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On April 10 and April 11, 1945, President Roosevelt was photographed in Warm Springs, Georgia.
More private photographs taken of the very sick President Franklin Roosevelt at Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia, April 10, 1945, two days before he died—FDR’s doctors and staff had been concealing crucial facts from Americans about gravity of his cardiovascular illness:
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At age 63, President Franklin Roosevelt was secretly photographed today 1945 while posing for a portrait at "Little White House,” Warm Springs, Georgia. The next day, he died.
This haunting end-of-life photograph of FDR, taken for private use by the portrait artist, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, was not shared with the public for decades after FDR’s death.
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Tue Apr 12, 2022: Here are photographs of FDR taken two days earlier and the day before.
That is, the day before he died. I'm separating these photographs from the thread that I'll run tomorrow.
Wed Apr 12, 2023: Georgia Negro Weeps Open-Eyed at the Death of President Roosevelt
Tue Apr 12, 2022: Georgia Negro Weeps Open-Eyed at the Death of President Roosevelt
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