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President Roosevelt speaking at Grand Island, Nebraska – Vintage Print

President Roosevelt speaking at Grand Island, Nebraska, New York, N.Y. : Underwood & Underwood, c1903. — historic photograph
President Roosevelt speaking at Grand Island, Nebraska, New York, N.Y. : Underwood & Underwood, c1903.. 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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A window into the past: President Roosevelt speaking at Grand Island, Nebraska, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Theodore Roosevelt is shown addressing a crowd in Grand Island, Nebraska, a rail-town stop where a president could reach a large audience from a temporary platform. The card was issued by Underwood & Underwood of New York around 1903, when Roosevelt was in his second year as president after taking office following William McKinley's assassination. Stereographs like this were sold in large numbers and viewed through a hand-held stereoscope, which gave flat photographs a sense of depth and made distant public events feel close to home. The card is a useful record of how presidential travel and public speaking were documented in the early twentieth century.

Created / publishedNew York, N.Y. : Underwood & Underwood, c1903.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH31874 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Public appearances--Nebraska--Grand Island.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,239 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-192737

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