sold Rare Oversize Photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt Holding a Press Conference
Signed to Reporter George Durno of the International News Service.
An 11 by 14 inch photograph, circa 1942, showing FDR at one of his press conferences, speaking with three reporters representing the major wire services: Douglas Cornell of Associated Press, Merriman Smith of United Press, and George Durno of the International News Service. The President inscribes the photograph to Durno (who...
An 11 by 14 inch photograph, circa 1942, showing FDR at one of his press conferences, speaking with three reporters representing the major wire services: Douglas Cornell of Associated Press, Merriman Smith of United Press, and George Durno of the International News Service. The President inscribes the photograph to Durno (who is the one in naval uniform), writing: "For George – Changing Calendars / Franklin D. Roosevelt". When FDR gave his press conferences in the Oval Office, in the front row, by tradition, stood the men representing these wire services. This is the first signed photograph of Roosevelt holding a press conference that we have seen.
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