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President Theodore Roosevelt at his desk in the White House, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Print

President Theodore Roosevelt at his desk in the White House, Washington, D.C., c1903. — historic photograph
President Theodore Roosevelt at his desk in the White House, Washington, D.C., c1903.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt at his desk in the White House, Washington, D.C.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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President Theodore Roosevelt at his desk in the White House, Washington, D.C.

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Roosevelt is shown at his desk in the White House, a setting that stereograph cards of the period often used to bring presidential offices into American parlors. Stereo views like this one were viewed through a hand-held stereoscope, which made the room appear to stand out in three dimensions. The card carries a copyright credit to R.Y. Young, a commercial photographer who produced stereographs of Washington and its officials. Worth noticing is that the date of about 1903 comes from the caption card and is unverified, so it places the picture within Roosevelt's first term, roughly the years after he took office in 1901.

Created / publishedc1903.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo copyrighted by R.Y. Young. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres.; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 777 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149614

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