Tom McAvoy
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Jackson Day Dinner
1937
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Tom McAvoy
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Jackson Day Dinner
1937
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 280 x 355 mm. (11 x 14 in.)
Image: 251 x 342 mm. (9 7/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Life Magazine, 1938
Object Number
1977.29.42
Using a telephoto lens, Tom McAvoy took these photographs of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he was attending a Democratic Party benefit dinner named in honor of Andrew Jackson. McAvoy’s “Roosevelt Recession” photo essay, published in Life on January 24, 1938, records the demeanor of the tipsy president as he listened to one of the speakers.
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"Roosevelt Recession," Life, Vol. 4, No. 4, January 24, 1938, pp. 16-19
Inscribed: Verso: at left, in graphite: "1.24.38 Jackson Day Dinner"; at lower left, in graphite: "2 [circled]"; at bottom center: "Roosevelt at Jackson Day Dinner - McAvoy"
Markings: Verso: at center left, stamped in red ink: "PHOTO BY / THOMAS D. MCAVOY"; at upper left, stamped in red ink: "LIFE"
