Franklin Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY Photos

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Library & Museum are on the grounds of Springwood, FDR's house. It contains an extensive collection related to FDR, his time as New York Governor, the Depression & WWII eras, & the work done by Eleanor Roosevelt. The Library is the only one actually used by a President in office. The Library / Museum is run by the National Parks Service.

See also: U.S. Presidential Sites, Franklin Roosevelt Home, Eleanor Roosevelt's Val-Kill, Hudson Valley
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Statue of Eleanor & Franklin D. Roosevelt sitting in the garden of Roosevelt home.

Close up of face of Franklin D. Roosevelt on garden sculpture.

Portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York State Capitol.

Portrait of younger FDR in Roosevelt home.

32: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945) lived (1882-1945).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library (1941) was only one actively used by a sitting President. Architect: Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

F.D. Roosevelt's White House desk in Presidential Library & Museum.

F.D. Roosevelt's Presidential Library study as it stood when he died in office with his wheel chair, portrait of his mother, & replica of desk used by George Washington.

Donkey kicking elephant on 1932 repeal GOP plaque in Presidential Museum.

F.D. Roosevelt campaign fan in Presidential Museum.

Roosevelt campaign pen holder in Presidential Museum.

Drive ahead with Roosevelt campaign with plaque showing FDR & Uncle Sam in Presidential Museum.

Roosevelt campaign brass with flying $ sign in Presidential Museum.

Roosevelt campaign pins with donkeys in Presidential Museum.

Collection of Roosevelt campaign pins from 1932 in Presidential Museum.

Collection of Roosevelt campaign pins from 1936 in Presidential Museum.

Collection of Roosevelt campaign pins from 1940 in Presidential Museum.

Collection of Roosevelt campaign pins from 1945 in Presidential Museum.

Collection of Roosevelt campaign pins from labor movement in Presidential Museum.

First inauguration photo of F.D. Roosevelt.

Inaugural souvenir button for Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933) in private collection.

NRA Code Retail Trade poster from 1934 in Presidential Museum.

Roosevelt's 1936 Ford Phaeton in Presidential Museum with hand controls to allow him to drive himself to neighbors in Presidential Museum.

Haviland china used by Roosevelt's White House in Presidential Museum.

Haviland china (1938) with FDR monogram given in the cause of peace by French soldiers maimed in WWI in Presidential Museum.

Lenox china (1934) with Roosevelt's family symbols mixed with Presidential crest used in White House in Presidential Museum.

Roosevelt's White House crystal with the tall goblet at left designed by Libbey Glass of Toledo, OH for the 1939 World's Fair with other pieces from T.G. Hawkes of Corning, NY.

Portrait of James Roosevelt (1885), FDR's father, by Felix Moscheles in Springwood home.

Portrait of James Roosevelt father of FDR (1828-1900) by Davis & Sanford in Presidential Museum.

Portrait of Sara Delano Roosevelt mother of FDR (1854-1941) by Tade Styka in Presidential Museum.

Tenth wedding anniversary portraits (1915) of Eleanor & Franklin by Claude P. Newell in Presidential Museum.

Samples of Roosevelt's stamp collection featuring cover of first airmail flight New York to Los Angeles in Presidential Museum.

Dedication medal for George Washington Bridge opened by FDR in 1931 in Presidential Museum.

Red Cross uniform worn by Eleanor Roosevelt during WW II.

Furniture from Eleanor Roosevelt's New York City apartment in Presidential Museum.

Set of tiger claws in necklace which belonged to Eleanor Roosevelt.

Portrait of World War II leader Winston Churchill (1942) by Julian Lamar in Roosevelt Museum.

Man & woman sculpted from section of Berlin Wall by Edwina Sandys, granddaughter of Winston Churchill. Complementary section of wall at Churchill Library in Fulton, MO.

Douglas C-54 Sacred Cow (1944) built for President Roosevelt & used for his trip to Yalta & later by Truman at US Air Force Museum. National Museum of American History, Washington DC

Ps-4 class steam locomotive (1926-51) which pulled F.D. Roosevelt's funeral train in American History Museum. US Air Force Museum


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