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[Theodore Roosevelt in Africa standing behind dead rhino and holding rifle] – Historic Print

[Theodore Roosevelt in Africa standing behind dead rhino and holding rifle], [ca. 1909] — historic photograph
[Theodore Roosevelt in Africa standing behind dead rhino and holding rifle], [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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Here Theodore Roosevelt stands over a rhinoceros he has shot, rifle in hand, on the East African hunt he began in 1909, weeks after leaving the presidency. The expedition collected specimens for the Smithsonian Institution and included his son Kermit, whose collection this image comes from. Lantern slides like this one were a common way to share such trips with audiences at lectures and club meetings, and the hunt drew wide newspaper coverage. The caption card credits the slide to Edward Van Altena, a detail the record does not independently verify.

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 scan1,599 × 1,500 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151582

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