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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.
Ship "Flying Cloud" ~ Built at East Boston in 1851 by Donald McKay
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Ship "Flying Cloud" ~ Built at East Boston in 1851 by Donald McKay

Artifact IDMO 1948.41.7
Object Type Lithograph
Artist
Publisher (American, 1893 - 1942)
Date1923
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsframe H 20 1/2 in x W 27 in x D 3/4 in (52.1 cm x 68.6 cm x 1.9 cm )
Physical DescriptionA hand tinted lithograph of the clipper ship, FLYING CLOUD. It depicts a side view of the three-masted ship at full sail in open water. An American flag flies at the stern. Several other sailing ships are visible in the distant background at right. Printed at the bottom of the image: A. CLIVE EDWARDS. / Copyright 1925 Foster Bros. Boston. The publisher's information and the title is printed centered below the image: Published by Foster Bros. Arlington and Boston, Mass. / Ship "Flying Cloud" ~ Built at East Boston in 1851 by Donald McKay.

The painting is glazed and framed in 1" black wood frame with gilt inner trim.
Historical NoteThis print of the FLYING CLOUD (1851) 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 StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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