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The presidential party at La Boca, the Pacific entrance of the canal--Roosevelt's visit November 1906 – Vintage Wall Art

The presidential party at La Boca, the Pacific entrance of the canal--Roosevelt's visit November 1906, Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama : A. Bienkowski, 1906 November. — historic photograph
The presidential party at La Boca, the Pacific entrance of the canal--Roosevelt's visit November 1906, Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama : A. Bienkowski, 1906 November.. 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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A window into the past: The presidential party at La Boca, the Pacific entrance of the canal--Roosevelt's visit November 1906, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Taken at La Boca, the Pacific terminus of the Panama Canal, this group portrait records the official party that accompanied President Theodore Roosevelt during his November 1906 inspection of the canal works. Roosevelt's trip made him the first sitting American president to leave the country while in office, and his personal interest in the project was considerable. The photograph was made by A. Bienkowski in Ancon, the town near Panama City where the American canal administration was based. It survives as a halftone print, a mechanical reproduction method that let photographs like this one reach newspapers and magazines of the period.

Created / publishedAncon, Canal Zone, Panama : A. Bienkowski, 1906 November.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Group portraits 1900-1910.Halftone photomechanical prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,292 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-200201

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