Clock, Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934 | Smithsonian Institution

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depicted (sitter): Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Description: The clock’s face features a small mechanical figure of President Franklin D. Roosevelt mixing a cocktail, a reference to the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. He is supported by figures of National Recovery Administration Chairman Hugh Johnson (left) and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (right).

Credit Line: Arnold Miles Collection of Political Americana

associated date: 1934

ID Number: PL.217442.087
catalog number: 217442.087
accession number: 217442

Object Name: Clock

Measurements: overall: 10 3/4 in x 11 in x 6 in; 27.305 cm x 27.94 cm x 15.24 cm

See more items in: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection; Government, Politics, and Reform; American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
Exhibition: American Democracy
Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

National Museum of American History

general subject association: Political Campaigns
used: Timekeeping

Record ID: nmah_497256

Metadata Usage (text): CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record): https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-f513-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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