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[Eleanor Roosevelt, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right. Eleanor Roosevelt, Asst. Dir., Office of Civilian Defense and Mary K. Browne, Deputy Dir. in Charge of Physical Fitness, Office of Civilian Defense] – Vintage Wall Art

[Eleanor Roosevelt, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right. Eleanor Roosevelt, Asst. Dir., Office of Civilian Defense and Mary K. Browne, Deputy Dir. in Charge of Physical Fitness, Office of Civilian Defense] — historic photograph
[Eleanor Roosevelt, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right. Eleanor Roosevelt, Asst. Dir., Office of Civilian Defense and Mary K. Browne, Deputy Dir. in Charge of Physical Fitness, Office of Civilian Defense]. 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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[Eleanor Roosevelt, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right. Eleanor Roosevelt, Asst. Dir., Office of Civilian Defense and Mary K. Browne, Deputy Dir. in Charge of Physical Fitness, Office of Civilian Defense] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Eleanor Roosevelt, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right. Eleanor Roosevelt, Asst. Dir., Office of Civilian Defense and Mary K. Browne, Deputy Dir. in Charge of Physical Fitness, Office of Civilian Defense]

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This portrait shows Eleanor Roosevelt beside Mary K. Browne, the office's deputy director in charge of physical fitness, and it places the First Lady in the work of the Office of Civilian Defense. Congress and the White House created the agency in 1941 to prepare civilians for possible attacks and emergencies during the Second World War, and its fitness program encouraged exercise and sports for ordinary Americans as part of home-front readiness. The caption card gives no date, but the two women's titles place the photograph in the early 1940s, when Mrs. Roosevelt was active in the agency's public campaigns.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,242 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126781

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