Answer: Two Mistakes in the Old Tackle Shop

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Two modern packaging details do not fit this 1950s bait-and-tackle shop.

Answer: Two Mistakes in the Old Tackle Shop

The Answer

The correct answer is: the clear molded blister pack and the self-locking plastic cable tie.

Here is why

  1. One lure on the right pegboard is sealed inside a rigid clear molded blister pack.
  2. The tan fishing-line bundle at lower right is cinched by a white self-locking plastic cable tie.

Why people miss it

Both clues sit among convincing old lure boxes, cork floats, cane poles, and metal pails, so the modern plastics do not immediately stand out.

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