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Re: 110-A picture
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2017, 08:23:22 PM »
As it appears to be a Princess evidenced by pink, I would suggest that it would/should be a 100 AP.  Did they make a Princess that was not marked as AP or BP?

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Re: 110-A picture
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2017, 06:19:03 AM »
Al, yes I do think they did make the very first Princess model which was not marked as AP or BP. I posted pics of my 100-A Princess under the Princess board. Also, if you look at the reel pictures posted in the gallery, you can see Matt W. a few years back posted a picture also of a 100-A Princess that looks like mine except his is in better shape. From what I have seen in pictures and actual reels, I really think Johnson started selling Princess reels by making a Century 100-A all pink and putting the name  "Princess" on the front cover to get it out on the market. I don't think they did this for very long however.Then I think they they switched to putting the name on the side plate on AP models. I think maybe they kept the Princess name on the front cover also on the AP model at the start but quickly took it off and just left the front cover plain. While I have seen a few of these Princess 100-A reels come up on Ebay, they are few in number with the AP and BP models being more prevalent in the listings. I will post pictures of my AP and BP models on the Princess site in the near future.

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Re: 110-A picture
« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2019, 12:26:25 PM »
Has anyone ever figured which came first, the 110-A or 110A and what the production years were for the 110-A?


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Re: 110-A picture
« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2019, 01:17:41 PM »
I agree on both counts.  Good job.....isn't research fun?

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Re: 110-A picture
« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2019, 02:16:09 PM »
Gary,
In my humble opinion, I believe the 110-A was prior to the 110A. I have both a gray and black frame 110-A. In my pics you can see that both 110-A reels have a side clicker and block letters replicating how the 110 was designed. On the 110A, Johnson removed the side clicker and went to cursive lettering. That also appears to correlate with the changes on a 100 to 100-A to 100A which I have also include pics of. Don't know the years on the -A models but am guessing it was short lived. The oldest catalog I have seen is from 1959 and shows the 110A.
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Re: 110-A picture
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2019, 06:39:03 PM »
Thank you Chuck

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Re: 110-A picture
« Reply #21 on: August 25, 2020, 11:17:38 AM »
I picked this up a while back meaning to post it here. This could possibly help validate the production sequence? Nevertheless, it's a very cool vintage advertising piece!

 

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