Eclipse


The canoe portrayed on this die-cut tobacco collector's card is the Eclipse, which was owned and sailed by M. V. Brokaw in the 1880s.
The canoe portrayed on this die-cut tobacco collector's card is the Eclipse, which was owned and sailed by M. V. Brokaw in the 1880s.
This tobacco collector's card features an earlier American Canoe Association decked sailing canoe, along with the ACA burgee.
Sailing Canoes: A Brief History Together with an Outline of Types, Classes, Designs, Specifications and Rules. Published under the auspices of the American Canoe Association. 1935.
Writing on the back of this photograph identifies the canoe sailor as Austin Metze, a member of the Knickerbocker Canoe Club.
The scene portrayed on this postcard is the American Canoe Association's annual encampment. The boats in the scene are primarily St. Lawrence River skiffs filled with spectators to see the canoe races.