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[Franklin D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding hat to his chest, and three men of the military saluting] / Wm. Edwin Booth. – Vintage Photo Print

[Franklin D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding hat to his chest, and three men of the military saluting] / Wm. Edwin Booth., c1935. — historic photograph
[Franklin D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding hat to his chest, and three men of the military saluting] / Wm. Edwin Booth., c1935.. 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 D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding hat to his chest, and three men of the military saluting] / Wm. Edwin Booth.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Franklin D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding hat to his chest, and three men of the military saluting] / Wm. Edwin Booth.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt appears here at half length, standing and facing left, with his hat held against his chest while three uniformed men render a salute. The print carries the photographer's name, Wm. Edwin Booth, and a Copyright Office notation, which suggests it was made for wider publication rather than as a private portrait. Dating to about 1935, it falls in the middle of Roosevelt's first two terms as president, when he was building a public image of command and personal warmth through carefully staged photographs. The salute and the hat held to the chest give the scene a formal, ceremonial tone, and it is worth noticing how the composition puts the president at the center of a moment of military respect.

Created / publishedc1935.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesJ17597 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,294 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203935

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