Photographing FDR

Says archivist Clark,
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Says archivist Clark, "FDR was comfortable with himself as president. And that comfort translated well into film, making him more accessible, more human, to the people." In this photo, made in 1937, the President pauses while speaking with the press at Hyde Park.

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