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Dan Kidney Duck Boat
Manufactured by the Kidney & Son Boat Factory, DePere, Wisconsin
Cedar wood, canvas
beam 3 inches, length 14 feet, weight 100 pounds
Double action oars by F.A. Allan, Monmouth, Illinois, Patent December 1884 and 1888.
Illinois State Museum Collection (1990.66.1a-e)
Gift of the family of William W. Watson, Barry, Illinois.

Note the oars rowing mechanism to allow rowing forward or backward.

Photograph by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum.

<b>Dan Kidney Duck Boat</b><br>Manufactured by the Kidney & Son Boat Factory, DePere, Wisconsin<br>Cedar wood, canvas<br>beam 3 inches, length 14 feet, weight 100 pounds<br>Double action oars by F.A. Allan, Monmouth, Illinois, Patent December 1884 and 1888.<br>Illinois State Museum Collection (1990.66.1a-e)<br>Gift of the family of William W. Watson, Barry, Illinois.<p>Note the oars rowing mechanism to allow rowing forward or backward.
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