SCALE MODEL FREIGHTER 'EDMUND FITZGERALD' BY FINE ART MODELS. Case dimension: 12 x 67 x 11 inches (30.5 x 170.2 x 27.9 cm)...

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SCALE MODEL FREIGHTER 'EDMUND FITZGERALD' BY FINE ART MODELS
Case dimension: 12 x 67 x 11 inches (30.5 x 170.2 x 27.9 cm)
Superbly built and detailed metal 1.144 scale model of the doomed, mysterious freighter built in 1958 at 729 ft and 13,632 gross tons and active as the largest vessel on the Great Lakes for much of her career, before being lost with all 29 crew on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Presented in Plexiglas and wood display case.
Provenance: Christies 5/18/95. Museum acquisition 566-1995


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