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[Theodore Roosevelt standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, hands at waist] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill. – Historic Photograph Print

[Theodore Roosevelt standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, hands at waist] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill., [between 1885 and 1919] — historic photograph
[Theodore Roosevelt standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, hands at waist] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill., [between 1885 and 1919]. 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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[Theodore Roosevelt standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, hands at waist] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Theodore Roosevelt standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, hands at waist] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill.

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Here Theodore Roosevelt stands on a table in an open-air setting, hands resting at his waist, addressing a ring of men seated around him. The photograph was made by Smith Art Photography of Freeport, Illinois, a studio whose work survives in the Library of Congress, and its undated record places it sometime between 1885 and 1919. That span covers much of Roosevelt's rise from New York legislator to governor, vice president and president, and his barnstorming campaign speeches drew crowds across the country. The picture captures the informal, direct style of platform oratory that made him one of the most recognizable public speakers of his era.

Created / published[between 1885 and 1919]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1920.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Public appearances. Public speaking--1880-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,132 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166897

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