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[Franklin D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, speaking into microphones] – Historic Photograph Print

[Franklin D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, speaking into microphones], [ca. 1940] — historic photograph
[Franklin D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, speaking into microphones], [ca. 1940]. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Roosevelt is shown here at half-length, standing and turned to his left as he addresses a bank of microphones, a common sight in the years when radio was the main way Americans heard their president. The record dates the photograph to about 1940, a period when Roosevelt was seeking an unprecedented third term and the country was increasingly focused on the war in Europe. Such pictures capture the posture of a speech delivered directly to a listening public, with the microphones standing in for the millions of households tuned in at home.

Created / published[ca. 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945--Public appearances.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,224 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184853

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