Tom McAvoy
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Jackson Day Dinner
1937
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Tom McAvoy
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Jackson Day Dinner
1937
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 280 x 355 mm. (11 x 14 in.)
Image: 251 x 342 mm. (9 7/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Life Magazine, 1938
Object Number
1977.29.42
Using a telephoto lens, Tom McAvoy took these photographs of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he was attending a Democratic Party benefit dinner named in honor of Andrew Jackson. McAvoy’s “Roosevelt Recession” photo essay, published in Life on January 24, 1938, records the demeanor of the tipsy president as he listened to one of the speakers.
BMA, "Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Photograph Collection," 14 June - 6 August, 1978; Traveling 1 September - 3 October, 1978.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Rena Hoisington, The Academy Art Museum, "Picturing America: 1930-1960 Photographs from the Baltimore Museum of Art," July 31 - October 3, 2009.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Rena Hoisington, The Academy Art Museum, "Picturing America: 1930-1960 Photographs from the Baltimore Museum of Art," July 31 - October 3, 2009.
Inscribed: Verso: at left, in graphite: "1.24.38 Jackson Day Dinner"; at lower left, in graphite: "2 [circled]"; at bottom center: "Roosevelt at Jackson Day Dinner - McAvoy"
Markings: Verso: at center left, stamped in red ink: "PHOTO BY / THOMAS D. MCAVOY"; at upper left, stamped in red ink: "LIFE"
