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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.
Bookmark Used by Elliott Roosevelt
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Bookmark Used by Elliott Roosevelt

Artifact IDMO 1947.93.459
Object Type Bookmark
Maker
Date1893
Mediumfabric (silk), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 4 in x W 11 3/4 in (10.2 cm x 29.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionA black and white silk bookmark. The bookmark consists of a piece of black fringed silk sandwiched between two smaller pieces of white fringed silk. On the top piece of white silk is a decorative zigzag rectangle hand drawn in black ink. Handwritten in black ink inside the rectangle, horizontally on the length of the bookmark, is: E. R. / 1893.
Historical NoteThis bookmark belonged to Elliott Roosevelt, the father of Eleanor Roosevelt. It was removed from the book, "L'art du Rire et de la Caricature" by Arsène Alexandre, first published in 1892.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated as a bequest of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum 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 StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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