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FDR assisted from a seaplane following an aerial inspection of naval facilities in Pauillac, France, August 14, 1918.
FDR accompanies Daniels and the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) to inspect the brigade of midshipmen at Annapolis, November 1919.
Democratic presidential candidate James Cox named FDR as his running mate in 1920. They are shown here greeting voters at a Democratic parade in Dayton, Ohio.
Roosevelt and his political entourage relax after a day of campaigning in Billings, Montana. Left to right: Louis Howe, Thomas Lynch, FDR, Marvin McIntyre.
This family photo from July 27, 1920, was taken shortly after Franklin’s romance with Lucy Mercer was discovered. Sara seems to console Eleanor with her hand on Eleanor’s knee. Children, left to right: Elliott, FDR, Jr., John, Anna, James. Chief is in the foreground.
Boy Scout encampment, Palisades Park, New York, July 27, 1921. FDR contracted the polio virus here. This is the last photograph to show Roosevelt walking unassisted.
Roosevelt spent the years from 1923 to 1926 in Florida attempting to regain his health, much of the time aboard the Larooco, a seventy-one-foot houseboat described by co-owner John Lawrence as “a floating tenement.”
On the beach in Florida with Frances (Dana) De Rahm. Aside from his slender legs, it would be difficult to recognize that FDR was paralyzed.
FDR posing on horseback in Warm Springs, Georgia, with Missy LeHand and Sergeant Earl Miller of the New York State Police.
FDR with Democratic presidential nominee John W. Davis and New York governor Al Smith at Hyde Park, August 7, 1924.
Franklin and Eleanor with Anna and her husband, Curtis Dall, at Hyde Park, June 1926.
Eleanor poses for a snapshot with her friends Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman at Val-Kill, July 1926. The depth of their friendship continues to be a subject of speculation.
Eleanor developed a lasting relationship with New York State Police sergeant Earl Miller that continued throughout her life. This photo is from 1930.
Governor Roosevelt rides with Missy LeHand and Eleanor from the governor’s mansion to the state capitol.
Roosevelt read four newspapers daily and scanned a dozen others. Here, he is checking the Times at Warm Springs in 1931.
FDR sailing with his sons. Left to right: John, Elliott, James, and FDR, Jr., off Campobello, September 15, 1931. Roosevelt enjoyed blue-water sailing and used his nautical ability with telling effect in the early 1930s to discount rumors of his invalidism.
Strategy session with vice presidential nominee John Nance Garner at Hyde Park. On the decisive fourth ballot at Chicago, Garner had thrown his support to Roosevelt, ensuring FDR’s nomination.
Presidential candidate Roosevelt attending the third game of the 1932 World Series in Chicago. Chicago Cubs manager Charlie Grimm and the Yankees’ Joe McCarthy are in the foreground. Chicago mayor Anton Cermak is behind McCarthy. Eleanor is behind Franklin.
Campaigning in Seattle, FDR greets fellow polio victim Melidy Bresina, September 22, 1932. (The young boy is unidentified.)
Despite the opposition of UMW president John L. Lewis, FDR carried the coal fields of West Virginia overwhelmingly. He is shown here greeting Zeno Santello in Elm Grove, West Virginia, October 19, 1932.
FDR reviews final election returns with a jubilant James Farley and Louis Howe. Howe’s tepid smile is the closest he came to expressing genuine pleasure.
January 23, 1933. President-elect Roosevelt poses with Anna outside his residence at Warm Springs before departing to inspect the giant hydroelectric dam at Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
FDR spoke briefly to American Legionnaires at Bay Front Park in Miami the evening of February 15, 1933. Chicago mayor Anton Cermak was shot moments later when an assassin’s bullet aimed at Roosevelt misfired.
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