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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Album of Roosevelt Ephemera Specially Compiled for Presentation to FDR's Grandchildren.. -Compiled by...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Album of Roosevelt Ephemera Specially Compiled for Presentation to FDR's Grandchildren.-Compiled by the staff of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 1989. 9" x 11". Three-post album format.
-Fine condition.
A most special item produced by the staff of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library for a June, 1989, reunion of the Roosevelt grandchildren held at Hyde Park. The album contains original calling cards, stationery, and other printed material that traces the lives of Franklin and Eleanor. Specifically, it includes: printed and bound copies of Roosevelt's January 20, 1937 inaugural address; three calling cards from Franklin and five from Eleanor; engraved letterhead from Hyde Park and New York belonging to both Franklin and Eleanor; material from the fourth inaugural including tickets and a press pass; a program of the state visit of the British King and Queen in 1939; Christmas cards from 1938, 1942, 1943, 1945; an invitation to the President's funeral; two printed acknowledgements for condolences; Eleanor's 1946 Christmas cards which has a family portrait including the president; two additionally Christmas cards from Mrs. Roosevelt and a printed acknowledgement for condolences received upon her death. All material has been mounted using acid free corners. Includes the original cover letter from the library's director William R. Emerson. Originally obtained from John Roosevelt Boettiger, the son of Anna Roosevelt and John Boettiger, Jr., and the grandson of FDR and Eleanor.
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2008 December Signature Collection of the FDR Museum Auction, Part 2 #6010 (go to Auction Home page)
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