[
  {
    "id": "LLA-REC-0001",
    "title": "Anton J. Lauby",
    "category": "People & places",
    "kicker": "Family identification · date unknown",
    "summary": "A reproduced portrait of Anton Lauby holding a spoon-shaped lure.",
    "images": [
      {
        "file": "assets/portrait.jpeg",
        "caption": "Full photograph from the existing files; the surrounding printed material has been retained."
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "status": "Family identification",
        "text": "The existing family project identifies the sitter as Anton Lauby."
      },
      {
        "status": "Visible evidence",
        "text": "The image shows a seated man holding a large spoon-shaped lure. A border and printed material are visible around the portrait."
      }
    ],
    "open_question": "The date, photographer and publication or original print behind this reproduction remain unrecorded.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Existing biography",
        "url": "https://tambourine-coral-ahfr.squarespace.com/anton-j-lauby"
      }
    ],
    "slug": "anton-lauby",
    "url": "https://www.laubylures.com/collection/anton-lauby",
    "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
    "citation": "Lauby Lures. “Anton J. Lauby.” Record LLA-REC-0001. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/anton-lauby. Accessed [your access date].",
    "provenance": "The photograph was supplied with the family collection’s existing website files. The original photographer and capture date have not been established."
  },
  {
    "id": "LLA-REC-0002",
    "title": "On display in Chicago",
    "category": "People & places",
    "kicker": "Chicago · August 7–10, 1938",
    "summary": "An exhibition display puts the company, its products and its public presence in one frame.",
    "images": [
      {
        "file": "assets/exhibition.jpg",
        "caption": "The supplied photograph includes its caption below the exhibition scene."
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "status": "Visible evidence",
        "text": "The caption identifies the Sports Equipment Exposition at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago, August 7–10, 1938. The display sign names Lauby Bait Company, Marshfield, Wisconsin."
      },
      {
        "status": "Documented context",
        "text": "The March 1938 issue of Golfdom announced a sports-equipment exposition at the Stevens Hotel for those dates. The announcement corroborates the event, rather than identifying the people in this photograph."
      }
    ],
    "open_question": "The photographer, original print history and identities of people in the scene still need confirmation.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Golfdom, March 1938, page 71",
        "url": "https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/page/1938mar71-80.pdf"
      }
    ],
    "slug": "exhibition-1938",
    "url": "https://www.laubylures.com/collection/exhibition-1938",
    "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
    "citation": "Lauby Lures. “On display in Chicago.” Record LLA-REC-0002. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/exhibition-1938. Accessed [your access date].",
    "provenance": "The photograph was supplied with the family collection’s existing website files. The original photographer and capture date have not been established."
  },
  {
    "id": "LLA-REC-0003",
    "title": "Wonder Spoon",
    "category": "Lures",
    "kicker": "Wonder Spoon · photographic comparison",
    "summary": "Upper and underside photographs make the construction as interesting as the paint.",
    "images": [
      {
        "file": "assets/spoons-top.jpg",
        "caption": "Upper views: three sizes and paint treatments, as photographed."
      },
      {
        "file": "assets/spoons-under.jpg",
        "caption": "Underside views: body contours, attachments and hooks are visible."
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "status": "Existing attribution",
        "text": "The filenames and existing website identify this group as Wonder Spoons. This is a photographic group record, not three authenticated object records."
      },
      {
        "status": "Visible evidence",
        "text": "The upper image shows a multicolored example with a red feather tail, a red-and-cream example with a feather tail, and a yellow-and-black example with an exposed treble hook."
      },
      {
        "status": "Strongly supported inference",
        "text": "The two photographs appear to show the same three examples, based on their appearance and attachments; the pairing has not been confirmed by the owner."
      }
    ],
    "open_question": "Exact lengths, production dates, original color names and whether every component is original are not established.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Existing Wonder Spoon page",
        "url": "https://tambourine-coral-ahfr.squarespace.com/portfolio-1/the-lauby-wonder-spoon"
      }
    ],
    "slug": "wonder-spoon",
    "url": "https://www.laubylures.com/collection/wonder-spoon",
    "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
    "citation": "Lauby Lures. “Wonder Spoon.” Record LLA-REC-0003. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/wonder-spoon. Accessed [your access date].",
    "provenance": "The photograph was supplied with the family collection’s existing website files. The original photographer and capture date have not been established.",
    "physicalInspectionStatus": "Not physically inspected for this archive",
    "measurements": null
  },
  {
    "id": "LLA-REC-0004",
    "title": "Weedless Wonder Spoon",
    "category": "Lures",
    "kicker": "Weedless Wonder Spoon · existing attribution",
    "summary": "A close view of the body, paint and single-hook arrangement.",
    "images": [
      {
        "file": "assets/weedless.jpeg",
        "caption": "Collection photograph."
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "status": "Existing attribution",
        "text": "The supplied filename calls this a large Weedless Wonder Spoon. “Large” is a file label; no measurement is recorded."
      },
      {
        "status": "Visible evidence",
        "text": "The image shows a yellow body with black markings, two red-ringed dark spots, a metal strap and a single curved hook beneath the body. Paint wear is visible."
      }
    ],
    "open_question": "Dimensions and the originality of the paint and hardware remain unverified.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Existing Weedless Wonder Spoon page",
        "url": "https://tambourine-coral-ahfr.squarespace.com/portfolio-1/the-weedless-wonder-spoon"
      }
    ],
    "slug": "weedless-wonder-spoon",
    "url": "https://www.laubylures.com/collection/weedless-wonder-spoon",
    "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
    "citation": "Lauby Lures. “Weedless Wonder Spoon.” Record LLA-REC-0004. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/weedless-wonder-spoon. Accessed [your access date].",
    "provenance": "The photograph was supplied with the family collection’s existing website files. The original photographer and capture date have not been established.",
    "physicalInspectionStatus": "Not physically inspected for this archive",
    "measurements": null
  },
  {
    "id": "LLA-REC-0005",
    "title": "Surface Lure",
    "category": "Lures",
    "kicker": "Surface Lure / “Chunk Bait” · existing attribution",
    "summary": "A broad, angular body offers a useful comparison with the spoon-shaped examples.",
    "images": [
      {
        "file": "assets/surface.jpg",
        "caption": "Oblique view of the example identified as “Chunk Bait”."
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "status": "Existing attribution",
        "text": "The filename uses “chunk bait”; the existing project associates this form with the Surface Lure. These terms are retained as provisional identification."
      },
      {
        "status": "Visible evidence",
        "text": "A broad body, muted green and reddish paint, visible wear and hooks can be examined in this photograph."
      }
    ],
    "open_question": "An original catalog match, measurements and further views would be needed for a firmer identification.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Existing Surface Lure page",
        "url": "https://tambourine-coral-ahfr.squarespace.com/portfolio-1/lauby-surface-lure-chunk-bait"
      }
    ],
    "slug": "surface-lure",
    "url": "https://www.laubylures.com/collection/surface-lure",
    "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
    "citation": "Lauby Lures. “Surface Lure.” Record LLA-REC-0005. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/surface-lure. Accessed [your access date].",
    "provenance": "The photograph was supplied with the family collection’s existing website files. The original photographer and capture date have not been established.",
    "physicalInspectionStatus": "Not physically inspected for this archive",
    "measurements": null
  },
  {
    "id": "LLA-REC-0006",
    "title": "Original packaging",
    "category": "Packaging",
    "kicker": "Printed product names · date unknown",
    "summary": "Packaging preserves language that can be lost when lures are studied on their own.",
    "images": [
      {
        "file": "assets/boxes.jpeg",
        "caption": "Two boxes in one supplied photograph; neither is assigned to a particular lure."
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "status": "Visible evidence",
        "text": "The legible product list includes Wonder Spoons, Weedless Wonder Spoons, Surface Lures, minnows, flies, fly rods and casting rods."
      },
      {
        "status": "Interpretive limit",
        "text": "A product category printed on a box supports its association with the company’s offered range. It does not establish that Lauby manufactured every listed item in-house."
      }
    ],
    "open_question": "The packaging dates, box variants and original contents are not established.",
    "sources": [],
    "slug": "packaging",
    "url": "https://www.laubylures.com/collection/packaging",
    "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
    "citation": "Lauby Lures. “Original packaging.” Record LLA-REC-0006. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/packaging. Accessed [your access date].",
    "provenance": "The photograph was supplied with the family collection’s existing website files. The original photographer and capture date have not been established."
  },
  {
    "id": "LLA-REC-0007",
    "title": "Lauby in Outdoor Life",
    "category": "Documents",
    "kicker": "Outdoor Life · April 1939 · page 82",
    "summary": "A contemporary advertisement anchors product names, prices and the Marshfield address.",
    "images": [
      {
        "file": "assets/advertisement-1939.png",
        "caption": "Full printed page 82 (PDF page 84). The Lauby advertisement is one item on this page; open the image to inspect it closely."
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "status": "Documented fact",
        "text": "The April 1939 Outdoor Life advertisement offers a bass weedless lure at 85 cents and a minnow lure at 65 cents, and identifies Lauby in Marshfield, Wisconsin."
      },
      {
        "status": "Interpretive limit",
        "text": "These are advertised prices and product offers. The advertisement does not establish sales volume or prove its performance claims."
      }
    ],
    "open_question": "The offered color patterns and sizes still need to be matched to surviving examples and a dated catalog.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Outdoor Life, April 1939, page 82",
        "url": "https://archive.org/details/sim_outdoor-life_1939-04_83_4/page/n83/mode/1up"
      }
    ],
    "slug": "advertisement-1939",
    "url": "https://www.laubylures.com/collection/advertisement-1939",
    "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
    "citation": "Lauby Lures. “Lauby in Outdoor Life.” Record LLA-REC-0007. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/advertisement-1939. Accessed [your access date].",
    "provenance": "Reproduction of Outdoor Life, April 1939, printed page 82. The source link identifies the complete issue and page; this is an advertisement, not an independent product evaluation."
  },
  {
    "id": "LLA-REC-0008",
    "title": "The 1935 lure patent",
    "category": "Documents",
    "kicker": "US 1,996,477 · granted April 2, 1935",
    "summary": "A patent provides a dated engineering record, separate from the history of retail production.",
    "images": [
      {
        "file": "assets/patent-1935.png",
        "caption": "First page of the patent. The complete document is linked below."
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "status": "Documented fact",
        "text": "Anton J. Lauby’s application was filed September 15, 1933, and patent US 1,996,477 was granted April 2, 1935."
      },
      {
        "status": "Interpretive limit",
        "text": "The patent documents a claimed construction. Its filing and grant dates alone do not date every surviving lure or establish the company’s founding."
      }
    ],
    "open_question": "Which surviving variations correspond to the patented construction requires a detailed object-to-drawing comparison.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Patent record",
        "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US1996477A/en"
      },
      {
        "label": "Complete patent · PDF",
        "url": "assets/US1996477.pdf"
      }
    ],
    "slug": "patent-1935",
    "url": "https://www.laubylures.com/collection/patent-1935",
    "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
    "citation": "Lauby Lures. “The 1935 lure patent.” Record LLA-REC-0008. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/patent-1935. Accessed [your access date].",
    "provenance": "Document reproduction supplied with the collection; bibliographic facts are checked against the linked patent record. The patent is evidence of an invention, not certification of a surviving object."
  },
  {
    "id": "LLA-REC-0009",
    "title": "The 1946 bait patent",
    "category": "Documents",
    "kicker": "US 2,392,677 · granted January 8, 1946",
    "summary": "A later hook mechanism broadens the documented story beyond the familiar spoon designs.",
    "images": [
      {
        "file": "assets/patent-1946.png",
        "caption": "First page of the patent. "
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "status": "Documented fact",
        "text": "Anton J. Lauby, identified with Milwaukee, filed this application May 15, 1944. Patent US 2,392,677 was granted January 8, 1946."
      },
      {
        "status": "Documented fact",
        "text": "The patent describes a mechanism involving opposed hooks and a spring."
      },
      {
        "status": "Interpretive limit",
        "text": "The patent establishes later inventive activity, not continued commercial production of the earlier Lauby range. This document was already present in your supplied files."
      }
    ],
    "open_question": "A surviving manufactured example or contemporary commercial listing has not been established in this sample.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Patent record",
        "url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US2392677A/en"
      },
      {
        "label": "Complete patent · PDF",
        "url": "assets/US2392677.pdf"
      }
    ],
    "slug": "patent-1946",
    "url": "https://www.laubylures.com/collection/patent-1946",
    "dateModified": "2026-09-11",
    "citation": "Lauby Lures. “The 1946 bait patent.” Record LLA-REC-0009. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/patent-1946. Accessed [your access date].",
    "provenance": "Document reproduction supplied with the collection; bibliographic facts are checked against the linked patent record. The patent is evidence of an invention, not certification of a surviving object."
  }
]