Lot 931
Roosevelt, Franklin D. and Eleanor. PS as President and First Lady, 7¼" x 9½", matted to 11½" x 13½", 1941. "Christmas 1941" is printed on the lower edge of the table at which the Roosevelts sit. The photograph was taken on July 4th by George Skaddings of the Associated Press. It shows the President and Mrs. Roosevelt on the south porch of their home at Hyde Park, New York. According to Mary Seeley in Season's Greetings From the White House (Tampa, Florida: A Presidential Christmas Corporation, 2005), 404 employees of the Roosevelts received one of these signed photographs as their 1941 Christmas present. In excellent condition and rare.
In December 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a secret visit to the White House to meet with President Roosevelt and work out a strategy for the war against the Axis powers. On Christmas Eve, just 17 days after Pearl Harbor, the two leaders delivered a Christmas message to the American people, which was broadcast around the world. The war effort geared up and the young men started to go off to war. Mrs. Roosevelt later wrote in her Christmas Book, "After that year, the Christmases weren't so cheerful."
Estimated Value $8,000 - 12,000.
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