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The President shooting one of the big bears out of the tree – Antique Print

The President shooting one of the big bears out of the tree, c1905. — historic photograph
The President shooting one of the big bears out of the tree, c1905.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures The President shooting one of the big bears out of the tree in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The title places President Theodore Roosevelt at the moment of firing on one of the large bears in a tree, a scene that suggests the hunt was staged or at least arranged for the camera, as many outdoor pictures of the era were. Roosevelt was an avid big-game hunter, and his hunting trips, especially a 1902 bear hunt in Mississippi, drew wide press coverage that helped shape his image as a rugged outdoorsman. Photographs like this one, made around 1905, show how the public was invited to see the presidency through the lens of the sporting life. Today the picture also prompts questions about the era's attitudes toward wildlife and conservation, a subject Roosevelt himself would later champion through national parks and forest reserves.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH62203 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919. Hunting--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,131 × 5,127 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-225056

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