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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.
Desk Pad
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Desk Pad

Artifact IDMO 2008.32
Object Type Pad, Desk
Issuing Body (American, founded 1888)
Maker (American, founded 1892)
Dateca. 1945
Mediumleather, wool (felt), plastic
Dimensionsoverall H 24 1/4 in x W 36 in x D 5/8 in (61.6 cm x 91.4 cm x 1.6 cm )
Physical DescriptionA brown linoleum Everflat desk pad with padded vegetable-tanned brown leather cushions running vertically on either side. The reverse of the pad is lined with black wool felt and has a maker's label reading: ELSANE / EVERFLAT / DESK PAD / NO. / 53-P-541-205 [stamped in blue] / MADE IN THE U.S.A. / Made Expressly For / Chas. G. Stott & Co. / 1310 New York Avenue / Washington D.C.
Historical NoteThis desk pad is on display in FDR'S PRIVATE STUDY in the Permanent Exhibit.


Additional Details
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 StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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