[Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt reporting to Pres. Harry Truman on her recent five week trip to Geneva as a representative of the UN Human Rights Commission] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt reporting to Pres. Harry Truman on her recent five week trip to Geneva as a representative of the UN Human Rights Commission], 1951 May 29. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/50/50ec8a497d4d-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt reporting to Pres. Harry Truman on her recent five week trip to Geneva as a representative of the UN Human Rights Commission]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt reporting to Pres. Harry Truman on her recent five week trip to Geneva as a representative of the UN Human Rights Commission]
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Eleanor Roosevelt delivers a report to President Harry Truman after a five-week trip to Geneva, where she served as a U.S. representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. The Acme news photograph is dated May 29, 1951, and the caption describes the visit as her recent trip, so the picture captures a moment of diplomatic reporting rather than a formal portrait. Though the gallery files it under Franklin D. Roosevelt, the scene belongs to Truman's presidency, five years after her husband's death in 1945. Her work on the commission, which drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, helped shape her later reputation as a leading voice for global human rights.
| Created / published | 1951 May 29. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo by Acme. No. W-48371. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; PI; PI (Wives); Pres.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,205 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142406 |
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