Chris-Craft 28' runabout, Algonac, MI., 1928

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, MI, Algonac
November 23, 1928
safety film, Kodak #14
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on November 23, 1928 at Algonac, Michigan. Advertisement job for Chris Smith & Sons Boat Company for magazines to feature the new models for the coming year. Image of a 28' Chris-Craft triple cockpit runabout with the first prototype windshield for the model year 1929 with cast vertical side vents (3000 series hull number). View of runabout underway away from the photographer who is most likely standing on an elevated dock so as to look down at the top of the vessel which shows off the cockpit and engine hatch covers and also makes the interior look spacious. Partial view of a sign on the right edge of the neg.. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "31464-F / 11/23/28 / Chris Smith Cruiser at Algonac". Handwritten: "Runabout / Box 2282". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.31464F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection