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Revision as of 19:41, 18 May 2014
Wagemaker Company (Changed from Wagemaker Co., Ltd. in 1906)
The Wagemaker Company was a boat building firm in Grand Rapids, Kent County,
beginning in 1899 as a manufacturer of wooden flat-top and roll-top desks,
filing cabinets, filing supplies and other specialty cabinet work. The
company's boat product line emerged out of its furniture-building business
by the early 1950s. It was especially well-known for its molded plywood
hulls.
The company's shop was located at 566 Market Avenue, S.W. in Grand Rapids.
Officers of the firm in 1953 consisted of R. O. Wagemaker, president and
general sales manager; L. A. Wagemaker, vice-president, treasurer and
purchasing agent; J. H. Bushnell, secretary; and J. Van Domelen, treasurer.
The company became one of the larger boat manufacturers in the state by
1955, employing 98 males and 30 females.
In the late 1950s it became involved with US Molded Shapes, makers of
molded plywood hulls. This company, along with Cadillac Marine & Boat Co. is listed as a subsidiary by 1963.
In 1960, management of the firm consisted of R. O. Wagemaker, Sr., president
and general manager; O. I. Wagemaker, Sr., vice-president; Jane Van Domelen,
secretary; Robert Moore, treasurer and purchasing agent and Kenneth Urick,
sales manager. The company employed between 50-250 males and 20-40 females.
The company also had a plant in Cadillac, Wexford County, in 1960, which
produced boats and plastic products.
The company went out of business in 1960.
[see Bob Speltz account in "The Real Runabouts"]
Sources:
Michigan State Archives, RG 61-11, Abstracts of Reports of Corporations, Lot
3, Vol. 4 (1903-1909). p. 690.
Michigan State Archives, RG 61-11, Abstracts of Reports of Corporations, Lot
3, Vol. 5 (1910-1914.) p. 690.
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan
Manufacturers--1940, No. 2, March, 1940 (Detroit: Manufacturer Publishing
Co., 1940.) p. 375.
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan
Manufacturers--1944, No. 3, June, 1944 (Detroit: Manufacturer Publishing
Co., 1944.) p. 416.
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan
Manufacturers, 1946 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1946.) pp.
34, 280.
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan
Manufacturers, 1950-1951 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1950.)
p. 11--classified products section.
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan
Manufacturers, 1953 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1952.) p.
296--classified products section. p. 163-geographic section.
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan
Manufacturers, 1955 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1954.) p.
365--classified products section. p. 188-geographic section.
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan
Manufacturers, 1957 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1956.) p.
390--classified products section. p. 205-geographic section.
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan
Manufacturers, 1959 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1958.) p.
402--classified products section.
Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Directory of Michigan
Manufacturers, 1960 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1960.) p.
410--classified products section. pp. 193, 336-geographic section.
Carron, Christian G. Grand Rapids Furniture: The Story of America's
Furniture City (Grand Rapids, MI: The Public Museum of Grand Rapids,
1998.) p. 224.
Model Information
1957 to 1960, 1962 Wagemaker models
1960 Wagemaker Empire models
1961 Wagemaker models
1957 Information:
1957 Wagemaker Wolverine ad
1958 Information:
1958 Wagemaker Wolverine Runabout test
1958 Wagemaker Catalina ad
1958 Wagemaker Molded Ply-Lap Catalina ad
1959 Information:
1959(?) Brochure, page 1
1959(?) Brochure, page 2
1959(?) Brochure, page 3
1959(?) Brochure, page 4
1959 Wagemaker Ad
1960 Information:
1960 Wagemaker Ad
1960 Wagemaker Ad
195? Information:
195? Misc
195? Misc
