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Exhibits Roosevelt House History

    Roosevelt and Basil O’Connor counting dimes sent in to the White House for the March of Dimes, 1944.
    Roosevelt and Basil O’Connor counting dimes sent in to the White House for the March of Dimes, 1944.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Desk

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his family returned to their New York City home at 49 East 65th Street in January 1921 after living in Washington DC for the previous seven years while FDR was Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson. He had resigned that post in the summer of 1920 when he agreed to be the vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket to run with James Cox, the presidential nominee.

Explore this exhibit.

Roosevelt House has a small collection of Roosevelt Family photographs, letters and memorabilia exhibited in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s historic library.  Also currently on view is an exhibited curated by Rickie Solinger, entitled Picturing Policy: Re-imagining Government in the New Deal on the lower floors of the house.   For details on scheduling a tour of the house, see Visitor Information.