Title from caption on object: “Roosevelt Asks ‘All the Help I Can Get’”

June 24, 1938

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

The image depicts a man seated at a table in front of two large microphones. He is facing the viewer with a serious expression. He has distinctive facial features, including prominent eyebrows and slightly furrowed brows. He has short, neatly styled hair, light in color. The man is wearing a light-colored suit jacket over a white shirt, paired with a dark, diagonally striped tie. His hands are resting on the table, which also holds papers. There are NBC and CBS microphones around him. The background features heavy curtains with an ornate pattern.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.7 × 21.6 cm (6 9/16 × 8 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 17.7 × 23 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.313

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Henry Yee, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, center printed in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM WASHINGTON / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / ROOSEVELT ASK "ALL THE HELP I CAN GET" / IN A PLEA FOR "ALL THE HELP I CAN GET," / PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FACED A BATTERY OF MICROPHONES / NIGHT OF JUNE 24 TO VIRTUALLY ASK THE PEOPLE XXX / TO VOTE FOR "LIBERAL" CANDIDATES IN THE COMING / ELECTIONS. ABOVE, THE PRESIDENT IS SHOWN FACING / THE MICROPHONES XXXX FOR HIS FIRESIDE CHAT IN / SPECIAL RADIO ROOM IN GROUND FLOOR OF WHITE / HOUSE. / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / 10:20 PEST AHH 6/24/38 BC / WX ADC (NEG TO NY)

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