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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 11 Oct 1884 - 7 Nov 1962
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 30 Jan 1882 - 12 Apr 1945
Elliott Roosevelt, 23 Sept 1910 - 27 Oct 1990
Date
1932
Type
Photograph
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")
Topic
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Costume\Stole
Baggage & Luggage\Bag\Purse
Exterior\Architecture\Porch
Architecture\Door
Human Figures\Crowd
Elliott Roosevelt: Male
Elliott Roosevelt: Literature\Writer
Elliott Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Son of US President
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Female
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Literature\Writer
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Humanitarian
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Male
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Senator\New York
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-Presidential Candidate
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Dutchess\Hyde Park
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Amy L. Baskette and Chad S. Jones in memory of Thomas N. Baskette
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Object number
NPG.2013.21
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.
