{"id":123,"date":"2023-10-29T19:45:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T19:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=123"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:33:46","slug":"vintage-cedar-float","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/?product=vintage-cedar-float","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Cedar Float"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These vintage floats were used in the 1920s and 1930s in Astoria&#8217;s salmon fishing industry.<\/p>\n<p>Each authentic float was used in the Columbia River and is made from old-growth cedar, which is no longer harvested.<\/p>\n<p>They were turned on a lathe and painted to mark a particular fisherman&#8217;s cork lines at the top of their gillnets in the water.<\/p>\n<p>The wood grain and age marks make each one unique.\u00a0 They have been cleaned of wax and old paint, and sanded.\u00a0 Each float includes a 6&#8243;\u00a0 top loop of cotton rope with an eye splice and frayed tail end.<\/p>\n<p>They are attractive when displayed in a basket, hanging on a doorknob or hook, on a mantle or bookshelf, or along a fence or patio railing.<\/p>\n<p>My grandfather, George Moskovita, was a commercial fisherman and we are pleased to share a token of our family&#8217;s fishing heritage with you at Forsythea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vintage Cedar Float<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-123","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-home-decor","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=123"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=123"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forsythea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}