President and Mrs. Roosevelt in Charleston – Antique Print
(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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This historic photograph of President and Mrs. Roosevelt in Charleston brings a moment of history to your wall. 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 and Mrs. Roosevelt in Charleston
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Few details accompany this glass negative, which has no date, and its title comes from caption data the Bain News Service recorded, so the identification of the couple rests on that caption rather than independent verification. The pair is usually linked with Theodore Roosevelt and his family, and Charleston, South Carolina, was one of several southern cities a president on tour might visit in the early twentieth century, when rail travel made such stops routine. George Grantham Bain founded his news photo service in 1899 to sell pictures of public figures and events to newspapers, which is why many of his plates show officials at ceremonies, parades, and station platforms. The exact occasion and date of this exposure remain open questions.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,798 × 4,260 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-1595 |
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