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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.
Norwegian Tine Box
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Norwegian Tine Box

Object numberMO 2007.26
Name Box
Maker (Norwegian-American, 1889 - 1957)
Dateca. 1941
Mediumwood
Dimensionsoverall H 3 in x W 8 in x D 4 3/4 in (7.6 cm x 20.3 cm x 12.1 cm )
DescriptionA Norwegian tine box carved from wood. The sides and removable lid of the oval-shaped box are decorated with a carved acanthus leaf motif. A carved oval on the lid forms a handle. Inscriptions are carved into various parts of the box:

[Underside of the lid] MAY WE ALL BE / UNITED ABLE AND / WILLING TO DO OUR / PART TO PRESERVE / OUR FREEDOM.

[Bottom interior of box] F. D. ROOSEVELT’S THIRD TERM / SO FREEDOM AND / SELF GOVERNMENT / SHALL NOT PERISH / FROM EARTH.

[Underside of box] IN APPRECIATION / FOR SYMPATHY EXPRESSED / BY THE PRESIDENT FOR / NORWAY AND ITS PEOPLE / BY OLE SIMENGAARD / HILLSBORO, N.D.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was donated as a bequest of FDR to the Library 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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