FDR Sphinx Sculpture - Curator Talk, 5/27/2020

With war headlines dominating the news in late 1939, speculation began that FDR might seek a third term. When he said little in response, cartoons began appearing in the nation’s newspapers that depicted him as the Great Sphinx of Giza. They inspired this papier mache sculpture. The original At Home with the Roosevelts presentation premiered on May 27, 2020, with Supervisory Museum Curator Herman Eberhardt: https://youtu.be/BIyHc2x-L9c

Here is a selection from our Museum collection of objects highlighted in the program.