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in 1884
This is an image of future President Franklin D Roosevelt aged and looking like an adorable girl
on 5/22/1932
" It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. "
on 3/1933
in U.S.
March 13 Banks in begin to re-open after President mandates a bank holiday More photos: tco vOBI5ltZdU tco FhgfM3jMtv
on 3/1933
in New York City
Sign in front of a theater indicating that it would accept checks drawn on local banks during bank holiday declared by US Pres in March Another sign indicates that all sea See more photos: tco HRrzgg6wCx tco vjhEbOIi2l
on 3/4/1933
" Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. "
on 2/1934
in Indianapolis
USS CA-35 at left with President on board acts as reviewing platform as a formation of eighteen TG-1 2 torpedo planes passes overhead during fleet review off New York City 31 May 1198 x 932
on 7/11/1934
in Marshall Islands
" I can’t begin to describe it and have become so enthusiastic that if I didn’t stop I would write all night. The two things that impress me most are the Culebra Cut, because of the colossal hole made in the ground, and the locks because of the engineering problems and size. Imagine an intricate concrete structure nearly a mile long and three or four hundred feet wide, with double gates of steel weighing 700 tons apiece!"
in 1936
in CA-35
President aboard USS Indianapolis ; Cruise to South America More pictures: tco RXE465iaNN tco XOaescbLTp
in 1936
in North Dakota
President Franklin Roosevelt visits a farmer who is receiving a drought relief grant in Mandan, North Dakota
on 9/17/1938
" I think it would be an excellent thing for Anglo-American relations if you could visit the United States."
in 1939
in Washington DC
A serious President Roosevelt broadcasts to the nation on the European war crisis, Washington, DC, 1939
on 1/6/1941
" In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world. "
on 1/6/1941
" The third is freedom from want—which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear—which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world"
with
on 2/1941
in New York
One of four known photographs of in a wheelchair Taken at Hyde Park with and dog Fala February 4500x5460
on 12/8/1941
in United States
8 December President signing declaration of war against Japan in wake of attack on Pearl Harbor See more pics: tco HGyW1gdsdV tco Z82bb5N2Hh
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in 1943
in United States
President and British Prime Minister and their advisors in Casablanca Conference More pics: tco jpe6DXevAI tco CWW5zOsQED
with
on 1/1943
in U.S.
President UK Prime Minister and their combined Chiefs of Staff at the Casablanca Conference January 14-24 2704 × 2184
with
on 1/27/1943
in Monrovia
President and Liberian President inspect troops Airstrip outside Liberia January 27 1524x1199
with
on 11/1943
in the Sword of Stalingrad
Soviet Marshal Kliment Voroshilov showing to while and Joseph Stalin look on Voroshilov ended up dropping the sword by accident November 800x795
with
on 12/8/1943
in Bologna
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and General George S. Patton in Castelvetrano
in 1944
An American soldier guards the entrance to Shangri-La Camp David during a stay by President when his health was deteriorating which was kept secret from the public He died the following year photo1381x1080
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