Click on the image or link to learn more about the book. Will include dust jacket if it originally came with one. The 2020 decoy show has been canceled due to the covid19 virus. The seven chapters look at the distinct carving styles that came out of this region with the help of more than 400 photographs including more than 150 in color. Great book of wildfowl decoys 2000 america canada europe. Walter donaldson black duck in original paint as well as condition in wonderful form with delicate rasp work to the surface. I am thinning out my flock of decoys and this is a vintage bluebill hen decoy made by noted brockville, ontario carver ferman eyre18861969. The thousand islands museum hosts muskie hall of fame and vintage decoy displays including an entire room dedicated to sam denny. Decoys of the thousand islands books about antiques. The decoys were strategically placed along shore or floated on the water, near hides or near blinds where hunters waited. The thousand islands region covers the myriad small islands at the northeastern end of lake ontario between new york and ontario, along the upper st.
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The late walter donaldson 19141991, carved about 400 decoys mainly in the early 40s. By the 1870s sportsmen from the cities were coming to the river for duck hunting and they, too, needed decoys. Welcome to mallar decoys toller shed duck and bird antique. Buy decoys of the thousand islands by jim stewart, noel hudson editor, larry lunman online at alibris. This site showcases a wide array of listings at an array of pricing. Martin collection at the museum of american folk art in new york city, ny, usa. Decoys of the thousand islands by jim stewart goodreads. View all hotels near thousand islands museum on tripadvisor.
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