Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt, 1915.

DESCRIPTION:

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt stepping into a government car in 1915.

 

CAPTION:

"Honorable Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of Navy; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Honorable Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to Mexico. Under guns of USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35) in New York Harbor for fleet review, 31 May 1934."

 

DATE:

1915

 

SUBJECTS:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

 

CONTEXT:

Much of Roosevelt's early political acumen was honed under SecNav Josephus Daniels, a former newspaperman with a keen eye for publicity. Roosevelt appears to have tirelessly supported Daniels' quest to stymie Big Steel's relentless grip on the price of armor for the U.S. Navy.

 

SOURCE:

Library of Congress

 

CREATOR/ORIGIN:

Unknown/Unknown

 

MEDIUM:

Photographic Print, B&W

 

COPYRIGHT:

None known

 

DID#:

30185a_Roos1915

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