Hjalmer Ray: Fishing Reel Patent, Lanesville, Ma. (Gloucester) 1938
Lanesville resident Hjalmer Ray, first-generation Finn, filed this patent for a simple and durable fishing reel
Djahlmer Ray, first-generation Finnish who lived in Lanesville during the Great Depression, filed this patent for a fishing reel in 1938. His brief for the patent sums it all up: he wanted a reel that was cheap, durable and simple.
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