This is an unusual item to list, but thought someone may be interested. This is a letter to my grandfather from his friend Gus Sumnick in Waterloo, Nebraska. He owned Corndale Farm and raised crops and livestock. In with the letter is sent a small photo of his home when President F.D. Roosevelt visited his farm as Governor in 1932. He didn't mention anything in the letter. He spoke of his crops and what prices he was getting for them, etc. He just wrote on the back of the photo that this was a picture of his home "at the time when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was on our place". About 5000 people gathered. Below is an article in part I found on the web describing the event. The photo is 4 1/2" by 2 3/4", is ragged at top edge and has age cracks. The letter is in good condition and the postmark is not legible. If you have any questions, please ask.
Monday, Oct. 10, 1932
At Sumnick's Place
Last week Farmer Gus Sumnick had important company for mid-day dinner at his 1.200-acre place near Waterloo. Neb. Twenty-eight miles out from Omaha drove no less a person than Franklin Delano Roosevelt, trailed by a hundred automobiles full of family & friends. Several thousand country folk flocked to the up-to-date Sumnick farm for a look at the Democratic nominee for President.
Sun-bronzed Farmer Sumnick, coatless and with suspenders over his blue shirt, greeted Governor Roosevelt on the elm-shaded lawn before his large, well-built house. He introduced his wife who wore her hair in the pompadour style of 25 years ago, his eleven sons and daughters. "You've got a regular Roosevelt family," remarked T. R.'s fifth cousin, father of five. A chicken dinner, cooking since 5 a. m.. was served at tables on the lawn. Smacking over it Governor Roosevelt told his host: "I've eaten a lot of meals since I left home but this is the best yet." Afterwards he was driven out to inspect barn, hog lot. corn crib, silo, tractor, threshing machine. "Mighty fine! Mighty fine!" the Governor repeated. "You know. I've lived on a farm for 50 years." Mrs. Roosevelt gamely climbed barbed-wire fences. At the thresher the entire party was deluged with chaff. Before Governor Roosevelt started back to Omaha. Farmer Sumnick. his words edged with a German accent, made this carefully stage-managed speech, to his guest.
"We're Republicans but we've got eleven votes for you in our family and we'd have two more if the youngsters were of voting age. At the price quoted when Hoover was inaugurated the 30,000 bu. of corn I'm now harvesting would be worth $28,500 in Omaha. But instead it's worth only $8,100, a clear drop of $20,400. And my 350 hogs at the price when Hoover became President would be worth $4,120, but at this year's prices would bring only $1,015. The drop in my corn and hogs totals $23.505. If Hoover and his Farm Board had kept their hands off, I'd be from $75,000 to $85,000 better off today than I am after four years of Hoover."
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