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[Quentin Roosevelt on pony in front of White House] – Vintage Wall Art

[Quentin Roosevelt on pony in front of White House], [1900?] — historic photograph
[Quentin Roosevelt on pony in front of White House], [1900?]. 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 [Quentin Roosevelt on pony in front of White House]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, is shown astride a pony in front of the White House, a setting that places the boy at the center of the family's public life during the Roosevelt years. The photograph is one of the many pictures Frances Benjamin Johnston made of the president's children, whose lively pets and outdoor pursuits drew wide attention in the press. Johnston was among the leading women photographers of her day, and her studio work from this period documents the informal side of a presidency that often welcomed the public through its doors. Dated only tentatively to about 1900, the print is a useful glimpse of early twentieth-century family portraiture.

Created / published[1900?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900.Photographic prints 1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,258 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119104

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