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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.
Cigarette Box with Matches and Cigarettes
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Cigarette Box with Matches and Cigarettes

Artifact IDMO 1943.148.7
Object Type Box, Cigarette
Maker
Maker (American, founded 1881)
Maker (American)
MediumCigarette Box: animal material (leather), wood, metal (gold leaf)
Box of Matches: wood, paper, ink
Cigarette Pack: paper, ink, plastic, plant material (tobacco)
Dimensionsoverall H 2 in x W 10 3/8 in x D 4 in (5.1 cm x 26.4 cm x 10.2 cm )
Physical Descriptiona) A vegetable-tanned leather box with stitched construction. The box is hinged along the backside of the lid. The top of the lid is stamped with a gilded monogram: F.D.R. Impressed on the underside of the box: MADE IN AUSTRIA. The interior of the box has a wood (possibly cedar) insert with four divided sections. There is also a wood panel insert for the interior of the lid.

Stored Inside the box are:
b) A box of matches by The Diamond Match Co. for The Pullman Company, with 43 matches.
c) A pack of Peterson's Cigarettes, by the Peterson's Tobacco Corp., with five remaining cigarettes.
Historical NoteFranklin Roosevelt kept this box on his desk in his private study at the Roosevelt Library. It is currently on loan to the White House, where it is displayed in the Oval Office.
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 SeriesPersonal Possessions of the Roosevelt Family (National Archives Identifier 782689)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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