Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Franklin D. Roosevelt Wooden Portrait Smoking Pipe
- Title:
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Wooden Portrait Smoking Pipe
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Manufacturer:
- Bruyere
- Political Figure:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., American (1882-1945), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- n.d.
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0195
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0195.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Culture:
- French
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
portraits
carving (processes)
Pipes (Smoking equipment)
- Materials/Techniques:
- Wood (Plant product)
Carving
Plastic
Casting
- Subject:
- Pipes (smoking equipment)
Portraits
Carvings
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Politics
Promotional materials
Portraits
Heads (representations)
- Measurement:
- 8.89 (Pipe stem) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Smoking pipe consists of a carved wooden bowl depicting Roosevelt's head and a molded plastic stem. Bowl contains the maker's information BRUYERE / SUPERIEURE and MADE IN FRANCE. Pipe does not appear to have been used. Item is undated, but was likely to have been manufactured between 1930 and 1950.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
