Bowman
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Bowman Boats
Bowman Mfg. Co.
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Bowman Boats were made in Little Rock, Arkansas until March 16, 1957 when a catastrophic fire destroyed the manufacturing facilities. The company then re-located to Lake Providence, Louisiana. Bowman Boats first began in 1948 by H. A. McCune. He was president of the company also at the time of the fire.
Miami Marine Industries of Little Rock, Arkansas was an aluminum boat manufacturer and found listed as a division of Bowman Manufacturers, Inc. One model offered by this company was the "Alumni-Champ".
Geneva Marine Products was found listed as another subsidiary of Bowman Manufacturers, Inc. H.A. McCune was listed as president of Bowman, Pual H. Bowdle vice-president and sales director, T.G. Messel secretary and treasurer, Jim Cassil as another officer (The Standard Advertising Register, Vol. 43, 1958).
According to the brochures below, some fiberglass hulls were sourced from Goodyear Aircraft. The company stopped making boats after 1961.
Model Information
1955 Bowman models
1955 to 1957 Bowman models
1959 to 1961 Bowman models
1958 Model Information not available.
1955 Information
1955 Bowman Brochure, page 1
1955 Bowman Brochure, page 2
1955 Bowman Brochure, page 3
1955 Bowman Brochure, page 4
1955 Bowman Brochure, page 5
1957 Brochure
1957 Bowman Brochure, page 1
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1957 Bowman Brochure, page 25
1957 Pricelist
1957 Bowman Pricelist, page 1
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1957 Miscellaneous
1957 Bowman Ad
1957 Bowman Sarasota 16' Photo
1957 Bowman Boats Ad
1958 Information
1958 Bowman Mach 92 Ad
1958 Miami Marine Boats Ad
1958 Bowman Boats Article
1960 Information
1960 Bowman Brochure, p1
1960 Bowman Brochure, p2
1960 Bowman Brochure, p3
1960 Bowman Brochure, p4
1960 Bowman Brochure, p5
1960 Bowman Brochure, p6
1960 Bowman Distributor Packet, p1
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1960 Bowman Distributor Packet, p12
