Carrying Case Used by Franklin Roosevelt
Object numberMO 1946.49.1
Name
Case, Personal
Maker
Unknown
Date20th century
Mediumwood, metal (brass, bronze, steel), paper
Dimensionsoverall H 9 in x W 17 in x D 13 1/2 in (22.9 cm x 43.2 cm x 34.3 cm )
DescriptionA simple wooden carrying case in the form of a box with brass and bronze hardware. The box has a hinged lid, a carrying handle, and a lock hasp. A series of tags are tied to the handle. Adhered to the left of the handle is a partial paper address label with typed and printed information showing the box was sent from "MISS TULLY / FROM / THE WHITE HOUSE / WASHINGTON, D. C." to "MRS. VINCENT ASTOR / Carlton House / 22 East 47th Street / New York City, N. Y.”
The interior of the case consists of one undivided compartment.
Label TextFranklin Roosevelt was an avid, lifelong stamp collector who gathered over 1.2 million stamps into his personal collection during the course of his life. He began collecting stamps at the age of eight at the suggestion of his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, who passed on her collection to him.The interior of the case consists of one undivided compartment.
This box was used by FDR to house stamps he was working on, and he carried it with him everywhere he went. FDR gave the box to Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and Mary Benedict Cushing Astor as a model for one they were to have made in leather as a present to him for Christmas 1945. After FDR's death in April 1945, the Astors donated the box to the FDR Library in November of that year.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Vincent and Mary Benedict Cushing Astor on November 7, 1945.
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astor
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesStamp Collecting Materials (National Archives Identifier 749938)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
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