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- 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.
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- 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
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- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
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- Virtual Motor City
- 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
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- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
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- Catchword partially cropped on the lower margin of f. 162v., 16th century gilt-tooled arabesque binding or pasteboard, with small marks on edges of boards where clasps were once attached. Binding damaged. Stub of missing leaf between ff. 10v - 11r., On f. 54r: 4-line historiated initial in pink enclosing the Virgin and St. Anne on gold grounds, with a three-quarter decorated board derived from a depiction of the acanthus plant containing occasional hairline foliage and vines, and flowers in gold, and fruit. Some names in the calendar are written in gold. Long ornamental cadelles extending into the top and lower margins, some with skilled caricatures of human faces. Rubricated in red, blue and gold. A 1-line initial in gold on pink and blue grounds with white penwork with line fillers of bars or flower heads on same line. 2-line initials in blue or pink on gold enclosing foliage or colored balls or flowers or foliage or fruit on grounds of gold. On f. 36r: 3-line inital in blue with white penwork, enclosing pink and blue foliage with white penwork, on a ground of gold. On f. 51v and 108v: foliate motif border in outer margin derived from a depiction of the acanthus plant containing occasional hairline foliage and vines, and flowers in gold. On f. 157r: 2-line initial in blue with white penwork, enclosing a strawberry, on ground of gold. On f. 74r-v and f. 77v., outline impression of an initial and foliage border. Many pages have black, red, and blue ink stains. Gold and paint in the initials flaking from some leaves. On f. 8, the top of leaf is cropped with loss of text., A Book of Hours containing a calendar (missing calendar leaves for January and February); Gospel Readings followed by prayers; the Hours of the Virgin; the Penitential Psalms, followed by prayers and a Litany; the Hours of the Cross; the Office of the Dead; the Sulfrages to the Saints, followed by a single prayer which a blue rubric announces. Initials through out are illuminated, and one initial is historiated with a miniature of the Virgin and St. Anne., 1 column of 13 lines ruled in red written in lettre batarde., and “1542” on last main text leaf possibly indicating the precise date of the binding.
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries