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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, head and shoulders portrait, seated, facing left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, head and shoulders portrait, seated, facing left] — historic photograph
[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, head and shoulders portrait, seated, facing left]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, head and shoulders portrait, seated, facing left] in remarkable detail. 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 Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, head and shoulders portrait, seated, facing left]

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Here Franklin Delano Roosevelt is seen head and shoulders, seated and turned to his left, a pose that photographers of his era often used to show the president's profile and expression at once. The caption card gives no date, so the sitting itself cannot be placed precisely, but the portrait belongs to the long stretch between 1933 and his death in 1945, when his image was reproduced constantly in newspapers, newsreels and government publications. Roosevelt, who led the country through the Great Depression and most of the Second World War, understood the value of a carefully composed photograph, and portraits like this one helped shape how Americans saw their wartime leader.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,216 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125370

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