#Sara Delano Roosevelt Park

[the1920sinpictures]

1925 Looking north over the Sara Delano Roosevelt Park. From New York City History and Memories, FB.

[jimgandolfini]

highlights from tonight’s Roosevelt home movies viewing:

Sara Delano Roosevelt holding a dog, making a flower arrangement in her Hyde Park garden

FDR with his hair looking a hot mess coming out the pool for hot dogs

FDR in his bathing suit in his wheelchair 😭 (when there are only two known still photographs of him in a wheelchair outside of this vid)

His hair looking like he’s in the episode of Seinfeld when the showers water pressure is off kilter

Just some grandkids randomly galloping by on horseback

James Roosevelt (my favorite roosevelt son) sunbathing

This puppy!! that won’t stop licking FDRs face!!!

Eleanor loving this doggie!!

#fdr #eleanor roosevelt #Sara Delano Roosevelt #James roosevelt #the dog rubbing its face all over FDRs face at the pool #that’s me

[eyelydz]

at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park https://www.instagram.com/p/CgtahIvOFdV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[immigrationnewsdigest]

At the Crossroads: A Portrait of 8 New York City Blocks and One Man - Tenement Museum

#M’Finda Kalunga Garden #Sara D. Roosevelt #park space #open park space #@tenementmuseum #Tenement House Model #Lower East Side #Robert Humber #Sara Delano Roosevelt Park

[vision35mm]

Untitled Women getting ready for a performance on Falun Dafa Festival (2019)

#2019 #35mm film #analog photography #Chinatown #Falun Dafa #I ♥ NY #I love NY #ilford hp5 plus 400 #Manhattan #new york city #new york street photography #nyc #nyc chinatown #NYC Footy - Sara D Roosevelt Park #nycunedited.com #Sara Delano Roosevelt Park #shoot film #street photography

[thehistorygirlnj]

It’s been almost exactly four years since we have been to the National Park sites in Hyde Park, #NewYork, so yesterday we revisted the three sites that are located within a few miles of each other. All of the buildings are currently closed, but the grounds are open. The second I am featuring is Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site. #Springwood, as the house is named, was the birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The original section of the home is believed to have been built about 1800. Roosevelt's father, James, purchased the property in 1866. Over the next 34 years, many improvements and additions were made to the house. In 1915, the final major addition and remodeling of the house took place under the guidance of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his mother Sara, which gives the home a Colonial Revival appearance. In 1943, Roosevelt donated the estate to the American people and the National Historic Site was established January 15, 1944. The site is also home to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the first presidential library in the United States, dedicated June 30, 1941. #ny #nyhistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #FindYourPark #travelblog #travelblogger #blog #blogger #explore #exploreny #history #nationalparkservice #goparks #nps #nps103 #nationalparkgeek #explore #nationalpark #optoutside #franklinroosevelt #natinalhistoricsite #iloveny #hydepark #hydeparkny #hudsonrivervalley #hudsonrivervalleynha #smallparksaturday (at Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site) https://www.instagram.com/p/CESo-iojUUN/?igshid=ns1ycw7ujrm6

#newyork #springwood #ny #nyhistory #spreadthehistory #historygirl #findyourpark #travelblog #travelblogger #blog #blogger #explore #exploreny #history #nationalparkservice #goparks #nps #nps103 #nationalparkgeek #nationalpark #optoutside #franklinroosevelt #natinalhistoricsite #iloveny #hydepark #hydeparkny #hudsonrivervalley #hudsonrivervalleynha #smallparksaturday

[hydeparkhistorian]

Fireside Chats - at St. James Chapel

I am excited and honored to be invited to speak at the famous Fireside Chats at St. James Chapel. Tomorrow night (Thursday the 16th, at 7pm) is the first of four lectures and I will be discussing my research on the Delano Family and the opium trade. Not many people are aware of the fact that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was just as much a Delano as he was a Roosevelt. His mother would claim that he was a Delano first and a Roosevelt second and he seemed to agree with her. 

The Delano family came to the colonies on the second ship to arrive in Plymouth, The Fortune, which would set the tone for the rest of the family’s history. They became merchant sailors and made their way to China by the 1830s. The opium business was not the most legal way to make one’s wealth but considering that many of the fortunes made by 19th century Americans involved the exploitation of others, this should come as no surprise. 

During tomorrow night’s lecture, I will discuss the movement of opium, tea, silks, and the wars that the Delanos found themselves in the middle of. We will also look at what the Delano family would do with their wealth, Hyde Park certainly benefitted from Sara Delano Roosevelt’s money. Our library was built with her money, St. James Church itself prospered with her money. 

Join me at St. James Chapel on East Market Street at 7PM! 

#hyde park ny #american history #opium war #fdr

[bfuss]

#thattimethecitycalledmyname #blue #neon #corner #glow #geometry (at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/8oTUSpogRE/?utm_medium=tumblr

#thattimethecitycalledmyname #blue #neon #corner #glow #geometry

[a2ya]

#street #basketball #streetball #newyorkcity #manhattan (at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park)

#manhattan #street #streetball #basketball #newyorkcity

[fakesickness]

🏀☃️ (at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLac_HH4fi/?igshid=1qh4mul3li06j

[lxhahn]

#covid19 #coronavirus #newyorkcity #rainynight #icpconcerned #henrywadsworthlongfellow #alexanderhahnartist (at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCf-aVZFeGx/?igshid=403y7o69cn8d

#covid19 #coronavirus #newyorkcity #rainynight #icpconcerned #henrywadsworthlongfellow #alexanderhahnartist

[pquadrini]

Chinese New Year Firecracker in New York (at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park)

[delanopaperproject]

Rest In Peace: Warren Delano and the Riverside Cemetery

How often do we think about our own graves? As one gets older one might take perhaps a little more time to contemplate where to be buried and what sort of design to have for a tombstone. Perhaps all you wish to have is a simple coffin to lie in and a cross for all to see in a quiet and meticulously landscaped cemetery. Or maybe your family would rather keep a piece of you around and your ashes could be stored in a jar atop of the mantle in the living room. You could even send your ashes into space on a rocket if you really wish to get fancy. However, for the majority of the Delano family there was really only one final destination, at least for the body, and that was the Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven MA. Not only is this the final resting place of over 20 members of the family but they were also the ones who started it.

By the 1830s the population around Fairhaven and New Bedford had doubled since its humble beginnings. The port was overflowing with ships from the booming whaling trade that would make the area famous and the small burial ground that had served Fairhaven well, was no longer adequate to accommodate the dead. By the winter of 1846, the Delano family had made their way home to Fairhaven after being in China for over a decade. They brought with them the remains of their daughter Susan who had died in China. It became clear to Warren Delano Jr. that a proper cemetery would be needed. He purchased land in the northern part of town from a farmer named Jonathon Nye and established the Riverside Cemetery Corporation with his father Warren Sr. as president in 1850.

During this time the idea of the Rural Style also known as the Garden Style cemetery was becoming quite popular throughout the nation. Cemeteries were being developed as places not only for the dead but also for the living. Parks with decretive memorials, paths, ponds, and benches for recreational use. Riverside would be laid out in this popular style and the first person to be buried here was of course, a Delano. In August of 1850 a cousin of Warren’s, Mary Delano was laid to rest. But it still wasn’t good enough for the man who had made a very handsome fortune in China. Warren Jr. hired Richard Morris Hunt, one of the leading architects of the 19th century to design a crypt suitable for his family. The tomb has space for 24 coffins (20 of which are filled) and there are other graves on the hillside just above the crypt where various other family members are laid to rest. Hunt would go on to create some of the grandest buildings in the country including the Biltmore estate in North Carolina and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Almost every member of the Delano family is laid to rest at Riverside with the exception of Sara Delano Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, both buried in Hyde Park. Sara wished to be laid to rest next to her husband at St. James Church. FDR had planned out his burial site in his mother’s rose garden near the home where he was born. He also designed a simple headstone made of Vermont marble and cut to the size and shape of his Presidential desk. Today if you visit the Riverside Cemetery, which is not far from the Delano homestead,  you can easily walk to the Delano crypt standing strong over a century later in peace and serenity as was the wish of Warren Delano.        

#cemetery #delano #fdr #history #death #rural style

[sidelineshooter]

Learning about reciprocity failure as I shoot long exposures on film. S/O @therealcorymarr for joining me on a fun night of shooting. #RespectTheShooter #hasselblad501cm #kodakportra800 #filmisnotdead (at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park)

#kodakportra800 #filmisnotdead #respecttheshooter #hasselblad501cm

[thehistorygirlnj]

It’s been exactly four years since we have been to the National Park sites in Hyde Park, #NewYork. On Sunday we revisted the three sites that are located within a few miles of each other. All of the buildings are currently closed, but the grounds are open. The third I am featuring is Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. The property is also known as Val-Kill and is about two miles east of Springwood, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's home. This property was built so that Eleanor could develop some of her ideas for work with winter jobs for rural workers and women. She liked being there more than at the "big house," which was still run by FDR's mother, Sara. This site is drastically different from FDR's mansion - it is very simple and modest, as opposed to lavish. Stone Cottage was built between 1924 and 1926 and is the only residence Eleanor personally owned and the property was the site of Val-Kill Industries. Stone Cottage would also be Eleanor's home after the death of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1945. In 1936, Eleanor remodeled the Val-Kill factory on the site into a 20-room house (now called Val-Kill Cottage) with an apartment for her personal secretary, an office, living room, and dining room for entertaining guests. After Eleanor's death in 1962, the Val-Kill Cottage was converted into rental units and later sold to developers. It was saved through a public campaign and on May 26, 1977 became a unit of the @NationalParkService. The site opened to the public in 1984. #ny #nyhistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #FindYourPark #travelblog #travelblogger #blog #blogger #explore #exploreny #history #nationalparkservice #goparks #nps #nps104 #nationalparkgeek #explore #nationalpark #valkill #eleanorroosevelt #natinalhistoricsite #iloveny #hydepark #hydeparkny #hudsonrivervalley #hudsonrivervalleynha #smallparksaturday #stonecottage (at Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEVRaWCj4uq/?igshid=d4qb80xkm3rb

#newyork #ny #nyhistory #spreadthehistory #historygirl #findyourpark #travelblog #travelblogger #blog #blogger #explore #exploreny #history #nationalparkservice #goparks #nps #nps104 #nationalparkgeek #nationalpark #valkill #eleanorroosevelt #natinalhistoricsite #iloveny #hydepark #hydeparkny #hudsonrivervalley #hudsonrivervalleynha #smallparksaturday #stonecottage

[hydeparkhistorian]

When Hollywood came to Hyde Park

There have been several movies and TV series produced over the years that focus on the Roosevelt family in some way, shape, or form. Not all of them accurate or even enjoyable (especially if you’re a picky historian like me). There is one movie that stands out for its attention to detail and wonderful acting. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote in her column on June 9th 1960, “I went up to Hyde Park Tuesday morning with Nannine Joseph and Miss Corr, and we arrived at the library to find the filming for Dore Schary's movie, "Sunrise at Campobello," in full swing.” She would stick around long enough to get a photo with Ralph Bellamy, who was playing the role of her husband and Greer Garson, who was playing her! It must have been so odd to sit on the porch of her family’s home surrounded by Hollywood cameras and crew and to know that they were going to recreate her life for all to see on the big screen. (photo below)

Sunrise at Campobello was written as a play by Dore Schary (after he received permission from Eleanor Roosevelt) in 1957. The playwright claimed that he had read everything ever written about the President and focused on details such as how he was able to get around in the days just after contracting polio, the first day he wore leg braces, and the exact dimensions of the kitchen chair that he converted into a wheelchair. The play began in 1958 and ran just over a year on Broadway with Ralph Bellamy playing the role of FDR there first. Eleanor wrote a very detailed review of the play in February of 1958…

“I saw the opening night performance last week in New York of the play, "Sunrise at Campobello", which depicts nearly three years in the life of my husband. I found to be quite true what my son, Elliott, had told me about the play. It is remarkably good and well acted, but I was happy that the actors recognized it as a play and did not try to make it too real. As a result, just as Elliott had said, I was able to see it as drama and not think of it as depicting each individual as he or she really was. Dore Schary, the author, did a remarkable job of gaining an insight into the characters as they were at the time—in 1921. Louis Howe, for instance, who is a delightful and amusing person, could easily have said any of the things that were put into his mouth and I enjoyed the portrayal of him thoroughly, although he could never have looked like the gentleman cast in his role. I thought Miss Mary Fickett did an excellent job of being a very sweet character, which she is in the play. I am afraid I was never really like Mr. Schary's picture of myself, so I could even look upon the portrayal of myself in a fictional light! Ralph Bellamy, as my husband, did a remarkable job of showing, in his study at the Institute for Crippled and Disabled, the way people with polio feel and the patience, hard work and determination that goes into doing each new thing. He suggested my husband very successfully.”

When the plans for a film came after the success of the play, Bellamy was concerned about continuing his role as FDR. He personally believed that he was too old, at age 55, to portray FDR at the ages of 39 through 42 on film and announced that Marlon Brando looked set for the film role. In a Feb 1959 New York Times article, Schary “scotched rumors” that Brando would play the “pre-presidential” FDR. A July 1959 Beverly Hills Citizen article reported that Bellamy was still concerned about playing a younger role that was being filmed in Technicolor close-ups and that Charlton Heston, who was then in his mid-thirties, was being contacted as an alternate for the part. Bellamy would eventually take on the role along side Greer Garson. The movie also starred Hume Cronyn as Louis Howe and Ann Shoemaker as Sara Delano Roosevelt. 

According to studio production notes, the democratic convention sequence was staged in the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. Production notes show that exterior sequences of the film were shot at actual historical locations including the lawn of Hyde Park and boating scenes in the Bay of Fundy at the Island of Campobello and Bangor Maine. Exact replicas of the interiors of the Campobello summer home, Springwood, and New York City townhouse on 65th Street were recreated on the Warner Bros. set.  In the opening credits of the film, the director Dore Schary made sure to thank the Roosevelt family, the Presidential Library and the National Park Service for their assistance. The film was nominated for 4 Academy Awards, and Greer Garson won a Golden Globe for Best Actress.   

#hyde park ny #american history #hollywood #classic film #roosevelt