- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, circa 1938
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1938
- Subject:
- Presidents--United States
Poliomyelitis--Georgia--Warm Springs
Williams, Aubry
Hope, Harry L. - People:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, Warm Springs, 32.89041, -84.68104
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View (from left to right ) of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with Aubry Williams, Harry L. Hope and an unidentified man outside the rehabilitation center in Warm Springs, Georgia.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, and served from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was Governor of New York, prior to being elected president. Roosevelt was a frequent visitor to Warm Springs, Georgia after he contacted polio. He utilized the pools at the resort town to heal his legs. Roosevelt visited Georgia over forty-one times between 1924 and 1945, and consequently endeared himself to many of the state's residents. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.42.08
ahc082042008a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/463
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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