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WILLIAM R. KETCHUM

PORTAGE, WISCONSIN

CIRCA 1905

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WILLIAM KETCHUM OF PORTAGE WISCONSIN PATENTED A FROG HARNESS

IN 1904. IT CAME IN TWO VERSIONS. ONE WITH AND ONE WITHOUT

A WEED GUARD. MOST HARNESSES WERE MADE WITH BRASS WIRE, BUT

SOME WERE ALSO MADE WITH NICKLE WIRE.

MR. KETCHUM ALSO MADE A MINNOW VERSION. LIKE THE FROG HARNESS

IT CAME IN TWO VERSION. THE WIRE FRAME IS MADE WITH NICKLE WIRE,

AND IS SMALLER IN SIZE THAN THE FROG HARNESSES. THERE IS A "KEY RING"

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HARNESS THAT HOLDS THE PLUG INTO PLACE.

THE PLUG ITSELF IS MADE OF WOOD AND MEASURES 3 INCHES LONG.

IT IS PAINTED SILVER WITH YELLOW OPAQUE GLASS EYES AND

HAND PAINTED GILL MARKS.

MR. KETCHUM ONLY MADE HIS HARNESSES FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A FEW OF FROG HARNESSES AROUND, BUT UNLIKE

THE FROG HARNESSES THE MINNOW VERSION IS VERY RARE TO COME BY.

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KETCHUM MINNOW

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NON-WEEDLESS & WEEDLESS KETCHUM FROG HARRNESSES IN THE BOXES

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AD'S FROM THE NORTHWESTERN SPORTSMAN 1905 PREMIUM LIST

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AD FROM JUNE 1905 NORTHWESTERN SPORTSMAN MAQAZINE

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KETCHUM PATENT