F. Schoonover - Unknown Title
Paddle Closeup
The short, angular shoulders of the blade with the relative straight sides in the part visible above the waterline, seem similar to Cree style paddles. In particular, check out the screenshots from Cree Hunters of the Mistassini - the blade profile looks similar to Sam Blacksmith's green painted paddle. The elongated roll grip is also reminiscent of antique Cree Paddle posted on the Cherry Gallery site a while back.
Sept 2015 Update: Found the same image accompanying a fiction piece entitled "His Quest and the End of It" by Gerald Chittenden in Scribner's Magazine Vol XLVIII July 1910
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Just made a paddle based on this design and tried it out on my local river works well if there's two paddling but doesn't have the blade width to give a good rudder for a single paddler to keep an easy straight line.
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