[Theodore Roosevelt and his cabinet: photo of TR surrounded by bust portraits in ovals of - Straus, Wilson, Meyer, Taft, Metcalf, Cortelyou, Garfield, Root, Bonaparte] – Vintage Photo Print
![[Theodore Roosevelt and his cabinet: photo of TR surrounded by bust portraits in ovals of - Straus, Wilson, Meyer, Taft, Metcalf, Cortelyou, Garfield, Root, Bonaparte], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/28/288c52fb05c9-L.webp)
(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 [Theodore Roosevelt and his cabinet: photo of TR surrounded by bust portraits in ovals of - Straus, Wilson, Meyer, Taft, Metcalf, Cortelyou, Garfield, Root, Bonaparte] 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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[Theodore Roosevelt and his cabinet: photo of TR surrounded by bust portraits in ovals of - Straus, Wilson, Meyer, Taft, Metcalf, Cortelyou, Garfield, Root, Bonaparte]
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Rather than a single portrait, this composition places nine oval bust portraits around a central photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, presenting him as the hub of his circle of advisers. The names include Elihu Root, Oscar Straus, James Wilson, and William Howard Taft, all of whom held cabinet or senior posts during his administration, which ran from 1901 to 1909. The card gives no date, so the collage is best read as a portrait of his team in general rather than of a specific moment, and the identifications rely on the caption card's notes, which are unverified.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo of collage. Ref. copy may be in BIOG FILE [Straus, Oscar Solomon, 1850-1926]. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres. I; 9 BI; Shelf. Straus, Oscar Solomon, 1850-1926; Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918; Wilson, James, 1836-1920; Bonaparte, Charles Joseph, 1851-1921; Root, Elihu, 1845-1927; Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950; Cortelyou, George Bruce, 1862-1940; Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936; Taft. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,185 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108387 |
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