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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Captain John Hansen
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Captain John Hansen

German, born 1872
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Place of BirthSchleswig-Holstein, Germany
Lifelong German seaman, once captain of a German Yacht Club. Moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, and began making ship models. See article: "The Lincoln Star" from Lincoln, Nebraska, September 11, 1932, Page 27.