FDR PRESS PHOTOS (14) POST-1932 ELECTION UNTIL PRE-INAUGURATION/LUCCA COLLECTION.
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Auction #197 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 991 in auction 197
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Item Description
Photos are 6.5x8.5" or bit larger and dated between 11/6/32-2/17/33. Back stamps by Associated Press, International News photos and Acme News photos. Nearly all include caption paper, a few with minor archival tape repair on the fold line. Only minor wear unless noted. A fascinating group: 11/6/32 FDR with Smith and New York Governor Lehman at Madison Square Garden victory rally. No caption paper on this one but ink caption on back. Long crease line crosses faces but just a hairline and only one in the lot with long crease. All of the following include caption sheets - 1/19/33 (president elect leaves on tour) from B&O R.R. in Jersey City to D.C. and the south. Gus Gennerich helps FDR to stand. 1/23/33 "Roosevelt Inspects Muscle Shoals" (with senators). 1/30/33 "Classmates Celebrate With Roosevelt" Columbia Law 1908 class at Warm Springs including "(Wild Bill) Donovan." 1/31/33 "Warm Springs Patients Attend President Elect's Birthday Party." 2/6/33 "Hoover Pays Homage To Ex-President" - Coolidge Memorial Service. 2/16/33 "First Photos Of Attempted Assassination" - Miami "Immediately Prior To Attempt On His Life." 2/16/33 same title as previous - shows Chicago Mayor Cermak after being shot by Zangara - "Note Blood Showing On Cermak's Waist." 2/16/33 same title as previous. Shows FDR aboard yacht with reporters before he went to give speech at Bayfront where attack occurred. 2/17/33 (next day) "President Elect Visits Those Injured In Attempt On His Life." (Cermak and 3 others). 2/17/33 "Newark Girl In Hospital After Being Wounded By Would Be Roosevelt Assassin." 2/17/33 "Hates All Government" shows Zangara in Dade County Jail. 2/21/33 "Zangara Reads Of Crime In Papers/While Awaiting Fate" (taken in Dade County Jail). 2/18/33 "The President Elect Passes Between Two Human Walls" shows FDR's car at rail station in Jersey City on return from Miami. Caption notes largest guard detail since Wilson had similar protection during WWI. Historic group of 14 press photos. Comes with Hake's COA.
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