Shirley Temple in Photograph with Eleanor Roosevelt, with Correspondence

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The large-format photograph depicts Shirley Temple in animated conversation with Eleanor Roosevelt who evidently remained friendly despite the slingshot episode described in #105 of this book. Along with a letter written to Shirley by the First Lady prior to this meeting noting, "I was delighted to have your letter and I think it was sweet of you to write me...", dated July 22, 1937. The letter is written on White House stationery, and includes White House envelope with Hyde Park postmark.