Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks
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Postcard
This photo shows Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks in front of their estate Pickfair, which was located in Beverly Hills, California.
Celebrities
Pearl White
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Postcard
Pearl White stands in what appears to be a Carleton canoe in this postcard published by Pathé Frères Cinema, Ltd. The canoe has heart-shaped decks, closed gunwales, a carry thwart in the bow, and a tag consistent in appearance with that used by Carleton.
Joan Blondell
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Vintage Photographs
This photo was taken in 1937, around the time actress Joan Blondell was cast in the film The Perfect Specimen opposite Errol Flynn (see mo
Doris Weston
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Vintage Photographs
This photo of movie actress Doris Westonwas taken while she was filming Submarine D-1 in 1937.
Jeanette MacDonald
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Vintage Photographs
In this photo, actress and singer Jeanette MacDonald has apparently been sent adrift (without a paddle) in an Old Town Canoe Company Otca model can
George Lott and Georgia Coleman
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Vintage Photographs
“Jealous?—Who wouldn’t be of George Lott as the net ace canoes with pretty Georgia Coleman, diving champ, at Coral Gables, Fla.?” The capt
Jim Braddock
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Vintage Photographs
Jim Braddock (1905–1974) was the world heavyweight boxing champion 1935–1937. Here is shown paddling an Old Town canoe.
Red Skelton
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Vintage Photographs
Several captions accompany this 1942 photograph of Red Skelton in an Old Town Canoe:
The Whip Hand
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Vintage Photographs
Carla Balenda and Elliott Reid starred in the 1951 film The Whip Hand.
Rudy Vallee
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Vintage Photographs
Rudy Vallée poses in a Kennebec canoe at his camp on Kezar Lake, in Maine. The canoe appears to be Kennebec’s invisible sponson model.