Myron Nickerson
From Introduction
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From Introduction
Myron Nickerson, a former employee of J. Henry Rushton appears on the far right in this 1894 photograph.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
Dr. Arpad Gerster, a prominent New York surgeon, vacationed with his family in the Adirondacks during the 1890s. Here, Gerster portages a Rushton pack canoe at Camp Oteetiwi, Big Island, Raquette Lake.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
Leah and J. Henry Rushton around 1884.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
The Sairy Gamp on display at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
J. Henry Rushton listed the Nessmuk in his 1907 catalog under the heading, “Feather-Weight Canoes.”
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
The Wee Lassie canoe was made in 1893 by J. H. Rushton for William West Durant of Raquette Lake, New York.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
Frederic Remington illustration of a Rushton American Traveling Canoe.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
The Grasse River sweeps by the Rushton Boat Shop, the white building at back left, during a flood in 1885.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
This Rushton pack canoe, displayed at the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum, was one of many lightweight small boats he made for hunters and sportsmen.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
This craft was built ca. 1881–83 and is probably the oldest American-built decked sailing canoe in existence.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
A decked sailing canoe dated 1882–85 owned by the Adirondack Museum.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
The St. Lawrence Canoe Club tent at the ACA meeting on Grindstone Island in 1886. J. H. Rushton is the short, bearded man standing in the center; his wife Leah is seated next to him.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
In this photograph titled “The Canoe, The Cup and The Captor,” R. W. Gibson poses with the International Challenge Cup, which he won in the Rushton Vesper that he had designed, August 26, 1885.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
Rushton and his staff pose for a photograph outside the three-story boat shop in Canton, New York, ca. 1880s.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
Two Nomad decked sailing canoes under construction at the Rushton boat shop, ca. 1900.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
J. H. Rushton poses with his Stella Maris model canoe outside his new boat shop in 1882.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
A postcard advertising the J. H. Rushton canoe exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.
From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes
Workers at the Rushton Boat Shop in 1905. J. Henry Rushton stands at the lower left.
From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes
Planking is applied to a pair of Indian Girl canoes in the Rushton Boat Shop, early 20th century.
From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes
Rushton Indian Girl canoes in the sanding room, ca. 1908.