Skip to main content
Sammlungsmenü
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Roosevelt Socks
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Roosevelt Socks

Object numberMO 1941.10.40
Name Sock
Maker (American, founded 1876)
Dateca. 1933-1941
MediumTextile (cotton, rayon), Paper (cardstock)
Dimensionsoverall H 20 1/2 in x W 7 1/2 in (52.1 cm x 19.1 cm )
DescriptionA pair of unused, light brown cotton socks with "ROOSEVELT" woven vertically into the legs. The socks have a dark brown cuff, heel, toe. Thin horizontal bands of red and blue are just under the cuff. The maker's name is in red on the bottom of the arch: Coopers / MERCERIZED LISLE COTTON / AND RAYON. A black and gold sticker on the toe of one sock reads: Coppers / Quality / 11½.

The two socks are attached together at the cuffs with a black, red, and white cardstock tag. One side of the tag reads: Coopers / MAKERS / OF THE FAMOUS / Jockey / UNDERWEAR / UNDERWEAR / HOISERY / KENOSHA / WIS. The other side of the tag reads: Coopers / HOSE / for / MEN / MADE IN U.S.A. / KENOSHA / WIS.
Label TextThis pair of socks was given to Franklin Roosevelt by Edmund Krasinska.
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.
Collections
Nicht angezeigt