Little Comet Brand Line Spool
This Little Comet Brand Line Spool is over 80 years old. Dating to 1930’s era LITTLE COMET brand pure silk fishing line was made for the Montgomery Ward catalog and retail department stores by the Cortland Line Company of Cortland New York. It is thought that the brand name LITTLE COMET likely derived from the historic event of the passage of Haley’s Comet in 1910 that was visible from earth and photographed for the first time to became a part of the American popular culture.
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This spool and many others we have listed belonged to John Etchieson. John has spent decades amassing one of the largest line collections. The vast array of line spools and cards he has in his collection is historically significant as John has spent decades not only collecting, but rather researching these companies adding provenance to these pieces.