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Hannegan Passing Out Stamps to Patients

2013-435
Accession Number
2013-435
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348543798
Related Collection
Hannegan, Robert E. Papers
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Charities
Poliomyelitis
Postage stamps
HST Keywords
Georgia, Warm Springs; Polio; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Ref. to)
People Pictured
Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949
O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972
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Description
Polio patients receive Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamps in Warm Springs, Georgia. Standing on the right side: Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (leftmost) and Basil O'Connor (rightmost), President of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. All others in the photo are unidentified. The group gathered for a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamp Ceremony outside Roosevelt's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.
Date(s)
August 24, 1945