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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.
Campaign Hat Worn by Franklin Roosevelt
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Campaign Hat Worn by Franklin Roosevelt

Artifact IDMO 1947.84.48
Object Type Hat
Maker (Italian)
Dateca. 1932-1944
Mediumfelt, leather sweat band, silk lining, silk ribbon
Dimensionsoverall H 5 1/4 in x W 13 in x D 11 1/2 in (13.3 cm x 33 cm x 29.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionA brown felt fedora with a brown grosgrain hat band. The interior is lined with cream-colored silk imprinted with the maker's mark for C. Sartoris. The lower section of the interior near the opening has a brown leather sweatband stitched around the circumference with the maker's mark for Borsalino stamped in gold, as well as the name of C. Sartoris once again, also in gold.
Historical NoteFranklin Roosevelt wore distinctive felt hats like this one during his four presidential campaigns. He wore this Italian-made felt hat during several of those campaigns. It is on display on a rotational basis in the 1932 ELECTION CAMPAIGN exhibit in the Museum’s THE PROMISE OF CHANGE gallery.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the FDR Library by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1947.
Credit LineGift of Eleanor 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 StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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