This post is a short introduction to the coming article that Motor Boating originally published to get your attention. I added a few ads for the Evinrude Big Twins.
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Before you read the articles written by Hoag about the journey across America by water, I thought you would like to read a bit more about the Evinrudes that powered that trip! (Besides, I haven't finished transcribing
The Evinrude Motor Company, with as shrewd a bunch of ad campaigns as ever, even made use of the journey to promote the following year's model as they used information gathered on the trip to improve the motor.
The following is a 1924 article from Motor Boating.
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And here is a September ad really cashing in on the journey. (Larger image below.)
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