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1886 Friendship, Maine - 1946 Friendship, Maine. Known for: Decoy carving of mergansers, animals and relief landscapes.
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George Raymond Huey by Celia Lash Briggs, published in Maine Antique Digest, in 2013. My father collects old postcards of our coastal town, Friendship, Maine. As his collection has grown, it has... Read full biography
George Raymond Huey by Celia Lash Briggs, published in Maine Antique Digest, in 2013. My father collects old postcards of our coastal town, Friendship, Maine. As his collection has grown, it has become increasingly difficult to find any that he doesn’t already have. For his 89th birthday, I bought... Read full biography
George Raymond Huey by Celia Lash Briggs, published in Maine Antique Digest, in 2013. My father collects old postcards of our coastal town, Friendship, Maine. As his collection has grown, it has become increasingly difficult to find any that he doesn’t already have. For his 89th birthday, I bought a card of a summer cottage—not an important scene but a new one to him. He opened it, thanked me, turned to its message side, and grinned. He handed it back and asked me to read it to him. It had been... Read full biography
George Raymond Huey by Celia Lash Briggs, published in Maine Antique Digest, in 2013. My father collects old postcards of our coastal town, Friendship, Maine. As his collection has grown, it has become increasingly difficult to find any that he doesn’t already have. For his 89th birthday, I bought a card of a summer cottage—not an important scene but a new one to him. He opened it, thanked me, turned to its message side, and grinned. He handed it back and asked me to read it to him. It had been written by George Huey, and Dad had recognized the script immediately. George Huey (1866*-1947), widely known in decoy circles for his carvings of mergansers, was a family friend to my grandparents. My dad, Robert Lash Jr., grew up with 12 siblings,... Read full biography
George Raymond Huey by Celia Lash Briggs, published in Maine Antique Digest, in 2013. My father collects old postcards of our coastal town, Friendship, Maine. As his collection has grown, it has become increasingly difficult to find any that he doesn’t already have. For his 89th birthday, I bought a card of a summer cottage—not an important scene but a new one to him. He opened it, thanked me, turned to its message side, and grinned. He handed it back and asked me to read it to him. It had been written by George Huey, and Dad had recognized the script immediately. George Huey (1866*-1947), widely known in decoy circles for his carvings of mergansers, was a family friend to my grandparents. My dad, Robert Lash Jr., grew up with 12 siblings, and setting another place at the table for George was a common occurrence in the Lash house. Dad tells that it seemed as though H... Read full biography
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George Raymond Huey by Celia Lash Briggs, published in Maine Antique Digest, in 2013.
My father collects old postcards of our coastal town, Friendship, Maine. As his collection has grown, it has become increasingly difficult to find any that he doesn’t already have. For his 89th birthday, I bought a card of a summer cottage—not an important scene but a new one to him. He opened it, thanked me, turned to its message side, and grinned. He handed it back and asked me to read it to him. It had been written by George Huey, and Dad had recognized the script immediately.
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