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Vintage Jason Binoculars

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375 Ft. at 1000 Yards
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Lot # 049
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Vintage Jason Commander Binoculars Model 136 Fully Coated Optics, Action Tested with Case. 

The Jason binoculars company got its start in 1947 when Jake Levin and his son Dick began importing binoculars from France. Demonstrating a diversity of interests, their imports also included pearls and cigarettes from the Orient. Their early optics customers included jewelry stores along with then popular catalog showrooms. Although they started out as "Jake and Son," the name was soon shortened and formalized to "Jason" with headquarters offices in Kansas City, Missouri. Empire, which evolved as part of the firm's name, was a brand of products sold by the firm in its early years. Dick was the one whose vision promoted their binoculars and telescopes into a competitive force in the United States market for sports optics. The Minneapolis, Minnesota, based Carson Companies, Inc., saw a future for Jason binoculars and bought Jason/Empire in 1977, although the Jason headquarters remained in Kansas City. Three years later, in 1995, the Sport Optics Division was bought up by Worldwide Sports and Recreation, Inc., a leading producer of sporting goods which gave an extension on life to Jason binoculars. Since then, the Bushnell company has been bought again and the Jason brand name is no longer used with new Bushnell products.