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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.
Queets Olympic
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Queets Olympic

Artifact IDMO 1941.7.111
Object Type Model
Maker (American)
Gifter
Dateca. 1937
Mediumpaint on wood
Dimensionsoverall H 3 1/8 in x W 31 5/8 in x D 2 in (7.9 cm x 80.3 cm x 5.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA wooden model of the canoe, QUEETS OLYMPIC. The canoe is carved from one piece of varnished alder wood and decorated with black and red figures of a bear, huntsman with bow and arrow, whale, and other things. The name of the canoe is either side of the bow. A cardstock label on the starboard side has handwritten in ink: 41.
Historical NoteThis model was presented to President Roosevelt in 1937 by the maker, Robert E. Lee of Hoquiam, Washington, of the Quileute Indian Nation.
Additional Details
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesShip Models (National Archives Identifier 782457)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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