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D72035-1
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- 1953-01-05 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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This 31-foot Chris-Craft wood boat was being assembled at Tacoma Boat Mart in January of 1953. After World War II, Chris-Craft began selling boats in kits which could be easily put together. An unidentified Tacoma Boat Mart employee is examining the plywood hull of the boat. To keep the cost of their kits down, Chris-Craft introduced a new boat building material into their kits - plywood. Tacoma Boat Mart, located on Ruston Way, was a boat service plant which had opened in 1938. The Chris-Craft Kit Boat Division was in business from 1950 to 1958. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boats--Tacoma; Tacoma Boat Mart (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);