Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Presidential Libraries -- New York (State) -- Hyde Park; Presidents
On November 19, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before a gathering of his Hudson Valley neighbors and dignitaries to lay the cornerstone of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York. His speech that day was broadcast...
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; McShain, John, 1898-1989; Presidential Libraries -- New York (State) -- Hyde Park; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- Hyde Park; Presidents
President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the cornerstone laying of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York, November 19, 1939. On FDR's right is the Library's builder John McShain and on his left is Secret Service Agent Tommy Qualters.
FDR acknowledging the invocation delivered by Chaplain McKeon of the 156th Field Artillery at the laying of the cornerstone of the State Armory, Peekskill, New York, Major-General Haskell and Speaker John N. Garner to the right.
Mrs. Will Aldrich holding her son, Guy, on a bicycle. They are standing in the middle of a dirt road. Written on back: Hyde Park, N.Y. Taken on Alberston St. looking east. Note old firehouse in background. Tilley property on left.
Written on back: Braman Greenhouse, Wilbraham. Later, Mrs. C.B. Sexton. Hyde Park, N.Y. Later, the property of the Rev. Thodias Kaniski, Polish priest-in-charge of St. Joseph's Church, Poughkeepsie, NY. View from the southeast.
