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[Theodore Roosevelt and crowd on decorated rostrum] – Vintage Wall Art

[Theodore Roosevelt and crowd on decorated rostrum], c1905. — historic photograph
[Theodore Roosevelt and crowd on decorated rostrum], c1905.. 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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This stereograph shows Theodore Roosevelt standing on a decorated rostrum before a large crowd, a setting typical of the public appearances that made him one of the most widely photographed presidents of his era. Underwood & Underwood, the firm credited on the card, sold stereoviews like this by the thousands, and viewers used a stereoscope to see the two slightly offset images as a single three-dimensional scene. The date of about 1905 places it in Roosevelt's first full term, a period when he was campaigning for an elected term of his own and speaking often to crowds across the country. The identification comes from a caption card and has not been independently verified, so the event and location are best treated as unconfirmed.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres. I.; Shelf. Roosevelt, Theodore, Pres. U.S., 1858-1919.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,061 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151454

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