100 year old fly box

When I was a kid I remember my dad had this really cool fly box but he never used any of the flies in it, and I always wondered why. I recently got back in to fly tying after many years hiatus and we were talking about old and new fly patterns and he mentioned this old box of his actually used to belong to his grandfather! As far as we know it’s been sitting untouched since he died in 1933. All the flies are still in their original compartments, frozen in time. He lived in the Philadelphia area and fished a lot in the Poconos and NE area of the USA.

I would love to know more about this particular fly box and manufacturer if anyone has info. Also, I thought it would be really fun to do a series where each day I open up a new compartment and post what’s inside. I would love to ID these patterns and talk about how things have changed, or not. I’ll start with just posting the box here and then do separate posts for each compartment I open. I hope you all enjoys this trip through fly history.