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[Theodore Roosevelt in Africa standing behind head of dead rhino and holding reins of horse] – Vintage Print

[Theodore Roosevelt in Africa standing behind head of dead rhino and holding reins of horse], [ca. 1909] — historic photograph
[Theodore Roosevelt in Africa standing behind head of dead rhino and holding reins of horse], [ca. 1909]. 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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Standing with one hand on a horse's reins, Theodore Roosevelt poses behind the head of a dead rhinoceros in this view from his African hunting trip, around 1909. The trip followed his time in the presidency and was carried out with the Smithsonian Institution, so the specimens collected were meant for museum study as well as sport. His son Kermit, who accompanied him, is linked to the collection that holds this slide. The record credits the lantern slide to Edward Van Altena, though it marks that attribution as unverified.

Created / published[ca. 1909]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsLantern slide by Edward Van Altena. Kermit Roosevelt Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres.; Geogr.; Hunting; Animals--Rhino.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,128 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151583

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