1934 press photo: President Roosevelt's Mother and her sister in Paris

Nice photo of Sara Roosevelt, FDR's mother, strolling along Champs Elysées in Paris with her sister.

Description written on back in French:

"Juillet 34 Mrs. Roosevelt, mère du Président des Etats-Unis, et sa sœur Mrs. Forbes en promenade aux Champs Elysées, devant la statue du Tigre"

"July 34 Mrs. Roosevelt, mother of the President of the United States, with her sister Mrs. Forbes strolling on the Champs Elysées, in front of the statue of The Tiger"

'The Tiger' is the nickname of Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France during the First World War.

Printed on back:

Paper is curved. Some staining on back

7 ⅝” x 5 ⅝”

(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)

Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt (September 21, 1854 – September 7, 1941) was the second wife of James Roosevelt I (from 1880), the mother of President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her only child, and subsequently the mother-in-law of Eleanor Roosevelt.

In 1867, after a period of engagement, William Howell Forbes married Deborah "Dora" Perry Delano (1847–1940), daughter of Warren Delano (1809–1898), also a partner at the Russell & Co., in Paris. After William died in 1896, his wife Dora married his brother, Paul Revere, in 1903