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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the 74th Congress on Jan. 3, 1935] – Vintage Wall Art

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the 74th Congress on Jan. 3, 1935] — historic photograph
[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the 74th Congress on Jan. 3, 1935]. 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 [Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the 74th Congress on Jan. 3, 1935] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressing the 74th Congress on Jan. 3, 1935]

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Franklin D. Roosevelt stands at a lectern in this 1935 photograph, speaking to the 74th Congress on January 3, the opening day of its session. By that point he had been in office just under two years, and the New Deal programs created in 1933 and 1934 to fight the Great Depression were the central issues on Capitol Hill. Annual messages like this one were a chance for a president to set out his legislative agenda in person before both houses, and the picture captures the formality of that setting. Photographs of such speeches were widely circulated in newspapers, which helped shape how the public saw the administration.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1935
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,232 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126408

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