ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN D.: (1882-1945) American President 1933-45. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 10 x 8 photograph of Roosevelt seated in a half-length profile pose at his desk, holding a fountain pen in one hand as he prepares to write on the papers before him. Photograph by Harris & Ewing. Signed in bold fountain pen ink to the lower border, 'For Alberto Poltronieri from Franklin D. Roosevelt'. Framed and glazed in an unusual wooden frame with two affixed engraved metal plaques, the first stating 'This wood was part of the White House roof erected about 1817 and removed in 1927' and the second featuring the seal of the President of the United States. Some very light, minor age wear, VG Alberto Poltronieri (1892-1983) Italian violinist.