This is the cover of a Zebco catalog from 1961. Can you find his signature?
So, now I have three images of paintings with the ‘di’ signature. Louise Brushing her Her/I Do! and Deena, both circa 1959.
The Idaho Statesman put a blurb in their paper on Sunday, July 10, 1960. So, Deane would have been twenty-eight (in December 1959) or possibly younger when he initially designed it. Therefore, the catalog cover came later! You can view the whole clipping in Early Business.
Did you know ZEBCO is an acronym for something not even closely related to fishing?
“Since its incorporation in 1932, the Zero Hour Bomb Company had become well known for manufacturing dependable electric timer bombs for fracturing geologic formations. It had designed and patented technologies for shooting wells to increase oil and natural gas production. . . post World War II demand for its electrically triggered devices had declined. ” The “cannot backlash” reel was invented by R.D. Hull to help administer these timer bombs down wells but also made an excellent fishing reel.
View more Zebco art in Food & Entertainment.
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