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Log cabin with American flag on tall pole – Antique Print

Log cabin with American flag on tall pole — historic image
Log cabin with American flag on tall pole. Historic image from the Presidents collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic image of Log cabin with American flag on tall pole brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Log cabin with American flag on tall pole

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A tall flagpole rising beside a log cabin sets this view apart from the portraits of Theodore Roosevelt that usually fill this board, and it points to the rugged, outdoor image he cultivated. In the mid-1880s Roosevelt ranched in the Dakota Badlands and lived in log buildings there, and the log cabin came to stand for the frontier life that shaped his public persona. Flags over remote homesteads were a familiar sign of national pride in that era, so the pairing of pioneer architecture with the flag captures a blend of self-reliance and patriotism that Roosevelt often championed.

Original scan647 × 800 px
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