Adirondack Guide Boats

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27-ATIS-junction

Date: 10/06/2006 Views: 70

Adirondack Guide Boats

New York Times, 11 July, 1908 - "The Adirondack guide boat, a craft especially adapted to the Adirondack lakes and streams, is a cranky boat and soon instills the mind of the unwary with a wholesome respect for itself. In the hands of an experienced oarsman it rides the water gracefully and easily, but to the beginner it is often for a time full of terrors..."
This photo album, for educational use only, includes historic, artwork, and contemporary pictures and prints presented in the order of historic photos (p. 1, 2); artwork and prints (p. 3, 4); action shots (rowing) (p. 4, 5, 6); static shots on the water (p. 6, 7); static shots off the water (p. 8, 9) and detail shots (p. 9, 10). Click on each picture to enlarge and receive more details.
I'm doing my best to add neat stuff, make corrections, provide sources, and give attribution whenever possible, but many gaps remain. If you have additional sources, information, corrections, or items to add, contact me and I'll be happy to include them.
Web references, unless otherwise noted, are http://www.
This week I've added a couple of historic items with unknown details. They are located at the end of the album
Enjoy!
JH Bahn
EastOfMidnight
jh.bahn@verizon.net

Date: 07/24/2007 Owner: JH Bahn Size: 171 items

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The Alpha: In the beginning ...

Canton: J.H. Rushton Boat Shop; Saranac Laker under construction; St. Lawrence County Historical Assn.; slcha@northnet.org

Date: 07/29/2007 Views: 420

4th Lake: Rocky Point Inn

Guides of Brown's Tract; date, photographer unknown; webbhistory.org/m3c.htm

Date: 06/06/2008 Views: 254

Paul Smiths Boat House

Seneca Ray Stoddard photo; date unknown; Owen D. Young Library Special Collections

Date: 07/24/2007 Views: 295

Old Forge Boat Shop

c.1911; shop; builders, source unknown

Date: 07/24/2007 Views: 287

Unknown Boat Shop

Location, date, source unknown

Date: 08/03/2007 Views: 273

Bloomingdale: E.G. Ricketson Boat Shop

c.1882; Elbridge Gerry Ricketson (right) and 5 employees.

Date: 12/09/2007 Views: 224

Saranac Lake: Hathaway Boat Shop

Carl B. Hathaway; date, source unknown

Date: 07/24/2007 Views: 284

Guide and Sport

The guide's on the left! Lapstrake construction on boat on the right? Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York?

Date: 07/24/2007 Views: 304

Augustus Shepard

Nice rowing attire! Details unknown

Date: 08/09/2008 Views: 185

Guide at Work

Rower's offset position counter balances the load. Guide boats are that trim sensitive! location, date; source unknown.

Date: 07/24/2007 Views: 303

Great Fishing, Great Boat!

Complements of Licensed Guide Ed Lockhart; lakegeorgenewyork.org

Date: 07/12/2008 Views: 191

Guide and Sport II

Location, date, photographer unknown; sometimes the sport helped steer in tight quarters

Date: 07/25/2008 Views: 193

Approaching Paul Smiths Hotel

Date, photographer unknown

Date: 02/16/2008 Views: 194

Saranac Lake

Date, photographer unknown.

Date: 11/21/2008 Views: 149

Blue Mt. Lake: Prospect House

1889; Seneca Ray Stoddard photo; Library of Congress; memory.loc.gov

Date: 07/24/2007 Views: 274

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