Boat Model, Adirondack Skiff
date: label: date made
content: 1876
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents an Adirondack skiff, or guide boat, which was commonly used on the lakes and streams in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. In the nineteenth century, these boats were a means of transportation for farmers and hunters in the mountains. In order to be carried between waterways in the Adirondack Mountains, these skiffs needed to be light, but also large enough to hold gear and a hunter’s game. Early Adirondack guide boats appeared in the 1820s, but were only fully developed as a discrete boat type by the 1870s. Although some skiffs were fitted with sails, this model does not have sails and appears to be for recreation rather than hunting or fishing. Usually 14-16 feet long, this model represents a skiff 22 feet long and 4 feet wide. The model was built in 1876 and given to the Smithsonian by Cornwall & Weston, boat builders of Alexandria Bay, New York.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Alexandria Bay
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cornwall & Weston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.25053
label: catalog number
content: 25053
label: accession number
content: 4633
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adirondack boat, rigged model
label: Object Name
content: adirondack boat, model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 in; 83.82 cm