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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [between 1933 and 1945(?)] — historic photograph
[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [between 1933 and 1945(?)]. 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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A window into the past: [Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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Roosevelt's face turned to the left, shot tight from the head and shoulders, is a format that suited the presidency of the 1930s and early 1940s, when newspapers, newsreels and the new radio audience all depended on a clear, recognizable likeness. The record dates the print only to a span of roughly 1933 to 1945, the years of his three terms in office, so it is best read as a studio-style portrait from that long stretch rather than a moment pinned to a single event. Its survival in the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division places it among the official and commercial images that shaped how Americans pictured their wartime president.

Created / published[between 1933 and 1945(?)]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1930-1950.Photographic prints 1930-1950.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,132 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161656

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