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Eleanor Roosevelt arriving in Pittsburgh

ca. 1939-1951

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Eleanor Roosevelt arriving in Pittsburgh
  • Title
  • Eleanor Roosevelt arriving in Pittsburgh
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1939-1951
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.409
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.409
  • Description
  • Eleanor Roosevelt visited Pittsburgh twice in 1944, once in February and again in May, when she spent the day touring the city. She returned in July 1946 for the dedication of a memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She is shown here on her arrival at Pittsburgh's Municipal Airport, in front of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines plane. City dignitaries, several women, and the press form a greeting party.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
    Airplanes--Pennsylvania.
    Pennsylvania Central Airlines.
    Crowds--Pennsylvania.
    Men--Pennsylvania.
    Women--Pennsylvania.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh