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Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 Girding Their Loins: Franklin Roosevelt Meets Democratic Leaders at Headquarters in Hotel Biltmore

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09957.03 Author/Creator: Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1928 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One undated portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Bray, Maurice Block, George R. Van Namee. Pictured at the Hotel Biltmore in New York City to go over state election campaigns. Behind the men is a poster with an image of Alfred E. Smith and text that reads, "For President, Alfred E. Smith."

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930
Smith, Alfred Edgar, 1903-1986
Van Namee, George R., 1877-1949
Bray, M. William, 1889-1961
Block, Maurice, fl. 1928

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