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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.
Illustration for Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park: The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Illustration for Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park: The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

Object numberMO 1956.163
Name Drawing
Artist (American painter and printmaker, 1904-1981)
Date1949
Mediumpaper (illustration board), ink, paint (gouache)
Dimensionsoverall H 13 in x W 22 in (33 cm x 55.9 cm )
DescriptionAn original pen and ink and ink wash drawing with gouache highlights of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York. It shows a front view of the Library, framed by two large trees, in a snowy winter landscape. The drawing is signed by the artist in ink in the lower left below the image: Olin Dows © 1949. The number "4151-9" is stamped in the lower right corner.

On the reverse of the drawing is a partially obscured handwritten note in ink regarding the laying of the Library's cornerstone in 1939, and the offering of the Library to the public on June 30, 1941.
Label TextThis drawing is one in a series of original ink wash drawings created by Olin Dows for his book, "Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park," published in 1949 by American Artists Group, Inc. Olin Dows spent two years writing the text and drawing the book's 174 illustrations. This illustration appears on page 156 of the book.

The Dows family had been lifelong friends and neighbors of the Roosevelts and were frequent guests at events at Hyde Park, NY and in Washington, DC, both before and during the presidency. In 1939, Olin Dows received a commission to design and paint the murals in the Rhinebeck, NY Post Office. In 1941, at the suggestion of President Roosevelt, Dows was commissioned to design and paint the murals in the Hyde Park Post Office as well, and worked closely with FDR in the conception and design of the murals.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Olin Dows in 1955.
Credit LineGift of Olin Dows
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesHudson River Valley Materials (National Archives Identifier 778818)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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