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Quentin [Roosevelt] and Roswell Pinckney at play – Historic Print

Quentin [Roosevelt] and Roswell Pinckney at play, c1902 June 17. — historic photograph
Quentin [Roosevelt] and Roswell Pinckney at play, c1902 June 17.. 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: Quentin [Roosevelt] and Roswell Pinckney at play, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Quentin [Roosevelt] and Roswell Pinckney at play

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Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, appears at play with Roswell Pinckney in this print from around June 1902, when the Roosevelt family was living in the White House. Quentin was still a small child, and the president's children drew steady press attention, so candid pictures of them were widely circulated. The image is notable for its ordinary subject: two boys playing outdoors in Washington, one of them Black, at a time when photographs of Black children were more often posed to fit stereotypes.

Created / publishedc1902 June 17.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Quentin,--1897-1918--Childhood & youth. Pinckney, Roswell Newcomb,--1896-1981--Childhood & youth. Boys--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910. Play (Recreation)--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910. African Americans--Children--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,050 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134276

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