Image: FDR 1944 Color Portrait (3x4 cropped)

Description: Original color transparency of FDR taken at 1944 Official Campaign Portrait session by Leon A. Perskie, Hyde Park, New York, August 22, 1944. Gift of Beatrice Perskie Foxman and Dr. Stanley B. Foxman.

August 22, 1944
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Leon Perskie  (1899–1982)   

Alternative names

Leon Albert Perskie; Leon A. Perskie

Description American photographer

Date of birth/death

10 April 1899  21 August 1982 

Location of birth/death

Atlantic City  Baltimore 

Authority file

Q109051040

creator QS:P170,Q109051040 Scan: FDR Presidential Library & Museum
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Attribution Required?: Yes