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[Theodore Roosevelt standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, right hand raised] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill. – Vintage Wall Art

[Theodore Roosevelt standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, right hand raised] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill., [between 1885 and 1919] — historic photograph
[Theodore Roosevelt standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, right hand raised] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill., [between 1885 and 1919]. 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 standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, right hand raised] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill. comes to life in this historic photograph, 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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[Theodore Roosevelt standing on table outdoors and making speech to men seated around him, right hand raised] / Smith Art Photography, Freeport, Ill.

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Here Theodore Roosevelt stands atop a table in an open-air setting, his right hand raised as he addresses a group of men seated around him. The photograph was made by Smith Art Photography of Freeport, Illinois, a studio that documented public events in the region, and the record dates it somewhere between 1885 and 1919, a span covering Roosevelt's rise from New York legislator to President and his later years as a outspoken public figure. Such stump-style speaking, delivered close to listeners rather than from a distant stage, was a common way politicians reached voters before radio and newsreels, and the picture captures that intimate and energetic style.

Created / published[between 1885 and 1919]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1920.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Public appearances. Public speaking--1880-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,137 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166896

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