"L & S Bait Company Lure Boxes"


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Lemaster's "Shiner Minnow"
blue box style for 1st plastic
circa 1945

Shiner Minnow
1st style cellophane
circa 1946

Shiner Minnow now 'Bassmaster'
cellophane window box
circa 1947-??

#150 Shiner box insert
found in shiner minnow boxes
blue and cellophane boxes

Shiner Minnow-box end
1st style cellophane
circa 1946

#250 Shiner box insert
found in shiner minnow boxes
blue and cellophane boxes

2nd style box insert
window boxes after shiner minnow
circa 1947

L&S Guarantee
inside of 2nd style insert
circa 1947

L&S Lure List
backside of 2nd style insert
1st list-changes as new models added

1st box for plastic Jumbo Shiner
facing left minnow (earliest?)
circa 1945

1st box for plastic Jumbo Shiner
minnow facing right
circa 1945-46

Transitional Muskiemaster box (Rare)
possibly a WW2 military issue
'Tom Jacomet collection'

Transition Box End
MuskieMaster
circa 1948?

1st MuskieMaster box
1st box for new-named Muskiemaster
circa 1948?

PikeMaster window box
only style pike box I have seen
circa 1949

TroutMaster window box
2nd style Trout box
circa 1949

1st Troutmaster circa 1946-47 box
Trout-Master stamped over top
'Chris Emerson Collection'

Trout-Master stamped
on top of Jumbo Shiner box
'Chris Emerson Collection'

1st Mirrolure box
Mira-Lure later called Mirrolure
'Tom Jacomet Collection'

"1949" Magazine Ad
new addition 'PikeMaster'
'Dick Black Collection'

BassMaster firplug box
tough to find with banner label
'Chris Emerson Collection'

Bradley, Ill. Carton
Pre-Mirrolure carton
'Chris Emerson Collection'

Bradley & Clearwater, Fla. Carton
Another pre-Mirrolure carton
'Chris Emerson Collection'

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