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President [Theodore] Roosevelt making one of his characteristic ten-minute speeches [from back of train], North Platte, Neb. – Antique Wall Art

President [Theodore] Roosevelt making one of his characteristic ten-minute speeches [from back of train], North Platte, Neb., c1905. — historic photograph
President [Theodore] Roosevelt making one of his characteristic ten-minute speeches [from back of train], North Platte, Neb., c1905.. 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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President [Theodore] Roosevelt making one of his characteristic ten-minute speeches [from back of train], North Platte, Neb. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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President [Theodore] Roosevelt making one of his characteristic ten-minute speeches [from back of train], North Platte, Neb.

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Roosevelt's whistle-stop speeches were famous for their brevity, and this stereograph shows him at the rear of a train in North Platte, Nebraska, addressing a crowd gathered on the platform. The caption card, which this record reproduces without independent verification, describes one of his "characteristic ten-minute speeches," a phrase that captures how he used short stops along the rail line to reach voters directly. The card was issued by the H.C. White Company, a firm known for stereo views sold to households, so the picture reflects the mass appetite for images of a sitting president around 1905. Stereographs like this one were viewed through a special lens to create a three-dimensional effect.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 9945. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 776 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108839

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