Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 11 Oct 1884 - 7 Nov 1962 Search this
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 30 Jan 1882 - 12 Apr 1945 Search this
Elliott Roosevelt, 23 Sept 1910 - 27 Oct 1990 Search this
Medium:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image: 15.3 × 19.7 cm (6 × 7 3/4")
Sheet: 16.5 × 21.5 cm (6 1/2 × 8 7/16")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\New York\Dutchess\Hyde Park
Date:
1932
Exhibition Label:
Born Hyde Park, New York
This joyful gathering of well-wishers surrounds the Democratic candidate for president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, as he leaves the polling station on the arm of his son Elliott and with his wife, Eleanor, to his left. This photograph was taken in Roosevelt’s hometown of Hyde Park, New York, on Election Day, November 8, 1932. Roosevelt would go on to win this and a historic three more presidential elections.