Oval Office Exhibit Highlights Slideshow

Ship's Clock and Barometer

Maker: Salem Ship Bells

Medium: Brass, metal, glass

Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches

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Commodore John Barry's Flag

Medium: Cotton

Dimensions: Framed: 17 x 17 inches

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Breton Fisherman's Prayer Plaque

Medium: Wood, bronze, brass

Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 inches

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Replica of the HMS Resolute Desk

Place Made: Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Medium: Wood, leather

Dimensions: 31 1/2" x 71 1/2" x 48"

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President Kennedy's Oval Office Desk Chair

Maker: W.H. Gunlocke Chair Co. (American, established 1902)

Place made: Wayland, New York

Medium: Leather, walnut wood, cloth

Dimensions: 47 x 32 x 28 1/2 inches

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Official Presidential Inaugural Medal

Designed by Paul Manship (American 1886-1966)

Date made: 1961

Medium: 14K Gold, lucite

Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches

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Photographs of John F. Kennedy and his daughter, Caroline

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Photograph of John F. Kennedy Jr.

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Carolina Rocking Chair

[Also known as the Kennedy Rocker]

Maker: P&P Chair Company (American, est. 1926)

Date Made: ca. 1955

Place Made: North Carolina, Asheboro

Medium: Mahogany, cane, textile

Dimensions: 46 x 28 x 33 in.

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Ship Model of the Danmark

Medium: Wood, string, pigment

Dimensions: 24 x 45 x 17 inches

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Model of the Clipper Ship "Sea Witch"

Medium: Wood, string, paint

Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 39 x 16 in.

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Scrimshaw

Medium: Whale tooth, ink

Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches

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King of Norway Scrimshaw

Medium: Whale tooth, wood

Dimensions: height: 7 3/4"

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Signing Desk

Medium: Mahogany

Dimensions: 30 x 34 x 17 inches

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Bookends with Models of the USS Constitution Cannons

Maker: Oscar Lee Richardson

Medium: Wood, brass, metal

Dimensions: 5 x 7 x 5 1/2 inches

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Carved Tern

Maker: Peter Peltz

Medium: Wood, pigment, putty

Dimensions: 12" x 8" x 8"

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Carved Miniature Lion

Date Made: 610-595 BC, 26th Dynasty

Place Made: Egypt

Medium: Stone

Dimensions: length: 2 1/2"

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Reproduction of an Old North Church Lantern

Maker: William deMatteo, Master Silversmith of Colonial Williamsburg (American, 1923 - 1988)

Date Made: 1961

Place Made: Williamsburg, Virginia

Medium: Silver, metal, glass

Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches

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