SEA WITCH Ship Model

Charles V. Nielsen and Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration1936

U.S. National Archives
United States

Miniature wooden ship model of the clipper ship SEA WITCH made by Charles V. Nielsen of Hasbrouch Heights, New Jersey. Contained in a glass case with plaster sea painted on the base. The original ship SEA WITCH was financed by Howland & Aspinwall. William Henry Aspinwall, part owner of the merchant company, was brother to Mary Aspinwall Roosevelt, FDR's paternal grandmother. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Museum Collection.

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Title: SEA WITCH Ship Model
Creator: Charles V. Nielsen, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
Date Created: 1936
Location Created: Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey
Medium: wood, paint, plaster, glass

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