Christmas Greetings from the Chief Executive and the First Lady – Historic 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Christmas Greetings from the Chief Executive and the First Lady. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Christmas Greetings from the Chief Executive and the First Lady
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Few holiday greetings from the White House carry the weight of this 1935 print, which presents the Christmas message of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as a joint, personal address. The pairing itself is the point: the couple sent their season's wishes together, at a time when the Great Depression still shaped daily life for millions of Americans. Holiday messages like this one were a way for the New Deal administration to speak directly to the public, offering reassurance in a difficult year. The photographic print is a useful record of how the Roosevelts presented themselves to the country.
| Created / published | c. 1935 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photographic print |
| Notes | Library of Congress |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,792 × 2,295 px · prints to 13 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204331 |
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