President Roosevelt signs declaration of war – Antique Print
![President Roosevelt signs declaration of war, [1941 Dec.] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d5/d5068bc18d1a-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of President Roosevelt signs declaration of war. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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President Roosevelt signs declaration of war
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Roosevelt's signature on the declaration of war is the detail that sets this print apart from the many other pictures of him at work. The record dates the image to December 1941, the month the United States entered World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7. Roosevelt signed the declaration of war against Japan on December 8, and the Office of War Information, the federal agency that produced and distributed wartime imagery, circulated photographs like this one to show the government's response. The picture is worth studying for its staging: the president at a desk, the formal document, and the solemn tone that the government wanted the public to associate with the country's entry into the war.
| Created / published | [1941 Dec.] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Office of War Information photograph. |
| Subjects | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. Declarations of war--American--1940-1950. Document signings--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,284 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204633 |
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