Pres. Roosevelt saluting the passing war ships--Review of war fleet at Oyster Bay, Aug. 17, 1903 – Vintage Photo Print
(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 rare historic photograph captures Pres. Roosevelt saluting the passing war ships--Review of war fleet at Oyster Bay, Aug. 17, 1903 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Pres. Roosevelt saluting the passing war ships--Review of war fleet at Oyster Bay, Aug. 17, 1903
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Here the subject is a moment on the water rather than a portrait: President Theodore Roosevelt returns the salute of warships steaming past him during a review of the fleet at Oyster Bay, New York, on August 17, 1903. Roosevelt had a summer home at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, so the review took place near the place he spent much of his time away from Washington. The stereograph was made by photographer William H. Rau, who sold views of such events to a public eager for images of the president and the navy. Its two-lens format gives the scene a sense of depth, letting viewers look out across the bay at the passing ships.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H35479 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5235. Copyright by William H. Rau. |
| Subjects | Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919. Military inspections--New York (State)--Oyster Bay--1900-1910. Naval parades & ceremonies--New York (State)--Oyster Bay--1900-1910. Warships--New York (State)--Oyster Bay--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,754 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif3f06230_PresRooseveltsalutingthepassin |
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