Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Little White House

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In 1924, three years after Roosevelt contracted polio, he began visiting Warm Springs in Georgia. The springs were thought to be beneficial for polio victims. Roosevelt, who became the U.S. president in 1932, is pictured in front of the Little White House in Warm Springs.

Courtesy of Georgia Info, Digital Library of Georgia.

Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Little White House

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