- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1938-08-11
- Subject:
- Presidents--United States
Public speaking--Georgia--Barnesville
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Hartsfield, William Berry, 1890-1971 - People:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lamar County, Barnesville, 33.05457, -84.15575
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield (holding hat with crossed hands) and Georgia Senator Walter George (holding hat to side) among several other unidentified men on the speakers platform during a visit to Barnesville, Georgia by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (not pictured).
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 82.45.23
ahc082045023a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/493
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
