Tag: FDR Suite Contents

  • Restoring FDR’s Harvard, One Pixel at a Time

    A number of our readers have been curious as to how we’ve found all the framed art that hangs on our walls. Well, let me tell you –  it’s been…

  • EBay, FDR and the Fall River Line

    I have another circular tale for your consideration: During our recent open house over the Harvard-Yale weekend, many of you wanted to know how we found period items for the…

  • Home Stretch

    “They write me from Jordan and Marsh that the curtains are to be put up in your rooms today, so I hope you will be in order by tomorrow.” Sara…

  • Bird’s-Eye View of Harvard

    A while back, I acquired this wonderful 1895 bird’s-eye view of Harvard for the Suite, and I thought you might enjoy seeing it. (The original is 11 x 17;  click…

  • Lathrop’s Desk

    “The rooms look as if struck by sheet lightning, the sitting-room having the chairs and tables but no curtains or carpets. The bed is in place in my room and…

  • Adopt an Antique!

    I’m just back from the Brimfield Antiques Fair, the largest in the country. Held three times a year, it’s a truly amazing event, spread out along three miles of bucolic…