Picture of FDR
holding his dog, Fala,
with Ruthie Bie
at Hilltop Cottage
at Hyde Park.
After FDR was striken
with Polio in 1921
at the age of 39,
he never walked unaided again.
This rare picture of FDR
in his homemade wheelchair
is from the FDR Library.
It has been made available as a picture postcard from the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC.
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