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[Franklin Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Underwood & Underwood, Washington. – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Franklin Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Underwood & Underwood, Washington., 1928 — historic photograph
[Franklin Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Underwood & Underwood, Washington., 1928. 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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[Franklin Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Underwood & Underwood, Washington. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Franklin Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Underwood & Underwood, Washington.

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Looking straight into the lens, Franklin D. Roosevelt appears in this 1928 head-and-shoulders portrait, a frontal pose typical of the Washington studio of Underwood & Underwood, the firm known for its many images of public figures. That year Roosevelt won the governorship of New York, a step that set him on the path to the presidency he would win in 1932. He had been stricken with polio in 1921, and by the late 1920s he was rebuilding his public career, so portraits from this period show a politician carefully presenting himself to the public.

Created / published1928
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesNo. 65658RU.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,229 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-192270

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