1940 Press Photo New York Mrs.Franklin Roosevelt at Foreign Press Luncheon NYC

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt guest of honor at the Luncheon of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents at the St.Moritz Hotel Mar 21st wears a new spring hat of the type that Mayor LaGuardia of New York criticized the day before the meeting of Fashion Designers, his honor said that most of the present millinery modes made him think of a top heavy airplane going into a tailspin. The Mayor Statement has women up in arms, but the first lady is quite serene and looks undisturbed as she wears her chic creation.

Photo is dated 1940.

Photo measures 6 x 8 inches.