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  2. Theodore Roosevelt desk - Wikipedia

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    The Theodore Roosevelt desk is a mahogany pedestal desk and is owned by the White House. [1][2] The 30 in (76 cm) high desk has a workspace which measures 90 in (230 cm) wide and 53.5 in (136 cm) deep. [1] The understated design is marked by elegant and masculine lines and is detailed with brass pulls. [2]

  3. List of Oval Office desks - Wikipedia

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    90 by 53.5 inches (229 by 136 cm) [ 4 ] This desk was created in 1903 for then President Theodore Roosevelt. It was first used in the Oval Office by William Howard Taft and remained there until the West Wing fire in 1929. It remained in storage until 1945 when Harry S. Truman placed it in the modern Oval Office.

  4. Resolute desk - Wikipedia

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    32.5 in (83 cm) Width. 72 in (180 cm) Depth. 48 in (120 cm) The Resolute desk, also known as the Hayes desk, is a nineteenth-century partners desk used by several presidents of the United States in the White House as the Oval Office desk, including the five most recent presidents. The desk was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford ...

  5. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    Harrison then went on to design and make two other sea clocks, "H2" (completed in around 1739) and "H3", both of which were ready by 1755. [155] [156] Harrison made two watches, "H4" and "H5". Eric Bruton, in his book The History of Clocks and Watches, has described H4 as "probably the most remarkable timekeeper ever made". [157]

  6. George Nelson (designer) - Wikipedia

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    George Nelson & Associates for Miller Furniture Company, desk n. 4658, made in Zeeland, MI, 1946. Nelson was born on May 29, 1908, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Simeon Nelson and Lillian Canterow Nelson. [3] His parents owned a drugstore. [4] Nelson graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1924, and thereafter attended Yale University. [3]

  7. Wooton desk - Wikipedia

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    The Wooton secretary desk rests on a four-legged quadruped support equipped with casters. The main body of the desk is filled with dozens of small drawers and nooks for papers and small objects. As in a "secrétaire à abattant," or fall front desk, the main working surface or desktop is hinged and lifted completely from the horizontal to the ...

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