Caroline
Name/Title
"Caroline"Entry/Object ID
1994.021Description
1994.021 "Caroline" Boat Type: Canoe Builder: Plycraft Length: 16' Beam: 30" Date Built: 1946 The Plycraft Company in Montreal Canada used WWII technology to build canoes of molded plywood. The same technology was used in furniture and other domestics and came to be a defining aesthetic of the 1950s. The shape of this boat is that of a classic double-ended paddling canoe. The boat was restored by donor Brad Coolidge in the mid 1980s, including replacement of some of the hull material. Mr. Coolidge replaced the original painted canvas mats with the current neoprene mats, and added the mahogany slats to the seats to replace the lost caning. Break in the port gunwale has been covered over with fiberglass. EVS 03 Note: since the above was written, additional archival material from the Coolidge estate has been received and filed with the accession records. DJM 1/2011Collection
BoatsAcquisition
Accession
1994.021Source or Donor
Coolidge, William B.Made/Created
Manufacturer
PlycraftDate made
1945Place
Location
Montreal, CanadaNotes
Early Date: 1945 Propulsion: Paddle Engine: 0.000Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Exhibition NumberOther Number
PC31Dimensions
Width
34 inLength
192 inLocation
Gallery
*Pauline Morgan Dodge GalleryBuilding
*Small Craft BuildingDoebler Storage Facility - Rack U, West side, bottom