Much has been written about Rushton's involvement in the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and the impact that this had on his business. I was surprised to find "The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, May 1st to October 30th, 1893" at https://books.google.com/books/download/?id=4bVIAAAAMAAJ which indicates that many other canoe builders and collectors had also participated including:
G. W. Batcheller of New Holstein, Wis. who displayed a white birch canoe,
Lieut. Geo. T. Emmons of the U. S. Navy from Sitka, Alaska who displayed a Tlingit canoe along with a red cedar haida canoe,
E. H. Gerrish, of Bangor, Maine who displayed canvas canoes and a boat,
Hunt & Stowe of Old Town, Maine who displayed birch and canvas canoes,
Thos. Kane & Co. of Chicago who displayed yachts, boats and canoes along with steam and electro-vapor launches,
B. N. Morris of Veazie, Maine who displayed boats and canoes along with boat equipment,
Rudolph Neumann, from Unalaska, Alaska who displayed a hatch bidarka (skin canoe) complete from the Aleutian Islands along with a birch bark canoe (outfit complete) and a double birch bark canoe (outfit complete),
George H. Wallace the Consul-General from Melbourne, Australia who displayed a bark canoe from Lake Tyers, Australia,
J. H. Rushton from Canton, N. Y. who displayed row and sail boats along with canoes and fittings for small boats,
The Wm. English Canoe Co. from Peterboro, Ont. who displayed canoes,
The Herald Bros. from Gore's Landing, Ont. who displayed canoes,
The Montreal Canoe & Boat Co. from Montreal who displayed canoes and boats,
Strickland & Co. from Lakefield, Ont. who displayed canoes and boats, as well as
Mrs. Louisa Fransway from Oldtown, Me. who displayed baskets, canoes, bows and arrows,
wooden tomahawks and knives, snow shoes and moccasins made by the Penobscot Indians.
There was also a fancy Rushton advertisement as shown below but he clearly was not alone.
Benson
G. W. Batcheller of New Holstein, Wis. who displayed a white birch canoe,
Lieut. Geo. T. Emmons of the U. S. Navy from Sitka, Alaska who displayed a Tlingit canoe along with a red cedar haida canoe,
E. H. Gerrish, of Bangor, Maine who displayed canvas canoes and a boat,
Hunt & Stowe of Old Town, Maine who displayed birch and canvas canoes,
Thos. Kane & Co. of Chicago who displayed yachts, boats and canoes along with steam and electro-vapor launches,
B. N. Morris of Veazie, Maine who displayed boats and canoes along with boat equipment,
Rudolph Neumann, from Unalaska, Alaska who displayed a hatch bidarka (skin canoe) complete from the Aleutian Islands along with a birch bark canoe (outfit complete) and a double birch bark canoe (outfit complete),
George H. Wallace the Consul-General from Melbourne, Australia who displayed a bark canoe from Lake Tyers, Australia,
J. H. Rushton from Canton, N. Y. who displayed row and sail boats along with canoes and fittings for small boats,
The Wm. English Canoe Co. from Peterboro, Ont. who displayed canoes,
The Herald Bros. from Gore's Landing, Ont. who displayed canoes,
The Montreal Canoe & Boat Co. from Montreal who displayed canoes and boats,
Strickland & Co. from Lakefield, Ont. who displayed canoes and boats, as well as
Mrs. Louisa Fransway from Oldtown, Me. who displayed baskets, canoes, bows and arrows,
wooden tomahawks and knives, snow shoes and moccasins made by the Penobscot Indians.
There was also a fancy Rushton advertisement as shown below but he clearly was not alone.
Benson
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