Mitchell Reel Museum Discussion Group

Hello,
Trying to stir up a new topic. Since Mitchell has been a favorite for years I'm proposing any advertisement or pictures that depict Mitchell Reels should be displayed. NO major magazine articles unless they include seldom seen Mitchell Reels. Hope this is interesting.....
Kim

Hi Mates,
Here's one of my favorites:

This one is from "Australia Outdoors" Magazine and dates to the late 1950's. I think it's interesting because it features all left hand Mitchells - I've never seen anything like it. This one is framed and hanging in the Reel Room, hence the slight glare in the photo.

Regards,
Chris

Hi Mates,

Here are a couple of other items that I came up with.

This is part of some type of packaging with a Mid-Late 1970s Garcia Mitchell 300 on it. The picture of the reel is on a thin film embossed on an aluminum foil type of material.


Unfortunately, I have no idea of the origins or history behind this piece but it does not look like anything that Mitchell or Garcia used in their promotions or advertising. Just an "odd ball" piece that I collected somewhere along the way. If anyone has any ideas, I would be very interested.

This last piece is from the Stoeger Arms Corp, Long Island City, NY.


It's their advertisement from 1954 and shows the Mitchell (2nd Version Half Bail), the Mitchell Salt Water (with the infamous "2 screw" faceplate) and the CAP (with the A/R lever in the wrong position). Just thought I'd share a couple of items (hopefully of interest) with the Group.

Regards,
Chris

Bill, this advertisement denotes the beginning of the “badged” vs engraved era reels. Engraving was no longer done from 1978 on...there was a transition from engraved to badged during 1977-78 where they used up parts. You can find reels, though somewhat rare, with engraved bodies with heads with the double silver foil band.

Is this what you are referring to as the second version 300A?

Sandman