lure and Artistic box Heddon Lure Boxes: Lure box identification: 1904-1930.  Photos of early and rare Heddon boxes Lure box identification: examples of early pre-1920 boxes, box side data Lure Hardware & Lure Box Identification 1904 to 1930.  Photos of lure details Wood lure boxes by Heddon, identification and discussion NEW-DOWAGIAC lure wood box, identification and markings  Heddon white lure box vs Pine Tree lure box 100 body shape comparison  Lure box early brochure paper and which Heddon box is correct   See AntiqueLures website for additional information on Heddon lures and other companies, lures, and boxes, especially early miscellaneous, and further articles.      1910 Heddon Catalog Heddon Details & Photos    Heddon Page One   Slopenose in picture box Killer in picture box 901 in 'It Swims' box 900 in white box Black Sucker in Musky box 700 sienna in Musky box Heddon Page Two  150J frogscale 3000 green crackleback Spindiver 300 green crackle back Underwater Dowagiac Minnow 154 early solid red 104 early solid red  707 sienna fancy back Heddon Page  Three  1904 100, three belly wts. in wood box 1905 150, two belly wts. in  wood box 1907 100, two belly wt. 1908 100, one belly wt. in wood box 1908 150, one belly wt. in wood box 1909 100, one belly wt. in white box 1913 100, one belly wt. in Bass box Heddon Page Four  '00' yellow, green, red, in PineTree box '0' red and black in Bass box 3000D greenscale Spindiver in Bass box 107 sienna, L-rig, in Bass box   Heddon Page Five 109A, bar perch, L-rig, in Bass box 102, red eye blush fat body, cup rig, in Bass box 151, rainbow,  cup rig, in Bass box 101, rain bow,  cup rig 700, green crackleback, L-rig, in Bass box Dummy Double in Bass box 300 perch, flat plate, six hook, in Bass box Heddon Page Six  109, silver flitter, blunt nose, in wood box 159, silver flitter, blunt nose, in wood box 158, gold flitter, fat body 108, gold flitter, fat body 108, gold flitter, fat body, in white box Heddon Page Seven  Bucktail Surface Minnow, in intro white box 157 fat body cup rig in white box 300 transitional high forehead in old rainbow Heddon Page Eight  150 yellow, fat body, L-rig, in Bass box 150 green crackle back, fat body, L-rig 152 red eye, fat body, L-rig, in Bass box 109B frog, L-rig, in Bass box 3009B frog, L-rig, Spindiver in Bass box Heddon Page  Nine  Crag Wiggler, frogscale, in Bass box Zaragossa, green back with flitter Torpedo, green scale, side hooked   Heddon Page Ten  159A yellow perch in wood box 107 sienna fancy back in wood box 152 slate back in wood box 151 old rainbow in wood box 176 old rainbow in tall wood box 300 green crackleback in wood box 105 old yellow in wood box    Collection Set Two of Two Page:  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10

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