Collection The Presidents
Biographies & Portraits
Franklin D. Roosevelt Funeral - Photo 1
- Photographer
- Abbie Rowe
- Date of Work
- April 14, 1945
- Credit
- FDR Library
Franklin D. Roosevelt Funeral - Photo 1
This is a photograph taken by National Park Service photographer Abbie Rowe of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's casket lying in state in the East Room on April 14, 1945. Rowe was a prolific photographer, providing extensive coverage of the presidency from the Franklin D. Roosevelt through the Lyndon B. Johnson administrations.
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