Robert Douglas, who created the Black Doug Tava in Martha’s vineyard and converted his Labrador-box mixing logo for a summer period, died on Wednesday at his family home on the island. He is 93 years old.
His son Jamie Douglas said the reason was prostate cancer.
Robert Douglas came to Martha’s vow after falling in love with his family in Massachusetts Island with his family in 9601 – and hoping that they finally took the ferry to the Mainland and would leave the summer visitors on the coast.
Mr. Douglas spent his first years on the island, a topsyl -square designing, called The Shenndoh, a fixture of the Vineyard Haven Waterfront. But later he concentrated on creating a restaurant, it is a thing that will be good and reliable on Harbor’s head, people can gather throughout the year and get a cup of Real New England Chauder.
His Labrador-Boxer Mix, Black Doug, Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel “Treasure Island” will be named as the pirate.
The Black Doug Tavron 1 was opened on New Year’s Eve in 1971 and the Black Dog’s state profile by Stephanie Flan will be included in this business in 1976, according to The Vineyard Gazette.
In the early sixties, the portrait of Black Dog was added to the dresses-color T-shirts, thick sweatshirts, stone washd hats, mugs and cookies tins, in front of Black Dog and stamped on the back of the year. Items became instant collectable for the visitors who wanted to take a part of their summer vacation with them.
Mr. Douglas 1 told The Vineyard Gazette in 1997, “The tail began to shake the dog.” It started as a restaurant and it turned into a dry product business. “
Robert Stuart Douglas was born on March 18, 1932, the couple from Grace Farwell Douglas and James H Douglas Jr in Chicago started renting a house in the West Chop section of the island in 1947.
Mr. Douglas’s father served as Secretary of the Air Force and President Duet Diezenhwar as the Defense of Defense Secretary.
Mr. Douglas graduated from North -Western University and was listed in the Air Force from 76 to 5. He lived at Bedford, Mass Hanscom Air Force Base, enabled him to reconnect with his love for New England.
In the summer of 905, he signed a sea of two ships of the 19th century and again to travel as a sea on top of HMS Bounty, which was created for remake “Revolt” by Marlon Brando. He traveled from the Panama Canal to Nova Scia throughout the Pacific Ocean, where he worked as a sailor in the film for three months.
However, he always wanted a ship of himself. Mr. Douglas designed shenodoh on a basic 1850 design as a Marine Architect and launched the Vineyard Haven Harbor on 644. Mr. Douglas has been the captain of the ship for more than 50 years, learn how adults can be decades and metals for cruise and schoolchildren.
Young people “only great sponges, they can’t get enough,” he told The Vineyard Gazette in the 21st. “Everything is new and interesting. I supply the platform, a separate lifestyle, which they are ever completely different from experience” “
Alabama, another square, joined his fleet in 66767.
In 19701, he married Mr. Douglas, a surviving sailor, Charlene Lapoint. His four sons – Robert Jr., Jamie, Morgan and Brook – are also alive. Family business was in the family business at various points, including working at retail shops, skipping ships and operating the black dog apparel business.
He was familiar with Mr. Douglas, or Captain Douglas in the vineyard, defining his legacy by his commitment to marine history. He equipped this chevar with the quality nautical pieces of the museum collected for years with the 17th and 18th century boat models.
However, it was the image of Mut, a rescue, which turned into a calling card for Martha’s vineyard and was proof of a summer club membership.
In the late sixties, the mail-order business has cataloted the business, sending clothing pages to more than 200,000 customers. The company got an enthusiasm at Rolling Stone in the 5th, when it was a photo of three women in the long-built black dog cap in the magazine, cement the cool status of the brand.
Bill Clinton, a visitor to the island, was frequently photographed in Black Dog Gear while becoming his president. The purchase of his two T-shirts, a hat and a sundress from Black Dog came under investigation during his investigation.
Black Doug, The Lab-Mix who started it, died in 1983, but Mr. Douglas had other rescue dogs all his life, recently Jack Russell Terrears.