Have A Seat At The Chris Craft Table
I think the Brass plaque was added later
Thanks to Bob Kays we have a fun little snack of history. A Chris Craft plant table. No, not a table for plants, But the factory. Okay, wait, if I said factory table you would have thought it was a factory table, not a table at the factory. Which by the way should NOT be confused with the Spaghetti Factory a Restaurant chain, which was something completely different. In fact I doubt Spaghetti was ever eaten at this table? Maybe called macaroni, Metal lunch boxes and some sandwiches, left overs from dinner. Bean Sandwiches were a thing in the 1930’s. Mixed with a pile of saw dust. Okay, sorry, went on a tangent and rabbit hole into meals of the 1930’s.
Have a seat
Book was also not at the factory, added later
Here is the deep research on the table from Bob. Give that man a PHD…
“ABOUT THE TABLE- The table was given to Jackie Loughridge, The table belonged to Don MacKerer’s of Chris Craft fame. His daughter gave it to Jackie. Very heavy table!! It was used as a lunch table at the factory.”
Is this oak? Yikes
I smell a project coming at HQ
X marks the spot
Thats it. I think Dr Bob…….. needs to work on his dissertation a little more. All kidding aside, how much fun is this. And opens up where we all our in the history timeline. We are the caretakers of times treasures. These are little details of the human side of the industrial revolution. Clearly made at the Factory…plant. OH, god not this again. UGH, just sit back and bask in the Macaroni and bean sandwich’s.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the setting. Knotty pine walls, and pure summer cottage. Okay the TV wall thing kinda takes me out of the moment
Bob sure does come up with some cool stuff!
PS: Does he still make calendars?
For those who want to see some Troy posting about a picnic table.
I think this is the image that lead to “Reg Out”! (No offense intended)
He does not unfortunately. Printing & shipping costs got too high.
Nobody does a classic boat calendar any more. I had to switch to a classic motorcycle calendar in my office this year!
That’s pretty cool!
Definitely craftsman style (like Stickley furniture). Imagine eating your pasty for lunch at that table. Think of the conversations that table has absorbed over the years.
Very cool. If that table could talk.
I am sure it word burp alot
It’s amazing after how all these years there is no twisting in the planks and the gaps look perfect.
Those have to be 14 inch wide planks on the seats! That would be an extremely expensive lunch table now.
What a cool table, with a great story. I like Troys Canadian version. However I think we sh0uld “Table” this discussion.
very cool, another piece of chris craft history I’ve never seen before.
BTW, has anyone ever found a Chris Smith duck decoy?