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[[File:2005.058.0001%20bldr%20plate.jpg|right|]][[File:2005.058.0001%20bldr%20plate.jpg|right|thumb||A guideboat built by William Vassar of Bloomingdale between 1900 and 1910<br>|L: 15' 1 1/2" B: 39" Weight: 64 lbs<br>|This boat is in the collection of the [[https://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/A82EC483-FF06-466A-AAAB-993446454013#gallery-3|Adirondack Experience ]]<br>|"This guideboat demonstrates all of the construction characteristics typical of a William Vassar built guideboat including a full supporting piece under his well- known strip deck models, his characteristic "half-moon" stem posts; and his stern, pointed up at the middle of the 5th strake scribe rib, with ledge, (to support the stern seat cleat). Vasser built 100+ guideboats."<br>|Used with permission]]'''Born''': February 1866
[[File:2005.058.0001%20bldr%20plate.jpg|right|thumb||A guideboat built by William Vassar of Bloomingdale between 1900 and 1910<br>|L: 15' 1 1/2" B: 39" Weight: 64 lbs<br>|This boat is in the collection of the [[https://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/A82EC483-FF06-466A-AAAB-993446454013#gallery-3|Adirondack Experience ]]<br>|"This guideboat demonstrates all of the construction characteristics typical of a William Vassar built guideboat including a full supporting piece under his well- known strip deck models, his characteristic "half-moon" stem posts; and his stern, pointed up at the middle of the 5th strake scribe rib, with ledge, (to support the stern seat cleat). Vasser built 100+ guideboats."<br>|Used with permission]]'''Born''': February 1866


'''Died''': September 8, 1951
'''Died''': September 8, 1951

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Used with permission

Born: February 1866

Died: September 8, 1951

Married:'[Vassar ]

Children: William Walter Vassar, Jr., Jessie Jane Vassar Brown

William Walter Vassar, Sr.  was a guide boat builder in Bloomingdale.