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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.
Campaign Hat Worn by Franklin Roosevelt
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Campaign Hat Worn by Franklin Roosevelt

Object numberMO 1947.84.48
Name Hat
Maker (Italian)
Dateca. 1932-1944
Mediumfelt, leather sweat band, silk lining, silk ribbon
Dimensionsoverall H 5 1/4 in x W 13 in x D 11 1/2 in (13.3 cm x 33 cm x 29.2 cm )

DescriptionA brown felt fedora with a brown grosgrain hat band. The interior is lined with cream-colored silk imprinted with the maker's mark for C. Sartoris. The lower section of the interior near the opening has a brown leather sweatband stitched around the circumference with the maker's mark for Borsalino stamped in gold, as well as the name of C. Sartoris once again, also in gold.
Label TextFranklin Roosevelt wore distinctive felt hats like this one during his four presidential campaigns. He wore this Italian-made felt hat during several of those campaigns. It is on display on a rotational basis in the 1932 ELECTION CAMPAIGN exhibit in the Museum’s THE PROMISE OF CHANGE gallery.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the FDR Library by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1947.
Credit LineGift of Eleanor Roosevelt
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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