Chris-Craft 28' runabout, 1928

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, MI, Algonac
November 23, 1928
safety film, Kodak #114
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). Image of the vessel underway, port bow view with just a driver at the wheel. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "31476-F / 11/23/28 / Chris Smith Cruiser at Algonac". Handwritten: "Runabout / Box 2283". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.31476F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection