President Roosevelt congratulated by diplomats after inaugural address – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This historic photograph of President Roosevelt congratulated by diplomats after inaugural address brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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President Roosevelt congratulated by diplomats after inaugural address
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Few pictures in this set show a president receiving foreign envoys so directly after a public address, and that is what sets this one apart. The Bain News Service caption, which has not been independently verified, ties the scene to an inaugural address by Theodore Roosevelt, likely his second in March 1905, after he won a full term in 1904. Diplomats often offered congratulations after such ceremonies, so the image reflects the formal courtesies of Washington in that era. No original glass negative survives, so this view is known only from a scan of a print kept in its sleeve.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Print filed in negative sleeve was scanned. No neg exists. Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,241 × 5,836 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4509 |
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