Apr 12, 2018 - Sale 2473

Sale 2473 - Lot 192

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(PRESIDENTS--1932.) Re-Elect Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Keep Progressive Government. Poster on board, 21 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches to sight; not examined out of period frame. New York: T.J. Hayes, [1930]

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The New York governorship was Roosevelt's first major elected office, following stints in the state legislature and as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His two terms in Albany were a foreshadowing of his presidency: massive public works projects, wide popularity, and even Frances Perkins as his state Secretary of Labor.