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Published portrait · date unknown

Anton J. Lauby

A reproduced portrait of Anton Lauby holding a spoon-shaped lure.

Published identification: The portrait is identified as Anton J. Lauby in Slusar, p. 365, and Sanders & Sanders, p. 24. Slusar’s caption credits Don and Cheryl Wood and identifies the lure as a lake-trout-size Wonder Spoon.
Visible evidence: The image shows a seated man holding a large spoon-shaped lure. A border and printed material are visible around the portrait.

Still to be establishedThe photographer and original capture date remain unrecorded. Publication identification does not establish those details.

Sources & record notes

Photographic or documentary record LLA-REC-0001 · Reviewed September 2026. Record identifiers describe the material shown here; they are not accession numbers for authenticated physical objects.

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Provenance

The portrait is retained from the earlier Lauby Lures website. Matching reproductions appear in Sanders & Sanders (1999), p. 24, and Slusar, p. 365; Slusar credits Don and Cheryl Wood. The original photographer and capture date remain unknown.

Cite this record

Lauby Lures. “Anton J. Lauby.” Record LLA-REC-0001. Updated September 13, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/anton-lauby. Accessed [your access date].

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

A portrait of the inventor

This image appears in the 1999 article and on p. 365 of Slusar’s history. The latter identifies the large lure as a lake-trout-size Wonder Spoon and credits Don and Cheryl Wood for the photograph. The original capture date is not supplied.

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