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The pre-1920 Heddon lure and box |
Heddon Manufacture Date SequencesPre-1920 |
Knowledge for Advanced Collectors of Heddon and Shakespeare
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.
Model # |
Lure name |
Dates in catalogs |
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Slopenose Dowagiac Expert |
1902-1912 |
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Dowagiac Underwater Expert |
1904 |
'0' |
Dowagiac Minnow |
1912-1920, 1922-1924, 1927 |
'00' |
Dowagiac Minnow |
1912-1927 |
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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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