Franklin D. Roosevelt Inauguration and Commemorative Items, ca. 1945
- Title:
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Inauguration and Commemorative Items, ca. 1945
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Sculptor:
- Davidson, Jo (1883-1952)
Kilényi, Gyula
- Political Figure:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., American (1882-1945), President
- Date:
- ca. 1945-1960
- Election Date:
- 1944
- ID Number:
- 2214.TK0104
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214TK0104_001.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- metalwork (visual works)
portraits
medals
ephemera (general object genre)
clippings (information artifacts)
game pieces (game elements)
Pendants (Jewelry) - Materials/Techniques:
- Copper alloy
Casting
Cardboard
Newsprint
Halftone
Stamping (forming)
Four-color process
Striking (metalworking) - Subject:
- Portraits
Medals
Clippings
Game pieces
Pendants (Jewelry)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Politics
Promotional materials
Commemoratives
Busts
Profile portraits
Events
Inaugurations
Deaths
Mourning
Wreaths
Torches
Shields
Democratic Party
Elections
Voting
Civil rights
Sailing ships
Quotations (texts)
Presidents - Measurement:
- 16.8275 x 21.9075 (Mount) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Assemblage contains one copper alloy 1945 Inauguration medal
two copies of a reproduction of the Four Freedoms Medal awarded by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
one stamped cardboard memorial keychain ornament
one four-color die-cut portrait (perhaps a game piece)
and one halftone newspaper clipping of a 1944 Roosevelt campaign poster. The 1945 Inauguration medal bears the maker's mark of sculptor Jo Davidson
the Four Freedoms medals bear the maker's mark KILENYI, probably Gyula KilΘnyi. - 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.