Posted 1 year ago
flyer79
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I haven't been able to find these in any of my research anywhere. Like what year they are from ? Except for that the box says Detroit ,MI.
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Well we know this was before 1963 because that's when zip codes came in.
Here are some in a 1947 magazine for sale does that help ?
http://books.google.com/books?id=suADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA277&dq=Bite+Lite+Bobbers&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EQaCT72gEMjn0QGIntnWBw&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Bite%20Lite%20Bobbers&f=false
Thanks so much you two, its neat that someone knows/found something. The link to the magazine is AWESOME thanks again!
Your welcome flyer ! Did you enlarge ad . It says they will sell direct to you if you can't find any in store . Strange it was in Popular mechanic Magazine :-)
:) I did enlarge that it so neat to be able to see an ad for it from so long ago. That is real strange that it is in Popular Mechanics mag! I wish I knew who owned it, when it went out or what happened to all the rest of them
Circa 1940's . A fishing bobber when a fish bites it glows :-) Pretty cool piece
Because men were more apt to buy fishing equipment back then I suppose they targeted them through a large magazine like Popular mechanics .
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=370581373404&nma=true&rt=nc&si=BSOOVWNzMEvLWGFHYUFAXG8vgfk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_1670wt_909