ER-President's-Birthday-Ball-Ticket-1940
Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt buying the first ticket to the 1940 President's Birthday Ball to fight infantile paralysis File name reads as follows: MRS. ROOSEVELT BUYS FIRST TICKET TO PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 16. LAUNCHING A DRIVE FOR THE SALE OF TICKETS TO THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL SCHEDULED FOR JAN. 30, MRS. ROOSEVELT TODAY BOUGHT TICKET NO. 1 FROM WJSV ANNOUNCER A.D.-JESS- WILLARD AND MADE A SHORT BROADCAST APPEALING FOR SUPPORT OF THE FUNCTION, FUNDS FROM WHICH WILL GO TO RELIEVE SUFFERING FROM INFANTILE PARALYSIS. WILLARD IS GENERAL MANAGER OF RADIO STATION WJSV, CENTRAL TICKET AGENCY FOR THE SALE OF TICKETS
- Date
- 1940-01-16
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 4,660 × 3,835 pixels
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