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Theodore Roosevelt & Eli Yale" [blue macaw]" – Vintage Wall Art

Theodore Roosevelt & Eli Yale" [blue macaw]", c1902 June 17. — historic photograph
Theodore Roosevelt & Eli Yale" [blue macaw]", 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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Theodore Roosevelt & Eli Yale" [blue macaw]" comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A blue macaw named Eli Yale shares the frame with Theodore Roosevelt, which sets this portrait apart from the president's more formal sittings. The name hints at a Yale University connection, though the record does not explain how the bird came to the family. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer who made many portraits of Roosevelt during his presidency, dates the picture to around June 1902, when the White House was a busy family home. Her informal studies often show the president in relaxed moments, and this one captures a lighter side of a man usually pictured as energetic and serious.

Created / publishedc1902 June 17.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,149 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116317

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