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Monday, March 15, 2010

DODGE BOATS

Horace Elgin Dodge, Jr.'s father and uncle were stockholders in the Ford Motor Company and founders of the Dodge Automobile Company. Horace Jr. however had a passion for boats and power boat racing. The Horace E. Dodge Boat and Plane Corporation was started in Detroit in 1925. In 1929, a plant was opened in Newport News, Virginia where "gentlemen's runabouts" were built of mahogany and powered by Lycoming Marine engines with the Dodge trademark "flying lady" affixed to the bow. There were plans to build seaplanes too but they fell with the stock market. Boats such as the one depicted in this adaptation from a 1930 advertisement were tough to sell during the Great Depression so the Newport News plant was abandoned until WWII when it was put into use building PT boats. Dodge, who once had a fortune valued at $63 million, was broke by the time he died in 1963. 
Print # P05A: 8x10" image on 8.5x11" canvas unframed $16.90
Print # P05B: 11x14" image on 11x17" canvas unframed $26.90
Print # P05C: 16x20" image on 17x22" canvas unframed $41.90
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