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[Franklin D. Roosevelt, head and shoulders, seated at desk, facing front] – Antique Wall Art

[Franklin D. Roosevelt, head and shoulders, seated at desk, facing front] — historic photograph
[Franklin D. Roosevelt, head and shoulders, seated at desk, facing front]. 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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[Franklin D. Roosevelt, head and shoulders, seated at desk, facing front] 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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Franklin D. Roosevelt sits at a desk in this head-and-shoulders portrait, looking straight into the camera, a pose that presents him as composed and direct. The photograph dates to about 1937, Roosevelt's first full term as president, when he was working to carry New Deal programs through a Congress and a country still deep in the Great Depression. Portraits like this one were widely circulated in that period, helping to build the familiar public image of a confident leader at work. The print comes from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, which holds a large body of government and press images from the New Deal years.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesca. 1937.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,243 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121047

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