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Artifact Road Trip - Massachusetts

Barns North Franklin, Mass.

By Lester Burbank Bridaham. This print was created for the Massachusetts Art Project, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip engraving on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/11504

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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 10:01:02

Artifact Road Trip - Maryland

A partial two-dollar bill, no. 15050 issued by the Assembly of Maryland at Annapolis on March 5, 1770. It is payable in London at a rate of four shillings and sixpence (4s6d) sterling per dollar or equivalent in gold or silver. The serial number of the bill is handwritten in ink. At the bottom of the bill are the original ink signatures of John Clapham and Robert Couden. The center of the bill has been removed and replaced with the reverse-side middle section of a similar 1767 bill featuring a leaves and branches nature print.

A partial two-dollar bill issued by the Assembly of Maryland at Annapolis on March 5, 1770. It is payable in London at a rate of four shillings and sixpence (4s6d) sterling per dollar or equivalent in gold or silver. At the bottom of the bill are the original ink signatures of John Clapham and Robert Couden.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip currency on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/10823

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Fri, 27 May 2022 10:01:29

Artifact Road Trip - Maine

A painting of the destroyer, USS ANDERSON, on patrol in Tenants Harbor, St. George, Maine. It depicts an angled view of the gray ship moving in open water. The number "411" is visible in large characters on the bow and an American flag flies at the stern. Several sailing vessels can be seen behind the ANDERSON in the distant left background. In the forefront of the scene is a small fishing boat, with three fishermen on the deck, moving in the opposite direction from the ANDERSON. The name of the fishing vessel is visible on the stern: GARY W. / TENANTS HARBOR. The painting is signed by the artist in the lower right corner: EDWIN WHITMAN 10/1940. The painting is framed in a 2" white-painted wood frame.

A painting of the destroyer, USS ANDERSON, on patrol in Tenants Harbor, St. George, Maine, by Edwin Whitman. Commissioned in May 1939, the USS ANDERSON (DD-411), a Sims-class U.S. Navy destroyer, was named for Rear Admiral Edwin Alexander Anderson, Jr. The ship served in both the Atlantic and Pacific during WWII before being decommissioned in August 1946.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip painting on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/29540

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Fri, 20 May 2022 10:01:57

Artifact Road Trip - Louisiana

A scale model of a fully equipped Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. The boat is made of lightly stained wood and metal fixtures. The model sits on a pair of clear plastic cradle stands attached to a stained wood base with rope trim.

A scale model of a fully equipped Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. These boats were manufactured in large numbers during World War II by Higgins Industries of Louisiana. In October 1942, FDR visited a New Orleans factory operated by Higgins Industries. Company founder and president, Andrew Jackson Higgins, later gave Roosevelt this model of a Higgins PT boat on October 6, 1943.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip model on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/2711

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Fri, 13 May 2022 12:46:06

Artifact Road Trip - Kentucky

A small, olive-drab scale model of a U.S. Army tank with white star insignias and FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT painted on one side.

During his far-flung wartime inspection tours, President Roosevelt often received models and other gifts from workers and staff in defense factories and military facilities. During the President’s April 30, 1943 inspection tour of Kentucky’s Fort Knox, Master Sergeant Ivan H. Howitz, gave FDR this model tank— a visual aid used at the base’s Armored Force School.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip model on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/2546

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Fri, 06 May 2022 10:00:31

Artifact Road Trip - Kansas

An oil painting done in dark, muddy colors. The background shows the problems and temptations facing the youth of the time, including crime, poverty, gambling, and homelessness. Brighter colors are used in the foreground which shows young people employed at a variety of jobs provided by the NYA. At the top center of the painting is a quote from FDR: "WE CAN ILL / AFFORD TO / LOSE THE / ENERGY / AND SKILL / OF THESE / YOUNG MEN / AND WOMEN / Franklin D. Roosevelt." The painting is framed in a 4" gilt wood frame.

This painting depicting the mission of the National Youth Administration (NYA) was created in 1936 by NYA artist Alden Krider for an exhibit at the Kansas State Fair. The NYA (1935-1943) was a New Deal agency that aided young adults (ages 16 to 25) during the Great Depression. It provided vocational training and work-study assistance for high school, college, and graduate students.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip painting on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/29779

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Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:01:06

Artifact Road Trip - Iowa

An oil painting depicting a quilting party. It shows five women seated around a table working on a quilt, while a sixth woman is seated in a rocking chair in the forefront holding a baby. In the background, a bedroom can be seen through a doorway. The artist's signature is in the lower right: Dorothea Tomlinson 1934. The painting is framed in a 3 1/2" wood frame with red and gilt highlights. A metal plaque attached to the bottom center of the frame reads: PUBLIC WORKS OF ART PROJECT. Adhered to the lower left corner of the front of the frame is a printed sticker: 219.

Family Quilting

This painting by Dorothea Tomlinson Marquis of Des Moines, Iowa, was created for the Treasury Department’s Public Works of Art Project (PWAP). It was displayed at the Corcoran Gallery from April 24-May 20, 1934.

Black and white photograph of 5 women sitting around a table working on a quilt, one of the women in the foreground holding a doll.

Photograph of the women posing for the Family Quilting painting by Dorothea Tomlinson. Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip carving on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/8367

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Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:00:36

Artifact Road Trip - Indiana

This carving was sent to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 by the maker, Henry Weber of Oakville, Indiana. The white oak tree, from which the wood for the piece was taken, stood beside the trail leading from Abraham Lincoln’s cabin to the cemetery - and near the grave - of Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, in Spencer County, Indiana. When the tree died in 1933, it was estimated to be 350 years old. The stump was shipped to Weber by his son, Horace S. Weber, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip carving on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/627

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Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:01:44

Artifact Road Trip - Michigan

A glazed ceramic statuette of a clipped poodle. Various earth tones make up the finish.

This statuette of a clipped poodle by Detroit artist Walter Edward Speck was made for the Michigan Art Project, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip sculpture on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/29357

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Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:00:34

Artifact Road Trip - Illinois

An oil painting depicting a Chicago scene in winter. It shows fenced yards, cars on a snowy street, and three people walking on the sidewalk. Skyscrapers are visible in the background. It is signed by artist in the lower left: CEIL / ROSENBERG. The canvas is attached to a stretcher and is framed in a 3" carved wood frame. A metal plaque attached to the bottom center of the frame reads: PUBLIC WORKS OF ART PROJECT. Affixed to the lower left corner of the frame is a paper sticker with "91" printed on it.

#ArtifactRoadTrip brings us to Illinois this week. “Snowy Days, Chicago” by Ceil Rosenberg is an oil painting that was created for the Treasury Department’s Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) in 1934.

Find out more about this painting on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/8376

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Fri, 08 Apr 2022 10:01:13

Artifact Road Trip - Hawaii

A model of an outrigger canoe carved from highly polished brown wood. The canoe has a tall mast and a brown and black fiber sail of Fijian design. The name of the ship is found on one side of the stern: HAWAII. The model includes two paddles and three pieces for outrigging, made of wood and attached with rope. The hull rests on a stand made from the same material as the boat. When the canoe is in place on the stand, a full inscription (partly on both pieces) reads: Presented to / President Franklin D. Roosevelt / From Troop 13 B.S.A. Honolulu.

This model was presented to President Roosevelt by Troop 13 of the Boy Scouts of America in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was delivered to the White House by scouts Richard Noda and Hiroshi Daifuku. Roosevelt included the model in the inaugural display in the Naval Exhibition Room of the Roosevelt Library.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip model on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/627

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Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:01:09