Revision history

September 13, 2026 — Anton’s inventions and manufacturing history

Revised the homepage and historical narrative around Anton J. Lauby’s engineering, patented mechanisms, commercial lure range, and manufacturing methods. Added source notes from the reviewed Slusar book excerpts and Sanders article; incorporated the 1939 Lauby and 1941 Bates catalog reproductions; clarified the extent of the patent record and differences between published accounts.

Updated object notes, portrait identification, bibliography, search descriptions, and collection data. Released edition 2 as the current downloadable text; edition 1 is retired.

September 11, 2026 · Archive edition 1

• Added a physical-object recording standard and a three-model recording sheet.
• Added archive privacy, corrections and reuse guidance.
• Recorded two NFLCC bibliographic leads without claiming to have reviewed the articles.
• Published a dated downloadable edition with a file-integrity manifest.

September 11, 2026 · Reference update

Added provenance notes and suggested citations to nine records, identification and Wisconsin history guides, consistent preferred URLs and structured metadata. Established Google and Bing webmaster verification.

September 11, 2026 · Site launch

Reorganized the website around photographs, documents and a dated history. Older source pages remain identified as legacy material; their assertions are not automatically treated as verified evidence.