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Outdoor Life · April 1939 · page 82

Lauby in Outdoor Life

A contemporary advertisement anchors product names, prices and the Marshfield address.

Documented fact: 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.
Interpretive limit: These are advertised prices and product offers. The advertisement does not establish sales volume or prove its performance claims.

Still to be establishedThe offered color patterns and sizes still need to be matched to surviving examples and a dated catalog.

Sources & record notes

Outdoor Life, April 1939, page 82

Photographic or documentary record LLA-REC-0007 · Reviewed September 2026. Record identifiers describe the material shown here; they are not accession numbers for authenticated physical objects.

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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.

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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].

Publisher: Lauby Lures family collection. Submit a correction or additional evidence.