Roosevelt Zanders
Chauffeur & Concierge To The Elite
Roosevelt Zanders & John Wayne
Zanders and His First Rolls Royce 1958
Zanders on the job.
Jet Magazine March 24 1966
Zanders with Red Skeleton & friends
Zanders & First wife Marie. They were married for many years and had no children. This picture was taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Roosevelt received letter from The White House
Roosevelt takes picture at President Nixon's Inauguration January 1969
Zanders's operated his business out of the same Harlem office for 37 years.
R. Zanders entering his private office.
Zanders's Business Card, note his Cable address. At the time it was the only option available for transatlantic voice communication.
Logo on his stationary and envelopes.Note the two colors and the raised lettering. Expensive and elegant even by today's standards.
Roosevelt explains The Zanders Treatment in his interview Feb. 5, 1956 with the N. Y. Mirror.
Zanders visits his hometown Valdosta GA
Roosevelt Zanders reveal a day in his life in an interview May 25, 1966 with the NY Daily News.
Zanders takes a world tour NY Amsterdam News early 1960s.
Roosevelt honored on his 62nd birthday at the NY Coliseum Auto Show. Lionel Hampton chauffeured him to the celebration. NY Amsterdam News Feb. 3, 1979.
Roosevelt started playing golf as a young man and continual playing most of his life.
Ralph, Roosevelt and Arthur the Zanders's brothers.
Dorothy Zanders Hamilton was Roosevelt's sister and the only female sibling. She is mother of the publisher of this site. The articles and pictures dated before 1960 were preserved by her in our family album. She was very proud of her brother. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Zanders's childhood home Valdosta GA
Note the plane in the foreground also, the absents of a smile like to days Hip hop Black urban males. Appeared in Ebony Magazine October 1963.
Zanders international investment. Reported in Jet Magazine July 1, 1965.
Arthur Zanders Hamilton Dorothy's son and Roosevelt nephew was the only family member that worked with him. Arthur chauffeured with his uncle through out his life. His charming personality enable him to have his own list of elite repeated clientele. Such as William Hewitt, Chairman of John Deere and Carol Channing, singer, actress and Broadway Star.
Arthur continual his mother's tradition of preserving articles and pictures of his uncle Roosevelt. Everything in the archive dated after 1960 is the result of his efforts.
Website Author and Publisher:
Ellena L. Zanders-Ginigeme,
Dorothy Zanders-Hamilton my mother, was Roosevelt Zanders only sister. I inherited our family album from her that included all the material in this site prior to 1960s. When my brother Arthur became terminally ill he gave me his family album including his archive of our uncle's achievements. His material covered two decades ending in the mid 1980s. It's the combine material from the two archives the provided the content for this site.
Roosevelt Zanders & John F.Kennedy
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Roosevelt Zanders's letter to Dr. Martin Luther King
Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter to Roosevelt Zanders
