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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D24144-3
Date(s)
- 1946-10-18 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Marine Research. A motor boat afloat at a dock. The craft has in inboard motor, a small windshield and three rows of seats. The boat is made of plywood. Plywood boats were found to be light and durable. Marine Research also well known as the manufacturer of 16 foot laminated inboard boats of one-piece keel, stem and shaft logs as well as a line of specially developed utiliyt trailers. Headed by M.G. Gunther, Marine Research also produced 18 foot commercial skiffs for tuna clippers. (T.Times, 12/25/1946, p.12)
Boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Marine Research Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;