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Roamer, Before Chris-Craft
Get PDFRoamer, Before Chris-Craft is an article concerning the history of the Roamer Boat Company (1946-1955) of Holland, Michigan, its acquisition by the Chris-Craft Corporation in 1955 to become the Roamer Steel Boats Division of Chris-Craft. The Robert Linn family is also featured as the founders of the company
[Photograph of Launching of Chris Craft Boat]
No full textPhotograph of three men riding in a boat labeled, "Chris Craft". The names of the men, left to right, are Newman, Powell, and W.H. Wright
Bobalou , a 42-foot Chris Craft Commander
No full textBobalou was a 42-foot Chris Craft Commander, built in 1956, and purchased in 1962 by Brownhill. He brought it to Houston Yacht Club in 1972
Three uniformed men on Chris-Craft boat
No full textThree uniformed men on Chris-Craft boat during Fort Worth Boat Club and Houston Yacht Club races at Eagle Mountain Lake, 06/27/1936https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1930s/3066/thumbnail.jp
Chris-craft Constellation Boat, Good Grief, on Tampa Bay, K
No full textThe Good Grief, a Chris-Craft Constellation boat, moving through Tampa Bay, featuring a wooden transom and radar equipment mounted on the roof.https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gandy/3210/thumbnail.jp
Chris-craft Constellation Boat, Good Grief, on Tampa Bay, I
No full textThe Good Grief, a Chris-Craft Constellation boat, moving through Tampa Bay, featuring a wooden transom and radar equipment mounted on the roof.https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gandy/3208/thumbnail.jp
Chris-craft Constellation Boat, Good Grief, on Tampa Bay, J
No full textThe Good Grief, a Chris-Craft Constellation boat, moving through Tampa Bay, featuring a wooden transom and radar equipment mounted on the roof.https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gandy/3209/thumbnail.jp
From Craft to Industry: The Boat Builders of Holland (Chris Craft Corporation 1939-1989 Picture 1)
No full textChris-Craft Corporation (1939-1989): While in Holland, the company helped produce military landing craft that were used at Normandy as well as thousands of Chris-Craft cruisers for a boat-hungry, post-war public.
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Landing Craft Advertisement, Chris-Craft Corporation (top) Joint Archives of Holland
Advertisement f or George E. Clark from the Michigan State Gazeteer, 1897 (middle) Joint Archives of Holland
North Star Marine Construction Company Brochure, 1929 (bottom) Joint Archives of Holland
From Craft to Industry: The Boat Builders of Holland was an exhibition at the Holland Museum on display from June 14, 2013 through December 30, 2013. Materials for the exhibit were used from both the Joint Archives of Holland and Holland Museum.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/boat_builders/1032/thumbnail.jp
Four Chris Craft boats racing near the Houston Yacht Club judges stand
No full textAngelina, in the foreground was owned by member and Chris Craft dealer Willis Goodman. The second boat is H.J. Schott's Butterkrust
Keep \u27Em Fighting: Chris-Craft\u27s Contribution to WWII
Get PDFOn June 6, 1944, Allied forces clamored over the sides of large troop ships into 4126 landing craft, many of those LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), and prepared to storm several beaches of northern France in Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day. Preparation for this day started in the early 1942 as companies throughout the United States converted their factories from peacetime to wartime production. In Michigan, all three Chris-Craft Corporation plants quickly converted from pleasure boat building to building boats for the war effort full time. Together, the three plants would become part of the America’s arsenal of democracy from 1941-1945 producing more than 12,000 landing craft for D-Day and other invasions
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