December 8, 2011
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Poster Printing of the famous photograph of a tearful Graham Jackson playing “Going Home” on his accordion, as President’ Roosevelt’s body passes, 20-1/2” x 12,” VG. ..., plus Document Signed “Graham Jackson,” on a restaurant receipt for Pittypat’s Porch, Atlanta. Life magazine photographer Ed Clark took this powerful picture of Graham Jackson in Warm Springs as the body of FDR was put into a hearse to make the trip to the Warm Springs train station to begin the journey to Washington D.C. to lie in state. Life Magazine published the photo on April 23, 1945. According to reports filed at the time, Jackson was playing Dvorak's Going Home. The night before his death, FDR spent a bit of time "watching Graham Jackson rehearsing numbers for the minstrel show that was scheduled for the following day."
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