F.D. Roosevelt signing beer bill, March 22?, 1933 – Vintage Photo Print
(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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This rare historic photograph captures F.D. Roosevelt signing beer bill, March 22?, 1933 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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F.D. Roosevelt signing beer bill, March 22?, 1933
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown signing the bill that legalized beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol, a measure enacted within weeks of his taking office and well before the national repeal of Prohibition later that year. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded government and public events for decades, made many pictures of occasions like this one. The record notes that the date in the title is unverified, and this copy negative on safety film came to the Library of Congress as a 1947 gift from Herbert A. French. Its surface shows streaks and blemishes from the natural deterioration of the original coatings.
| Created / published | 1933 March 22. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : safety film ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Safety film negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Copy neg. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,976 × 4,312 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-257675 |
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