Dr. Arpad Gerster
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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.
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Leah and J. Henry Rushton around 1884.
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The Sairy Gamp on display at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York.
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J. Henry Rushton listed the Nessmuk in his 1907 catalog under the heading, “Feather-Weight Canoes.”
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The Wee Lassie canoe was made in 1893 by J. H. Rushton for William West Durant of Raquette Lake, New York.
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Frederic Remington illustration of a Rushton American Traveling Canoe.
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The Grasse River sweeps by the Rushton Boat Shop, the white building at back left, during a flood in 1885.
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This Rushton pack canoe, displayed at the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum, was one of many lightweight small boats he made for hunters and sportsmen.
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This craft was built ca. 1881–83 and is probably the oldest American-built decked sailing canoe in existence.
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A decked sailing canoe dated 1882–85 owned by the Adirondack Museum.