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[ELEANOR ROOSEVELT]

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:700.00 - 900.00 USD
[ELEANOR ROOSEVELT]
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>[ELEANOR ROOSEVELT] </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><BR><BR></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform: uppercase'>Eleanor’s Charge Plate</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><BR><BR>A metal charge plate issued by the prestigious department store Bloomingdale’s to “<i>MRS F D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON D C 79R 320 B</i>” In very good condition, the plate is contained in original leather carrying case embossed “<i>Bloomingdale’s</i>,” also in good condition. Obtained from the estate of Edgar and Anna McGowan, both of whom served the Roosevelt family at Campobello Island until the mid-fifties, Edgar as groundskeeper and Anna as head of household staff. After Anna’s death in 1955, the items remained in her family until an early 2000 auction. Included is a photocopy of a 1945 Notice of Probate concerning FDR’s estate mentioning Mrs. McGowan as a beneficiary.</span></p>