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The catalog for the Veazie Canoe Company details the construction methods and purchase options for the canoes.
B. N. Morris started building canoes in the mid 1880s in Veazie. His shop quickly grew into a large manufacturing plant with over 75 employees.
The catalog states, "Our object is to produce a canoe that will meet the requirements of the most exacting canoeist for an all-round canoe, and a canoe that is first class in every respect; the equal if not superior to any canoe on the market today, at a price within the reach of anyone desirous of owning a canoe ..."
After a fire destroyed the company in 1920, Morris continued to build and develop canoe designs for the Old Town Canoe Company.
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About This Item
- Title: Veazie Canoe Company catalog, Bangor, ca. 1900
- Creator: Thomas W. Burr Printing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 14 cm x 20 cm
- Local Code: Pamphlet 184
- Object Type: Text and Image
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