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Signature Moments: Letters From the Famous, the Infamous, and Everyday Americans

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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Artwork under copyright: Artwork © Walt Disney Productions
Signature Moments: Letters From the Famous, the Infamous, and Everyday AmericansSaturday, June 28, 2025 - Tuesday, July 7, 2026

During their extraordinary public careers, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt interacted with a “who’s who” of the 20th century. Signature Moments opens the FDR Library’s archives and museum for an insider’s view of the remarkable -- and sometimes surprising -- variety of personal exchanges with an amazing array of famous (and a few infamous) people. This fascinating group includes over 100 golden age movie stars, queens and kings, scientists, and legendary military heroes. Signatures of literary giants, celebrated artists, world leaders, and, of course, prominent politicians and political activists -- including seven American presidents -- are on view. Some are paired with unique gifts from the sender. A number of Museum artifacts are featured in this special exhibition.

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Animation Cel from The Pointer
MO 1941.3.77
Walt Disney Productions (The Walt Disney Company)
1939
Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet
MO 1946.29.3
Unknown
2350 B.C.
Framed Photograph of Haile Selassie I
MO 2007.541
B. M. Boyadjian
1930
Framed Photograph of Joseph V. Stalin
MO 1968.25.9
Boris Nikolayevich Karpov
ca. 1944
The Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
MO 1981.53.6
Miguel Covarrubias
1933
Jack Dempsey Knocks Out Jess Willard
MO 1945.61.13
James Montgomery Flagg
1944
Lockheed P-38 Airplane Ashtray
MO 1944.112.3
Anthony W. Mechowski
1943
Portion of Royal Wedding Cake
MO 1948.80.10
McVitie and Price Ltd.
1947
Shirley Temple Police Force Badge
MO 1997.25a
Los Angeles Stamp and Stationery Company
ca. 1937
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