Date1936/10/21
MediumSilver Gelatin Print
Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Object number2004.73.518.Circa
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt giving a campaign speech to a large crowd in New Bedford, from the back seat of a motor car. He is speaking into a microphone being held by a gentleman standing next to the open-top car. His wife Eleanor can be seen standing in the crowd behind the car,in a hat and fur-trimmed collar, looking down toward her feet. From the October 2007 "Navigator", a Fairhaven (MA) monthly publication: Times Gone By - It Happened in October, A Calendar of Historical Events by Mr. History Person - Oct 21, 1936 - President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt pay their last visit to the Delano family homestead at 39 Walnut Street, [ Fairhaven] following a campaign speech in New Bedford.On View
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