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Franklin Roosevelt signing a document, surrounded by international dignitaries – Historic Reproduction

Franklin Roosevelt signing a document, surrounded by international dignitaries, [between 1940 and 1944] — historic photograph
Franklin Roosevelt signing a document, surrounded by international dignitaries, [between 1940 and 1944]. 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 Roosevelt signing a document, surrounded by international dignitaries. 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 Roosevelt signing a document, surrounded by international dignitaries

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Roosevelt is at the center of a signing scene, with a ring of foreign visitors crowded in around him, a reminder of how much wartime diplomacy between 1940 and 1944 was conducted face to face. The caption card is unverified, so the document and the people pictured are not confirmed here. The years span key Allied agreements such as Lend-Lease and the 1942 Declaration by United Nations, and staged group photographs like this one were a common way to show those partnerships to the public.

Created / published[between 1940 and 1944]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,163 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147588

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