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Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt taken December 17, 1943, at the White House. Harris & Ewing squib on reverse side reads as follows:

Washington, D.C. Dec. 17 — President Roosevelt had a happy smile and a warm greeting for members of his official family when he returned to the White House today after a five-week's trip abroad for conferences with other world leaders.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Day by Day — FDR left the USS Potomac and motored to the White House where he arrived at 9:30 am. A large delegation of his friends were on hand at the White House to welcome him back home. FDR's expedition to North Africa and the Middle East had taken him over a total of 17,442 land, sea and air miles.

  • Roosevelt is wearing a navy-and-ivory plaid woolen shirt given to him by textile designer Pola Stout. More information can be found on the Pola Stout article on the English Wikipedia.
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Public domain This work is from the Harris & Ewing collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.

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