Roosevelt, Franklin D. ; inauguration. Copy of Miguel Covarrubias painting

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Description:

Image of the inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt, by artist and caricaturist, Miguel Covarrubias, owned by the National Portrait Gallery. "No president ever took office against a darker backdrop than Franklin Roosevelt on March 4, 1933, with banks failing by the dozens and unemployment at 28 percent, total national collapse seemed possible, and the day's gray weather only reinforced the bleak mood, the carefully chosen words of Roosevelt's inaugural speech, however, briefly lifted the gloom, and when he broke into a confident smile at the close, the crowd sent up a relieved cheer, the optimism of that moment grew in the coming months as Roosevelt's New Dealers launched their whirlwind of innovative measures to cure the Great Depression, caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias produced this rendering of the inauguration for Vanity Fair, which billed it as a panorama of "magnificos, diplomats, and military commanders," In the lower right is the doleful "Forgotten Man," wearing a sandwich board-a grim reminder of the country's dire straits," from the National Portrait Gallery's website.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

United States

Subject Topic:

Caricature and Presidents

Subject Name:

Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano), Covarrubias, Miguel, and 1904-1957

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc46452