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Dollar Line - A beautiful custom-built model of the PRESIDENT HOOVER of 1931 in 1:300th scale.
The model is 24" long and well-detailed with rigging, lifeboats, masts, deck machinery, railings, and even windows and doors inside the Promenade Deck.
The skilled builder was C. Leslie Oursler (1913-1987), a Maryland native who became a maritime artist after retiring from a career in the shipping industry. Oursler's paintings of Chesapeake Bay steamers are prized in museums. But his models are far rarer.
The PRESIDENT HOOVER is crafted out of balsa wood, thread, and Oursler's steady hand for sketching in windows, doors, and skylights. According to his friend Jack Shaum, the lifeboats and a few bits of deck machinery were the only pieces purchased while the rest was made by Oursler.
On December 11, 1937, while taking a new route between Yokohama and Manila because of the war in Shanghai, the PRESIDENT HOOVER ran aground off Hoishoto Island, a tiny volcanic outcropping. Passengers were landed on the island and then eventually saved. Despite efforts to salvage her, the PRESIDENT HOOVER cracked amidships and had to be dismantled on site.
Excellent condition.
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