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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.
A "Crack" Sloop In a Race to Windward: Yacht Gracie of New York
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

A "Crack" Sloop In a Race to Windward: Yacht Gracie of New York

Artifact IDMO 1948.41.5
Object Type Lithograph
Artist (British-American, 1821 - 1910)
Maker (American Printing and Publishing Firm, 1857 - 1907)
Date1882
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsframe H 24 3/4 in x W 22 1/4 in x D 1 in (62.9 cm x 56.5 cm x 2.5 cm )
Physical DescriptionA chromolithograph of the sailing yacht, GRACIE. It depicts a side view of the single-masted sailing vessel with a black hull at full sail on open water. An American flag flies from one of the sails. Additional sailboats are seen in the background. The title is printed centered below the image: A "CRACK" SLOOP IN A RACE TO WINDWARD. / YACHT GRACIE OF NEW YORK. Also printed beneath the image: PRINTED IN OIL COLORS, BY CURRIER & IVES, 115 NASSAU ST. N.Y. / COPYRIGHT 1882, BY CURRIER & IVES, NEW YORK. / C.R. PARSONS, DEL.

The print is glazed, matted, and framed in a 1" black wood frame.
Historical NoteThis print of the GRACIE is one of ten maritime pictures (MO 1948.41.1-10) that had hung in FDR's New York office at the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland when he was a Vice President of the Company from 1920-1928. They stayed there until FDR sent them in 1933 to Basil O'Connor as a gift. O'Connor, in turn, presented the pictures to the FDR Library in 1947.

Daniel Basil O'Connor (1892-1972) was a longtime friend and political adviser to FDR. He was Roosevelt's law partner from 1925 to 1933, and later served as president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis-March of Dimes drive against poliomyelitis.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Basil O'Connor
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPrints and Paintings (National Archives Identifier 778817)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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