Veazie Catalogue ca 1910

[Scott Rowe]

Found this Veazie Canoe Company ca 1910 catalogue online. Click on the link where you can download the pdf file.



http://www.mainememory.net/artifact/36183/

I always wondered about the splayed stem deal and in the catalogue they explain it; "Stems are of selected material,
steam bent to mould, and spreading on the inside to get the strong support of the ribs. Our method of attaching the ribs
to the stems is a decided improvement over the usual method, and is a feature that renders the canoe more rigid, and capable
of withstanding the hardest kind of usage."

 

[Dan Miller]

They didn't mention anything about hogging...?

 

[Scott Rowe]

Marketing....blah blah blah and then this; 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 ..."

 

[Kathryn Klos]

This appears to be the same catalog that is part of the collection on Historic Wood Canoe and Boat Company Catalog Collection CDs available from http://www.wcha.org/catalog/ and http://www.dragonflycanoe.com/cdrom.htm on the web. It previously wasn't available on line, but the museum said they had "a canoe catalog" and Denis Kallery decided to check it out when he was in Maine a few years back. Denis got permission for it to be scanned for us (the WCHA). We didn't see a date on the catalog but felt it similar to the Morris "undated" catalogs.

The Veazie canoe is essentially Morris's second grade canoe, although it could be built all-mahogany. It was factory-direct and Morris could make a bit more off each canoe... and could say all BN Morris canoes were "first grade", yet offer a less expensive option.

The earlier Veazies had the "keyhole deck"... which is the Morris curved deck with an extra bit cut out of the center. The later Veazies have the curved deck, the same as the other Morris canoes.

 

[Scott Rowe]

This appears to be the same catalog that is part of the collection on Historic Wood Canoe and Boat Company Catalog Collection CDs available from http://www.wcha.org/catalog/ and http://www.dragonflycanoe.com/cdrom.htm on the web. It previously wasn't available on line, but the museum said they had "a canoe catalog" and Denis Kallery decided to check it out when he was in Maine a few years back. Denis got permission for it to be scanned for us (the WCHA). We didn't see a date on the catalog but felt it similar to the Morris "undated" catalogs.

The Veazie canoe is essentially Morris's second grade canoe, although it could be built all-mahogany. It was factory-direct and Morris could make a bit more off each canoe... and could say all BN Morris canoes were "first grade", yet offer a less expensive option.

The earlier Veazies had the "keyhole deck"... which is the Morris curved deck with an extra bit cut out of the center. The later Veazies have the curved deck, the same as the other Morris canoes.

The museum lists it as "ca 1900" but on one of the first pages in pencil is written "appr 1910".

Noticed "L" bolts on their carrying yoke option too.