The nation's chief before the forest king--President Roosevelt in Big Tree Grove, Santa Cruz, California – Historic 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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Step back in time with The nation's chief before the forest king--President Roosevelt in Big Tree Grove, Santa Cruz, California, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The nation's chief before the forest king--President Roosevelt in Big Tree Grove, Santa Cruz, California
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This stereograph shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing before the giant trees of Big Tree Grove near Santa Cruz, California, a scene the title frames as the nation's chief meeting the "forest king." Roosevelt traveled widely in the West in 1903, and his visits to California's redwoods drew wide press attention and helped build support for preserving them. Underwood & Underwood, a New York firm, sold stereo cards like this one in large numbers, so the image was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope and reached many households. Its pairing of a national leader with towering trees makes it a useful record of conservation-minded travel in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | New York, N.Y. : Underwood & Underwood, c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H33582 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. |
| Subjects | Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Journeys--California--Santa Cruz. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,241 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-192736 |
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