Date1936/10/21
MediumSilver Gelatin Print
Dimensions9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Object number2004.73.520.e
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt shaking hands in the crowd, during a campaign speech stop in New Bedford, from the back seat of a motor car. His wife Eleanor can be seen standing in the crowd behind the car, wearing hat and gloved hand resting on the car (on the far right edge of the photo). She holds a large bouquet of flowers. 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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