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Governor and Mrs. Roosevelt are dinner guests at White House – Antique Wall Art

Governor and Mrs. Roosevelt are dinner guests at White House, 1932 April 28. — historic photograph
Governor and Mrs. Roosevelt are dinner guests at White House, 1932 April 28.. 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 Governor and Mrs. Roosevelt are dinner guests at White House in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Governor and Mrs. Roosevelt are dinner guests at White House

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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt appear here as dinner guests at the White House on April 28, 1932, when Herbert Hoover was president and Franklin was governor of New York. That spring Roosevelt was already widely seen as a likely candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, which he won that summer in Chicago. The picture is a reminder that political rivals of the Depression years still shared social occasions, and that Eleanor Roosevelt was becoming a prominent public figure in her own right.

Created / published1932 April 28.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1930-1940.Group portraits 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. Roosevelt, Eleanor,--1884-1962.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,127 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162493

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