{"product_id":"ocean-city-no-310-spinning-reel-c-1950s-philadelphia-made-anglers-reel","title":"Ocean City No. 310 Spinning Reel, c. 1950s Philadelphia-Made Angler's Reel","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pocket-sized piece of American sporting history: the Ocean City No. 310 spinning reel, its black-crackle body worn to silver at the edges the way only decades of tackle boxes and truck beds can manage. The spool face still carries its brightwork — OCEAN CITY and the model number ringed in silver — and the wire bail, folding crank, and rear drag adjustment are all present. Under the foot, the stamp that matters: MADE IN U.S.A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is honest patina, not neglect — the black finish rubbed through at every high point, the chrome dulled to pewter. It asks to sit on a shelf beside old field guides and a brass compass, or in the hands of an angler who wants to feel what fishing weighed in 1955.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ocean City Manufacturing Company opened in Philadelphia in 1922 and grew into one of America's great volume reel makers — ambitious enough to absorb the Montague Rod \u0026amp; Reel Company in 1934 and, five years later, the storied Edward vom Hofe Company, whose handmade reels were the Rolls-Royces of the sport. Ocean City's own catalog ran the other direction: sturdy, affordable tackle for the everyman angler, sold by the hundreds of thousands through hardware stores and Sears catalogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe No. 310 belongs to the great postwar spinning boom. When French-style spinning reels swept America in the late 1940s and 1950s, promising tangle-free casts to a generation of new anglers, Philadelphia answered with models like this one — compact, all-metal, and built to be used up rather than admired. By the late 1950s the Ocean City name passed into the True Temper era and faded from the water; surviving examples like this one are the last of the Philadelphia line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePeriod\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1950s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOcean City Manufacturing Co.; marked \"Ocean City 310\" and \"Made in U.S.A.\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePainted metal body, chromed steel bail and fittings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMid-century American sporting goods\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTo be confirmed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWell-loved working-wear condition. Significant honest paint loss to high points, dulling to chrome, and surface wear throughout, as photographed. Crank and bail present; sold as a display piece. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall objects with big texture are what make a styled shelf feel real, and this reel is pure texture — worn black enamel, silvered edges, the mechanical honesty of a thing built to work. Set it on a stack of vintage books in a study, hang it in a cabin entryway, or gift it to the angler who has everything new. It carries the whole romance of mid-century American fishing — the Saturday tackle box, the hardware-store counter, the Philadelphia factory floor — in an object that fits in one hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47816338571369,"sku":null,"price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/DSC01430.jpg?v=1784561138","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/ocean-city-no-310-spinning-reel-c-1950s-philadelphia-made-anglers-reel","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}