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[Woman wearing a Roosevelt campaign button standing before a banner, Board of elections meets [her]e"]" – Vintage Print

[Woman wearing a Roosevelt campaign button standing before a banner, Board of elections meets [her]e"]", 1935 — historic photograph
[Woman wearing a Roosevelt campaign button standing before a banner, Board of elections meets [her]e"]", 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 [Woman wearing a Roosevelt campaign button standing before a banner, Board of elections meets [her]e"]" in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A woman stands before a banner announcing where the local board of elections meets, with a Roosevelt campaign button pinned to her coat. The print is inscribed on the back with the name Louise Rosskam and the year 1935, linking it to the documentary photography of the New Deal era. Women had gained the vote in 1920, and by the mid-1930s many were taking an active role in local politics, a shift this portrait captures in a quiet, everyday setting.

Created / published1935
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortraits 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesInscribed on verso: Louise Rosskam 1935.
SubjectsWomen--Political activity--1930-1940. Political participation--1930-1940. Presidential elections--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,323 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-202187

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