This image shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcasting his first Fireside Chat regarding the banking crisis from the White House in Washington, DC. You can also read a printed version of President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat on the banking crisis.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt Broadcasting his First Fireside Chat
- 3/12/1933
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This primary source comes from the Collection FDR-Photos: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Photographs.
National Archives Identifier: 6728517
Full Citation: Photograph NPx 48-22 3868(628); President Franklin D. Roosevelt Broadcasting his First Fireside Chat Regarding the Banking Crisis, from the White House, Washington, DC; 3/12/1933; Photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882 – 1945; Collection FDR-Photos: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Photographs,; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/fdr-first-fireside-chat/, March 30, 2026]
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