A funny thing happens, from time to time, when I'm trying to find a good folklore photo. I'll start out looking for a nice archival photograph of flowers, to brighten your
RDF filled afternoon, and then I end up writing about Elanor Roosevelt, isn't it just the way?
It all started with this photo:
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"Mr. Roosevelt being presented with flowers"
[October 08, 1961]
Original photograph in Memorial University
of Newfoundland Libraries,
Archives and Special Collections Division.
S. J. Carew Photograph Collection
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And then I just couldn't stop....
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Eleanor Roosevelt chats with J.R. and Clara Smallwood
[October 08, 1961]
Original photograph in Memorial University
of Newfoundland Libraries,
Archives and Special Collections Division.
S. J. Carew Photograph Collection |
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"Premier Smallwood, Lieutenant Governor MacPherson and Eleanor Roosevelt"
[October 08, 1961]
Original photograph in Memorial University
of Newfoundland Libraries,
Archives and Special Collections Division.
S. J. Carew Photograph Collection |
On October 9th, 1961, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the widow of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and an accomplished individual in her own right, attended the opening of the new campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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Lord Thomson thanks Eleanor Roosevelt after her address[October 09, 1961] Original photograph in Memorial University of Newfoundland Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division. S. J. Carew Photograph Collection |
For more information about
Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to Newfoundland, visit the collection on the Memorial University of Newfoundland Digital Archives Initiative.
-Nicole