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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, seated by his White House desk surrounded by birthday cake and his staff] – Vintage Print

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, seated by his White House desk surrounded by birthday cake and his staff] — historic photograph
[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, seated by his White House desk surrounded by birthday cake and his staff]. 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 [Franklin Delano Roosevelt, seated by his White House desk surrounded by birthday cake and his staff] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few things about the White House were as informal as a birthday cake set down among the paperwork, and this photograph shows Franklin D. Roosevelt in that rare moment of celebration, seated by his desk with his staff gathered around him. Roosevelt's birthday, January 30, was marked nationally during his presidency, with birthday balls held to raise money for infantile paralysis research, a cause close to him since his polio diagnosis in 1921. The record dates the print to before November 1943, placing it in the wartime years, when such gatherings offered a brief break from the pressures of the office.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[before 1943 Nov. 8]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,206 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126783

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