Eleanor Roosevelt: Eleanor Roosevelt White House Reception Invitation

Object/Artifact

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National First Ladies Library & Museum

Name/Title

Eleanor Roosevelt: Eleanor Roosevelt White House Reception Invitation

Entry/Object ID

1999.00.28 ABC

Description

Invitation on official White House card [A]: "The President and Mrs. Roosevelt request the pleasure of the company of Mr. Thom at a reception to be held at The White House Thursday evening, January the thirty-first nineteen hundred and thirty-five at nine o'clock." A smaller card [B]: "The White House | Admit at East Gate | NOT TRANSFERABLE | January 31, 1935 | Display on windshield of car." Envelope [C]: on front, top left, "The White House"; in center, written in black ink, "Hon. William R. Thom House of Representatives."

Collection

Permanent Collection

Category

Invitation