Item Information

Fala, President Franklin Roosevelt's Dog, Listening to a Radio, photograph and two captions
Fala, President Franklin Roosevelt's Dog, Listening to a Radio, photograph and two captions
Fala, President Franklin Roosevelt's Dog, Listening to a Radio, photograph and two captions

Dublin Core

Title

Fala, President Franklin Roosevelt's Dog, Listening to a Radio, photograph and two captions

Subject

United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt)
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Description

In this photograph of Fala, kept by Perkins, President Roosevelt’s Scotty “bends an attentive ear to a portable radio on a railroad station platform at a Pacific Coast naval base as he listens to his master accepting a fourth term nomination.” Includes two captions.

Date

July 21, 1944

Language

eng

Coverage

Los Angeles

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

Gift of Frances Perkins

MODS

Key Date

1944-07-21

Type of Date

ex

Form/Genre

photographs

Repository Name

nnc-rb

Shelf Location

Box 61, FDR

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

rd

Collection

Frances Perkins Papers

Citation

“Fala, President Franklin Roosevelt's Dog, Listening to a Radio, photograph and two captions,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/perkins/item/347.

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