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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 1861-1948 – Historic Reproduction

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 1861-1948, 1902 — historic photograph
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 1861-1948, 1902. 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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Step back in time with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 1861-1948, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 1861-1948

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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, whom she had known since childhood, and she became First Lady when he took office in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley. This 1902 portrait comes from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, which Johnston assembled as she photographed the presidents and their wives over several decades. Johnston was one of the most prominent women photographers of her day, and her sitters were often shown in carefully composed formal poses. The picture is a useful record of how the White House presented its first lady in the early years of the Roosevelt administration.

Created / published1902
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). Caption card tracings: BI; Pres. Wives.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan885 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155207

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