gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Apr 30, 2020 19:54:18 GMT
Here is one from the Detroit Boat Company, postmarked 1910 with a MSB perfin.  |
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gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Jun 22, 2020 19:11:31 GMT
Researching a newly acquired canoe manufacturer catalog, I realized I have this cover also. Dan  |
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Jerry B
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Post by Jerry B on Jun 23, 2020 10:21:17 GMT
Hi Dan
I thought the canoes in Maine were all built in Old Town. Didn't realize Veazie had a manufacturer also. Interesting.
Jerry B
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gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Feb 9, 2021 23:22:53 GMT
Here is another cover I just found amongst my catalog collection. This one is from the Peterborough Canoe Company in Peterborough, Ontario. The enclosed letter is dated May 5, 1936.  |
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gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Mar 5, 2021 1:01:08 GMT
Here is one from the Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company, who had factories in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and Cortland, New York. Obviously, this one was mailed from Cortland.  |
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gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Mar 22, 2022 22:23:23 GMT
A new acquisition, though not a cover per se. The Kennebec Canoe and Boat Company was founded in 1909, and built their first canoes and boats in December of that year. This postcard, mailed 18 months later, advertised their presence at a sportsman's show. The 1-cent McKinley card has a nice Waterville and flag cancel. Waterville is where the company was located. Addressed to The Forks, it was received there the next day, and apparently forwarded on to Mosquito, Maine.   |
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gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Jul 17, 2022 20:38:32 GMT
Here is one from 1964, mailed by Rilco Industries, who were the successors to the Lakefield Boat Company  |
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gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Apr 17, 2023 21:12:01 GMT
I received a couple more early canoe company catalogs in the mail today. Here is one of the covers that accompanied a 1901 Spalding St. Lawrence Boat Company catalog. Spalding St. Lawrence Boat Company was located in Ogdensburg, New York, and was the successor to the St. Lawrence River Skiff, Canoe and Steam Launch Company of Clayton, New York. The company was in business from 1895 to 1905, when it was bought and renamed the Leyare Boat Works.  |
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