Motorboating collection : of Robert G. Speltz, 1916-1992.

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Motorboating collection : of Robert G. Speltz, 1916-1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30820801

The collection contains an assortment of original motorboating company catalogs (ranging from the 1930s to the 1980s), photographs, magazines, news clippings, historical notes, and photocopied pieces of sales literature that document the histories of sixty-three American and Canadian boatbuilding companies. A substantial portion of the collection contains information on Chris-Craft Industries and the Century Boat Company. Literature from other important boat companies includes Gar Wood Industries, Hacker Boat Company, Higgins Industries, Horace E. Dodge Boat & Plane Corporation, and Owens Yacht Company.

5 cubic ft.

The Mariners' Museum Library

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The Mariners' Museum Library

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Chris-Craft Industries

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Chris-Craft Industries, founded by Christopher Columbus Smith, was a leader in producing powered pleasure boats. From the description of Records : of Chris-Craft Industries, 1922-1980. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30470639 ...

Century Boat Company

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Owens Yacht Company.

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Horace E. Dodge Boat & Plane Corporation.

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Speltz, Robert G., 1943-1993,

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Speltz was a compiler of antique motorboating history and literature, and the author of The real runabouts, a six-volume history of antique motorboats. From the description of Motorboating collection : of Robert G. Speltz, 1916-1992. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30820801 ...

Higgins Industries

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Gar Wood Industries.

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Hacker Boat Company.

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