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Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 Pony Express Rides Again with Presidents Mail

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09957.39 Author/Creator: Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 21 August 1935 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt dated August 21, 1935. Pictured with is a wagon at an event that commemorated the Oregon Trail. Roosevelt is with a group of boy scouts receiving mail.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930

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