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[President Theodore Roosevelt, standing in automobile, at Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico] – Vintage Wall Art

[President Theodore Roosevelt, standing in automobile, at Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico], c1906. — historic photograph
[President Theodore Roosevelt, standing in automobile, at Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico], c1906.. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [President Theodore Roosevelt, standing in automobile, at Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[President Theodore Roosevelt, standing in automobile, at Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico]

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Standing up in an open automobile at Rio Piedras, then a town just outside San Juan, Theodore Roosevelt appears during his 1906 visit to Puerto Rico, which made him the first sitting president to visit the island. The photograph was copyrighted by the Waldrop Photographic Co. of San Juan, a local studio working in the early 1900s. Automobiles were still a novelty on the island then, so the scene also hints at how new forms of travel were beginning to change everyday life there. The record dates the image only to about 1906, so the exact day it was taken is uncertain.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH86197 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Waldrop Photographic Co., San Juan, P.R.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Journeys--Puerto Rico--San Juan.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,284 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184941

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