The Adirondack Boat Building Association or Company, was formed by T. Humboltz and W. A. Martin in 1885.
This metal stamp was apparently used for stamping a brass plaque or plate with the company name. It reads ADIRONDACK BOAT BUILDING CO. SARANAC LAKE. The handle is chisel type about 4 ½” long, the imprint is ¾” by 2”. From the mushrooming and chips on the chisel head as well as damage to the lettering, the stamp was used a great deal. Photo of the stamp courtesy of Mark Collier, Dancing Goat Farm in Vermontville, March 10, 2009.
Plattsburgh Sentinel, November 6, 1885
A new enterprise is organized at Saranac Lake under the name of the Adirondack Boat Building Association, the "Company" representing T. Humboltz" and W. A. Martin. A building has been erected for the purpose near W. F. Martin's hotel.
