I checked the cache on the page to which that link directs you and it
says it is a snapshot of the page as of June 23, 2015, but the "Duke
Ducote" link in the cached image is dead.
I found a 1985 newspaper article about someone's collection of nautical
memorabilia, in which it said, "An artist friend, Duke Ducote of Kansas
City, Kan., carved the 'salty' sea captain that stands nearby..."
Likely way more than you wanted to know, but... -- The earliest
reference I found to the Eastern Isles Importing Company is a 1917 ad in
THIS Corset and Underwear Review. -- The 1920 Underwear & Hosiery
Review, Vol. 3 reported the trademark grant(s) ...
