Ceremonial "Lincoln Rail" Tray

Wooden tray made from one of the fence rails supposedly split by Abraham Lincoln as a young man in Illinois. This tray was made by the students of the Rhinelander School in New York City. It was presented to Theodore Roosevelt on April 16, 1897. The Rhinelander School was part of the Children's Aid Society, which was an organization that Theodore Roosevelt's father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., helped to establish in 1853.