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[President Theodore Roosevelt speaking outside church in Rifle, Colorado] – Historic Reproduction

[President Theodore Roosevelt speaking outside church in Rifle, Colorado], c1905. — historic photograph
[President Theodore Roosevelt speaking outside church in Rifle, Colorado], 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [President Theodore Roosevelt speaking outside church in Rifle, Colorado]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[President Theodore Roosevelt speaking outside church in Rifle, Colorado]

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Rather than a formal portrait, this view shows Theodore Roosevelt addressing a crowd outside a church in Rifle, a small town on Colorado's Western Slope. The picture is dated around 1905, during his presidency, when he made frequent speaking appearances in small communities across the country. The print carries a copyright credit to the Rev. Horace Mann of Rifle, which suggests a local clergyman made the photograph. The audience is as much the subject as the speaker, making the image a useful record of how a presidential visit could draw an entire town outdoors.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesCopyright by Rev. Horace Mann, Rifle, Colorado.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Public appearances--Colorado--Rifle. Audiences--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 861 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164189

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