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President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill – Antique Wall Art

President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1902 — historic print
President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1902. Historic print 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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President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill

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This picture shows Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, his family home on the North Shore of Long Island near Oyster Bay, New York. It was reproduced as a halftone in *Town & Country* on June 7, 1902, while Roosevelt was serving his first full term after succeeding William McKinley in 1901. The house, which he had built in 1885, was his retreat from Washington and remains a national historic site. The halftone process of the period made it possible to print photographs like this one in magazines, so the image also shows how illustrated periodicals of the time presented presidents to the public.

Created / published1902
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
GenrePortraits 1900-1910.Periodical illustrations 1900-1910.Halftone photomechanical prints 1900-1910.
NotesReference copy in PRES FILE. Illus. in: Town & Country, 1902 June 7, p. 9. Halftone reproduction of photographic print.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Homes & haunts--New York (State)--Oyster Bay.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,055 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164917

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