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Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 President Braves the Rain in Open Car After Inaugural Oath

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09957.46 Author/Creator: Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 20 January 1937 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One picture dated January 20, 1937 depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt riding in an open car in the rain. Pictured after the president's inauguration.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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