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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.ALT

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
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