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FDR enroute to Boston [from] Worcester, Massachusetts – Antique Print

FDR enroute to Boston [from] Worcester, Massachusetts — historic photograph
FDR enroute to Boston [from] Worcester, Massachusetts. Historic photograph from the Boston 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 FDR enroute to Boston [from] Worcester, Massachusetts in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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FDR enroute to Boston [from] Worcester, Massachusetts

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Two days before the 1944 election, Franklin D. Roosevelt was on a campaign swing through Massachusetts, traveling from Worcester to Boston by train. The record names Senator David I. Walsh and Governor Maurice J. Tobin, both Massachusetts Democrats, and Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as the President's chief of staff. Roosevelt was seeking a fourth term against Republican Thomas E. Dewey, and whistle-stop tours like this one let him speak to crowds at station stops across the state. Photographs from these trips capture the era's political travel, when a president's campaign depended on the railroad and the local figures who rode along.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1944 November 5.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. Walsh, David I. (David Ignatius),--1872-1947. Leahy, William D. Tobin, Maurice J. Presidential elections--United States--1940-1950. Whistle-stop campaigning--Massachusetts--Worcester--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,307 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210088

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