President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Fort Peck, Mont., as he made one of his numerous addresses from the observation platform of his train during his journey over the parched plains of the Northwest – Historic Reproduction
(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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President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Fort Peck, Mont., as he made one of his numerous addresses from the observation platform of his train during his journey over the parched plains of the Northwest comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Fort Peck, Mont., as he made one of his numerous addresses from the observation platform of his train during his journey over the parched plains of the Northwest
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Fort Peck, Montana, is the setting here, where Roosevelt spoke from the observation platform of his train during his 1934 journey across the drought-stricken plains of the Northwest. The stop tied the visit to the Fort Peck Dam, a large earthen project on the Missouri River that was part of the New Deal's public works effort to create jobs and control floods. The Associated Press distributed the photograph, and its caption points to the many addresses he gave from the train along that route, a reminder of how much presidential outreach then happened from railcars.
| Created / published | 1934 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Associated Press. No. 9316. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres.; Geogr.; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,190 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155536 |
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