Unique vintage glossy 6.5 x 8 photo of Temple and Eleanor Roosevelt seated in a movie theater in 1938, signed and inscribed to the First Lady in fountain pen, “To Mrs. Roosevelt, Love from your friend, Shirley Temple.” Beautifully archivally double-suede-matted and framed with a detailed descriptive plaque to an overall size of 14.75 x 23. In fine condition. Temple emerged as Hollywood’s foremost child star as the Great Depression raged and FDR took office—she became a national icon, exuding happiness with her bright smile at a time when the country needed it most. President Roosevelt recognized her importance on multiple occasions, saying, ‘It is a splendid thing that for just a fifteen cents an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles,’ and ‘As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right.’ A truly remarkable photograph presented to her friend, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and actually displayed by her in the White House, this rarity, linking two of the greatest female personalities of 20th century American history, is a particularly noteworthy piece.
