Birthday Ball Ticket
Artifact IDMO 2014.6.5
Object Type
Ticket, Admission
Maker
Unknown
Date1941
Mediumpaper (cardstock), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 3 in x W 5 in (7.6 cm x 12.7 cm )
Physical DescriptionTicket number 9536 to “The President’s BIRTHDAY BALL FOR THE PREVENTION OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS,” Thursday, January 30, 1941. For an admission fee of $2.50, the holder of the ticket was allowed admittance to five Washington, DC hotels: the Hamilton, Mayflower, Shoreham, Wardman Park, and Washington hotels. Bordered on each side by a red, white, and blue patriotic edging, the ticket features a small black and white photographic image of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A Washington, DC union bug is printed along the bottom edge of the ticket.
The reverse of the ticket is blank.
Historical NoteIn 1934, FDR began using the occasion of his birthday (January 30) to encourage Americans to hold “Birthday Balls” to raise funds for the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, which operated the polio rehabilitation center he had established in 1927. In 1938, he created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to support the Warm Springs Center and aid polio victims around the nation.The reverse of the ticket is blank.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Sandra and James Fitzpatrick in 2014.
Credit LineGift of Sandra and James Fitzpatrick
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
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