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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Caricature Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Caricature Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Artifact IDMO 1971.64a
Object Type Print
Artist (Cuban caricaturist and illustrator, 1889-1965)
Date1933
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 8 in x W 6 1/4 in (20.3 cm x 15.9 cm )
Physical DescriptionA black and white photostat of a caricature of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is depicted midstride and clothed in morning dress consisting of a white shirt, striped tie, and a waistcoat beneath a black morning coat and black and white striped formal trousers. FDR is sporting pince-nez glasses, and in his right hand he is holding a top hat, while in his left hand is a small NRA (National Recovery Administration) Blue Eagle flag on a stick. The caricature is unsigned by the artist.
Historical NoteThis copy of an FDR caricature by Conrado Walter Massaguer, and a similar one of Eleanor Roosevelt (MO 1971.64b), were sent from Mandel Brothers in Chicago to presidential secretary Marvin McIntyre in December 1933. The caricatures were accompanied by a request to know if it would be objectionable to the Roosevelts to use these caricatures of them - along with those of other prominent figures of 1933 - as window decorations in the Mandel Brothers department store between Christmas and New Year’s. The request was answered by White House Press Secretary Stephen Early who stated that there would be no objection if no advertising was involved with the use of the caricatures.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteFrom the presidential papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt, donated as a bequest of FDR to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1947. Official File (OF) Series: 101A - Use of President's Name for Advertising, 1935-1938, (1933, Mandel). Transferred from the FDR Library Archives, 1970.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPortraits (National Archives Identifier 778816)
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