your rod would be a ww2 fly / casting rod... the box is not balsa but ho wood (made from the wood of a certain magnolia tree)... it is the same wood used in saya making (wooden scabbard of a katana)... anyhow these rods were sold to soldiers and tourist durring ww2 till about 2 years after the war... the tiny mycro cameras were sold also durring that time which used a 17mm or 16.5mm roll film that took 8 black & white snapshots... when the pictures from these cameras were developed at the lab, they could be blown up to a whoping size of about 2 by 2inches... there are still mycro cameras that can be found but usually around 100$... also filter lenses, tripods, and cases were available for them... a complete set today cost around 1000$...