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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head, facing slightly left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head, facing slightly left] — historic photograph
[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head, facing slightly 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head, facing slightly left]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head, facing slightly left]

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Roosevelt's head, turned slightly to the left, is the whole subject of this portrait, with no setting or props to pull the eye away from his face. The print dates to about 1932, the year he won the Democratic nomination and then the presidency, when his image was being circulated widely as the governor of New York and a candidate promising a "New Deal" for Americans hit hard by the Great Depression. Portraits from this period were often made for campaign material and newspapers, so a close, straightforward head study like this one reflects how the public was learning to recognize him. The Library of Congress holds the print in its Prints and Photographs Division.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1932.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 1,910 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125657

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