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President Roosevelt signing the bill for Philippine independence – Historic Reproduction

President Roosevelt signing the bill for Philippine independence, 1945 — historic photograph
President Roosevelt signing the bill for Philippine independence, 1945. 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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President Roosevelt signing the bill for Philippine independence comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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President Roosevelt signing the bill for Philippine independence

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Here the caption names a specific measure, the Philippine independence bill, but the board's subject heading lists Theodore Roosevelt. The law most likely pictured is the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which Franklin D. Roosevelt signed in March 1934. It set a ten-year transition to a Philippine Commonwealth, with full independence to follow. Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919 and had no part in that law, so the subject heading appears to be mistaken. The 1945 date may reflect when the print was made or issued rather than the signing itself.

Created / published1945
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotoprint by Wide World. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres.; Philippines--Hist.; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,215 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155441

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