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Roosevelt signs Social Security Bill – Antique Wall Art

Roosevelt signs Social Security Bill — historic photograph
Roosevelt signs Social Security Bill. 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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A window into the past: Roosevelt signs Social Security Bill, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown signing the Social Security Act in 1935, with Labor Secretary Frances Perkins and Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York among those gathered around him. The act, passed that August, created a federal old-age pension system and a national unemployment insurance program during the depths of the Great Depression. Perkins, the first woman to serve in a U.S. Cabinet, had helped shape the legislation, so her presence at the signing is worth noticing. The picture is a useful record of a moment that still defines the American social safety net.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1935
SubjectsRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. Perkins, Frances,--1880-1965. Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand),--1877-1953. United States. Social Security Act. Government officials--American--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1940. Social security--1930-1940. Document signings--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,120 × 4,069 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-199280

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