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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.
Sunday Papers
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Sunday Papers

Object numberMO 1956.213
Artist (American, 1909 - 2004)
Dateca. 1934-1935
Mediumink and paint on paper
Dimensionsimage (visible in frame) H 13 1/4 in x W 19 1/2 in (33.7 cm x 49.5 cm )

DescriptionAn original ink and wash drawing in sepia tones depicting young men seated on foot lockers in a CCC barracks reading newspapers with a free standing fireplace on the right. The title and artist's signature in pen is in the lower right: Sunday Papers / Tom Rost, Jr. / Camp Honey Creek. On the reverse is information on the painting and the address of the artist: Sunday Papers / By Tom Rost, Jr., / Honey Creek Parkway / Wauwatosa, Wisconsin / $20.00.
Label TextThe drawing's artist, Thomas L. Rost, Jr., was employed at CCC Camp No. 3, Honey Creek Parkway, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Eleanor Roosevelt gave this drawing to President Roosevelt as a Christmas gift in 1937.
Additional Details
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Non exposé
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