Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at christening of the carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York City, April 1945

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Photograph. Eleanor Roosevelt, wearing a veil, speaking into microphones at podium at christening of the carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42). Official Caption: "Rome, 6/1/45--Mrs. Roosevelt speaks at FDR Carrier christening--Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the late U.S. President, addresses the crowd attending a ceremony on April 29, 1945, in which a new U.S. aircraft carrier was named after her husband who died on April 12. She said: 'I know that my husband would have felt very keenly and appreciated the thought of having this super-carrier given his name. . . . I pray God to bless this ship and its personnel and keep them safe, and bring them home victorious.' The 45,000-ton ship, second in its class, was built in a shipyard in New York City in 17 months. It will carry into combat more than 80 twin-engined planes, of types so new that they have not yet been in action. The ship, one of the best offensively and defensively equipped U.S. carriers, also will carry a large number of anti-aircraft guns.--FN photo--Serviced by Rome OWI (A List out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6489." New York, New York. 29 April 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.766
Date: 
04/29/1945
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Unit: 
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)
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Topical Subjects: 
Presidents' spouses--American--New York
Microphones--New York
Women--Clothing & dress--New York
Veils--New York
Collection Level: 
Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
Geography: 
New York
Latitude: 
40.700
Longitude: 
-74.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Presidents' spouses--American--New York
Microphones--New York
Women--Clothing & dress--New York
Veils--New York