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[Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, half-length portrait, seated at desk, between Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper, and Harriet Elliott, Assoc. Administrator in charge of the Consumer Div., Office of Price Administration] – Antique Photo Print

[Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, half-length portrait, seated at desk, between Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper, and Harriet Elliott, Assoc. Administrator in charge of the Consumer Div., Office of Price Administration] — historic photograph
[Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, half-length portrait, seated at desk, between Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper, and Harriet Elliott, Assoc. Administrator in charge of the Consumer Div., Office of Price Administration]. 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 [Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, half-length portrait, seated at desk, between Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper, and Harriet Elliott, Assoc. Administrator in charge of the Consumer Div., Office of Price Administration] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, half-length portrait, seated at desk, between Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper, and Harriet Elliott, Assoc. Administrator in charge of the Consumer Div., Office of Price Administration]

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Eleanor Roosevelt sits at a desk between two women whose work touched everyday wartime life: Henrietta Nesbitt, the White House housekeeper who ran the presidential household, and Harriet Elliott, who led the consumer division of the Office of Price Administration. The caption card gives no date, but the photographer's office and the World War II tags place the picture in the early 1940s, when rationing and price controls shaped what American families bought and ate. Seeing a first lady alongside officials who managed food and prices shows how the wartime economy reached into the home.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsPhoto by Office for Emergency Management. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: WWII--US; Pres. I.--Wives; BI; Shelf. E-, Harriet Wiesman, 1884-1947.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,187 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-133420

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