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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.
Bookend
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
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Bookend

Artifact IDMO 1958.46
Object Type Bookend
Maker (American, founded 1801)
Dateca. 1930s
Mediummetal, brass, bronze, aluminium, copper alloy, wool
Dimensionsoverall (stretched) H 4 5/8 in x W 15 in x D 4 5/8 in (11.7 cm x 38.1 cm x 11.7 cm )
Physical DescriptionA simple Art Deco style bookend made of bronzed metal. The vertical bookend base has a simple horizontally-grooved wide band as decoration. Attached to the base is an expandable curved metal band, the tension of which holds one or more books against the base. Gray felt lines the bottom of the base. The makers mark is on the underside: Revere / Rome, N.Y. / Pat. Appld for.
Historical NotePresident Roosevelt kept this bookend on his Oval Office desk. It is on display in the FDR’S OVAL OFFICE DESK exhibit in the Museum’s APRIL 12, 1945 gallery.
Additional Details
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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On view
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