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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.
Tortoise Feet Bookends
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Tortoise Feet Bookends

Object numberMO 1941.12.12
Name Bookend
Maker (American, 1883 - 1969)
Date1941
Mediumtortoise feet, wood, metal
Dimensionsoverall (each) H 9 1/4 in x W 6 1/2 in x D 7 5/8 in (23.5 cm x 16.5 cm x 19.4 cm )
DescriptionA pair of bookends featuring the real feet of a Galápagos giant tortoise. Each bookend consists of a tortoise foot mounted on a wood base on an L-shaped piece of textured brown wood. Each foot is capped at the top with a round piece of textured wood to which is attached a metal plaque bearing an engraved inscription that reads: TO / FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT / PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES / FROM LIEUTENANT CARLOS GORDON / COMMANDING ECUADOREAN GARRISON / VILLAMIL, ALBEMARLE ISLAND / GALAPAGOS MARCH 1941. The bottom of each bookend is lined with brown felt, and on the underside of one bookend is a small gold and black metal maker's plaque: JAMES L. CLARK / NEW YORK.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated as a bequest of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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