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[President Roosevelt, standing with twelve other men on railroad tracks, in front of locomotive] – Vintage Print

[President Roosevelt, standing with twelve other men on railroad tracks, in front of locomotive], c1906. — historic photograph
[President Roosevelt, standing with twelve other men on railroad tracks, in front of locomotive], 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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[President Roosevelt, standing with twelve other men on railroad tracks, in front of locomotive] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Roosevelt is shown here among a group of thirteen men standing on railroad tracks in front of a locomotive, a setting that reflects how much of his presidency was spent traveling by rail to speak with crowds across the country. The stereograph format, with its paired images viewed through a stereoscope, was a popular way to bring such travel scenes into parlors in the early twentieth century. Roosevelt, who served as president from 1901 to 1909, was an enthusiastic promoter of his own public image, and photographs like this one helped present him as an active, approachable leader.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print : stereograph, unmounted.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Group portraits 1900-1910.Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH29720 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Journeys.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,286 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179378

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