Description

Made in Chicago , a functioning decorative item with great rustic look .

History of the Hanson Scale Company, Part I: Sheet Metal Men

The original and titular “Hanson Brothers,” Marius and William, first arrived in the States in the late 1880s; both in their early 20s, but wise beyond their years. Marius, in particular, was a man of the world, having already worked as a marine engineer in Copenhagen and as a munitions factory machinist in St. Petersburg, Russia. According to his own grandson Stan B. Hanssen (as told in 2007’s Book of Scales), Marius left that gig with copies of actual Russian torpedo designs in hand. His attempts to covertly sell them elsewhere in Europe, however, met with failure, as the plans were deemed “obsolete.”

10" X 8" X 7"