• President Roosevelt Throws First Pitch
    Harris & Ewing
    sports
    Washington, D.C.
    First Family
    Presidential Visit
    In this photograph, taken April 14, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt throws the opening pitch of the baseball season in Washington, D.C. The Washington Senators defeated the New York Yankees with a final score of 1-0. Pictured in the first row of the stands from left to right: presidential secretary Marvin Hunter McIntyre; the president's son Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; his wife, Ethel du Pont Roosevelt; President Roosevelt; New York Yankees manager Joe McCarthy; Senators player Bucky Harris; Senators owner Clark Griffith; and American League president Will Harridge.
  • Roosevelt Family Leaving for Christmas Church Services
    Unknown
    First Family
    holidays
    Christmas
    This black and white photograph is of the Roosevelt family leaving the White House for St. Thomas' Parish for Christmas services. Left to right in the photo are Mrs. Elizabeth Riley Roosevelt, sister-in-law of the President, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Sara Roosevelt, mother of the president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt and his wife, Mrs. Betsy Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., and Harry Hopkins, the Secretary of Commerce. The two children in front are Sara Delano Roosevelt, daughter of James Roosevelt, and Diana Hopkins.