ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Portrait of the President and First Lady, by the Associated Press, at Hyde Park, Christmas 1941. 8 x 9/3/4 in., a black and white photograph, unframed, matted. A well-known image of FDR and Eleanor, with carefully ink caption "Christmas 1941," depicting them in a relaxed mood, seated at a table, Eleanor knitting and the President reading a book. SIGNED IN INK BY THE PRESIDENT: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" in the white area of the table. An image widely circulated in the weeks following the shock of America's sudden entry into World War II.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Portrait of the President and First Lady, by the Associated Press, at Hyde Park, Christmas 1941. 8 x 9/3/4 in., a black and white photograph, unframed, matted. A well-known image of FDR and Eleanor, with carefully ink caption "Christmas 1941," depicting them in a relaxed mood, seated at a table, Eleanor knitting and the President reading a book. SIGNED IN INK BY THE PRESIDENT: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" in the white area of the table. An image widely circulated in the weeks following the shock of America's sudden entry into World War II.

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ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Portrait of the President and First Lady, by the Associated Press, at Hyde Park, Christmas 1941. 8 x 9/3/4 in., a black and white photograph, unframed, matted. A well-known image of FDR and Eleanor, with carefully ink caption "Christmas 1941," depicting them in a relaxed mood, seated at a table, Eleanor knitting and the President reading a book. SIGNED IN INK BY THE PRESIDENT: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" in the white area of the table. An image widely circulated in the weeks following the shock of America's sudden entry into World War II.

Exhibited: Frankln Delano Roosevelt Centennial Exhibition. 1982.

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