Handcrafted Wooden Fountain Pen from White House Truman Renovation
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Made in the USA
SKU: 002436
Size: Box: 7" W x 1.5" TALL X 3" D, Pen: APROX 5.25" L
The elegant Wooden Fountain Pen is handcrafted featuring the 1950s Truman Reconstruction removed Oak, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern Pine, and other species of Witness Wood® paired with premium quality Rhodium and Black Titanium hardware and fitted with a Swarovski Crystal in the clip and a solid silver finial featuring the Truman era Presidential seal. Each pen comes in a solid Bubinga Wood presentation box with a magnetic clasp and is engraved with the Official White House Historical Association logo and History Card/Certificate of Authenticity with a Witness Wood® tamper-proof hologram that matches the discreetly engraved control number on the accompanying pen. Made in the USA by History Salvaged.
Product description
After the British burned the White House in 1814, Irish-born architect James Hoban was recalled to restore the Executive Mansion. The first had destroyed the inside of the home, and portions of the sandstone walls needed to be replaced. Hoban was given less time and funds to complete the project, so he opted to use wooden timbers instead of brick for much of the interior structure.
Since 1817, the White House has undergone many additions, renovations, and alterations. Most notable of these was the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, and the construction of a new roof and third floor by Calvin Coolidge in 1927. The use of modern steel and concrete put tremendous strain on Hoban's timbers, so much so that by 1948 the White House was in danger of collapse.
President Harry S. Truman oversaw the most ambitious renovation in the home's history, gutting the interior down to the basement and rebuilding the interior with a steel frame. The wood used by James Hoban was removed, and repurposed whenever possible. The rest of these materials were given away, turned into souvenirs and sold to support the renovations, or destroyed.
History Salvaged has spent more than ten years searching public and private collections to acquire enough Witness Wood to produce our White House Pen Collection, made from Mid-Atlantic Heart Pine, Oak and other species removed during the Truman renovation.
The WHITE HOUSE Witness Wood® acquired by History Salvaged was removed and made available to the public following the 1927 and the 1950 renovations of the White House, home to every US President since 1800.
Wipe clean with soft cloth.
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About the White House Historical Association
Founded in 1961 by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, the White House Historical Association is the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization entrusted with preserving and sharing the history of the White House. The Association is able to fulfill its mission to share White House history through the support of private philanthropy and the sale of our educational books and products. As a continuation of our education mission, the Association also operates The People’s House: A White House Experience, a free, immersive, educational museum in Washington, D.C., which welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.