Before Television by bmac62
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Life-size sculpture of man listening to a fireside-chat. Location: FDR Memorial, National Mall, Washington, D.C.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to four terms as President of the USA. He took to the radio 30 times during his 13 years as the chief executive to explain to the people of the USA what was happening and what his administration was doing to alleviate their tough times. Here we see probably a poor man during the depression years of the 1930s...looking for a glimmer of hope...in his dark times.
Comments (18)
And I remember those days Bill !!!! A very nice shot and going on from your comment on my latest upload - congratulations for being a Granddad and I have just learnt in the past few days that two of my Granddaughters are expecting their second and third which will make me a Great Granddad to 6 !!!
Ah, the famous fire side chats are also memorialized in the FDR memorial. Something he got renowned for. 4 terms - what a job he had - depression and war. Thanks for the post. A real throwback in time. My family didn't have TV, so I can really relate to this photo. Keep up the good work! :-)
My rat-ing - 6 + happy rats!
I like the sculpture & your photo of it - it really captures the spirit of a simpler time. I'm a few years younger than you, Bill, so I grew up on television, not radio & so I don't have as personal a relationship to this as you do, but I can still appreciate it & even feel a kind of nostalgia for a simpler world. FDR's comforting fireside chats have been replaced today by an endless cycle of anxiety-inducing demented tweets & we are the worse for it as a nation...
I think it was 1959 when my brother bought a TV for our mother. I can recall listening to westerns like the Lone Ranger among others on radio. I found an Admiral working radio in the trash dump and I decided to make some changes which made it into a short wave radio. no more Ranger but I could listen to the world, dreaming of traveling someday
I remember before my parents got a TV listening to the radio. Great capture of this scene
I bet he wished he had twitter!
You did a terrific job with this! I know what a challenge the light was in that dark cubby room, and you acquitted yourself admirably. Outstanding work!
Fine photography and subject matter.
I wonder how many of us would go stark-raving mad if a radio was the only form of electronic communication we had... I thought I was going to lose my mind with no internet for 2 days last week!
You really got a wonderful photo of this sculpture, Bill.
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A wonderful photo of this outstanding sculpture, Bill.
I didn't have a TV till 1976, and only then because the Open University broadcasts were at 4 am and I needed to record them on VHS I have always preferred the radio, although now the quality of nature filming is so high I love those documentaries. My family has always been the outdoor sort, so Tv was no priority. BTW we had a radio quite a lot like this!
Love this sculpture!!
Wonderful capture. God bless.
I remember coming home with my parents from trips to the mountains as a boy. Most of the trip would be made after sunset and I would listen to the radio while we made our way home. From the back seat I would hear the most wonderful radio plays and they had a major role in developing my imagination. Most of that radio is long gone and it shows in the lack of imagination so many of the younger generation possess.
This is a great image and really takes me back.
what a scene, I do remember this pose very well from my father and grandfather, that was pure concentration hearing the radio and no one had permission to disturb during the news at noon and in the evening 07:00 pm sometimes I do still hear the news in a almost same concentration :-)) perfect captured 5* and great art!
thats a fine find and wonderful sculpture with perfect pose my father had too when listening to the radio in the late afternoon in winter and and then he fell asleep 😃
Great sculpture, capture and comment about the depression era! Bill!
Those were the days - listening to the story and imagining the characters, settings and world. All the pictures in your own head and not on the screen.