The pre-1920 Heddon lure and box

Heddon Manufacture Date Sequences Pre-1920

 

Knowledge for Advanced Collectors of Heddon and Shakespeare

FULL SITE INDEX & ARTICLES 

 

Heddon Manufacture Dates prior to 1920

 

By Dr. Michael Echols

 

These are the dates when Heddon made the given lure.  The manufacture dates were determined from when they appeared in the Heddon catalog. 

 Full Site Index

Model #

Lure name

Dates in catalogs

 

Slopenose Dowagiac Expert

1902-1912

 

Dowagiac Underwater Expert

1904

'0'

Dowagiac Minnow

1912-1920, 1922-1924, 1927

'00'

Dowagiac Minnow

1912-1927

 

Coast Minnow

1913-1926

10

Light Casting Minnow

1912-1926

20

Baby Dowagiac

1909, 1920-1929

50

Artistic Minnow

1907-1909

100

Dowagiac Minnow

1905-1939

150

Dowagiac Minnow

1904-1939

175

Heavy Casting Minnow

1906-1922

300

as Surface Minnow

1905-1929

400

Ice Decoy

1913-1927

400

Killer

1905-1906

402

Surface Minnow

1908-1909

450

Killer

1905-1906

500

Multiple Metal Minnow

1909

700

Musky Minnow 5 hook

1909-1910

800

Swimming Minnow

1911

900

Swimming Minnow

1910-1913

1300

Black Sucker

1913-1927

1500

Dummy Double

1913-1916

1600

Deep diving Wiggler

1915-1926

1700

Near Surface Wiggler

1915-1926

1800

Crab Wiggler

1915-1929

1900

Baby Crab Wiggler

1916-1939

3000

Spin Diver

1918-1926

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