The Roosevelts

More pictures from Harris & Ewing of America's former First Couple.

 Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt was the guest of honor and principal speaker at the first birthday luncheon of the Women's Auxiliary of Argo Lodge of B'nai Brith, 13 October 1939

  

 Mrs. Roosevelt and Easter egg rollers, 1937

  

 Mrs. Roosevelt and Helen Keller, 1936

  

 President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertain disabled veterans at garden party, 21 May 1936

  

President assists Camp Fire Girls in opening new 

national headquarters in New York, 6 March 1939

The Roosevelts

From Harris & Ewing come these photos of Franklin and Eleanor.

 First Lady meets Democratic Party mascot, 1940?

  

 First Lady welcomes Easter egg rollers. Because of the cold 

weather the crowd was the smallest in 15 years. 25 March 1940

  

 Franklin D. Roosevelt throwing out ball at baseball game, 1932-33

  

 Group on back of train; includes John Nance Garner, 

Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-40

  

 Indians visit Great White Father. President Roosevelt receives Drag Wolf (l) and Foolish Bear while Arthur Mandan interprets. The purpose of the visit was to thank the Great White Father for his help in restoring the 'sacred bundle' to the Water Buster Clan of the Gros Ventre tribe of North Dakota, a tribal relic whose loss in 1907 has been followed by such a period of drought as none among them can remember. With the return of the bundle the Indians think the drought will be over. 13 January 1938

  

 May Day, designated by President Roosevelt as Child Health Day, was observed at the White House when two capital youngsters presented a basket of flowers to Mrs. Roosevelt, 2 May 1938

  

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker christening 

the flagship of the Eastern Air Lines Washington-New York run, 17 May 1937

The Roosevelts

From Harris & Ewing come these photos of Franklin and Eleanor.

 A serious President Roosevelt broadcasts to the nation 

on the European war crisis, Washington, DC, 3 September 1939

  

 Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands with woman in a row, 1933-40

  

 Eleanor Roosevelt with grandchildren Buzzie and Sistie Dall, 1934

  

 Eleanor Roosevelt with two women, 1933-40

  

 First Lady appeals for Red Cross funds, Washington, DC, 21 May 1940

  

 First Lady christens Yankee Clipper, Washington, DC, 3 March 1939

  

 First Lady cuts president's birthday cake, 30 January 1940

  

 First Lady eats five cent meal, 14 May 1940. Climaxing a conference of "Daughters of the Great Depression," Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and other prominent women tonight ate a five-cent "relief" dinner. The five-cent meal was based on the actual per-person per-meal food budget of the average woman working on WPA.

  

 First Lady opens Better Homes Week at 

Girl Scouts' luncheon, Washington, DC, 26 April 1939

  

 General John J. Pershing and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt 

cut cake at Walter Reed Hospital, 1935

  

Making her rounds of the numerous president's birthday balls, Mrs. Roosevelt greets Janet Gaynor, petite movie star who came from Hollywood to entertain the merrymakers, 29 Jan 1938