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President Roosevelt addressing a joint session of Congress on May 16, 1940 – Historic Print

President Roosevelt addressing a joint session of Congress on May 16, 1940, 1940 — historic photograph
President Roosevelt addressing a joint session of Congress on May 16, 1940, 1940. 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 President Roosevelt addressing a joint session of Congress on May 16, 1940 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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President Roosevelt addressing a joint session of Congress on May 16, 1940

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Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown addressing a joint session of Congress on May 16, 1940, less than a week after German forces invaded France and the Low Countries. In that speech he asked lawmakers for a major expansion of national defense, including a goal of producing 50,000 aircraft a year, a request that reflected growing alarm over the war in Europe. The photograph was made by Harris & Ewing, a Washington, D.C., studio that recorded political life in the capital for decades.

Created / published1940
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Harris & Ewing. No. C-1160. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Congress, US--Joint sessions; Pres. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 917 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139825

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