In the day it seemed everyone smoked.  So, what better way to advertise than matchbook covers.  Unlike their competitors, Shakespeare retained all the marketing space for their products and company name.  Though certain vendor matchbooks are somewhat common, matchbooks from Shakespeare are scarce.

"The Shakespeare Pig" Minnow Trap Model #7700, so called due to its design, is both unique and desirable.   A marked deviation from earlier glass minnow traps, this trap incorporates the legs into the glass mold.  With a copper plated lid and handle, Shakespeare was proud of how the design permitted air to be removed when being placed into action.  They purposely designed the handle lugs to be lose so the mounting holes would act like air valves permitting the air to escape as the water flowed in from both ends of the trap.    "Marking on top reads “Shakespeare Kalamazoo Mich. USA Patent Pending”

First appearing around 1927, Anglin Jake was presented as Shakespeare's fishing friend passing along tidbits of fishing and fishing tackle information.  Speaking in text as if he was an old country boy, Anglin Jake was short lived not appearing after 1929 it seems.  Rare