The Library, where Mr. Roosevelt spends much time while at home – Antique Print
![The Library, where Mr. Roosevelt spends much time while at home, [published 1902] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/dc/dc47eba4f7c2-L.webp)
(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 rare historic print captures The Library, where Mr. Roosevelt spends much time while at home in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Library, where Mr. Roosevelt spends much time while at home
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The particular subject here is the library at Sagamore Hill, the Oyster Bay, New York, home that Theodore Roosevelt built in the early 1880s and returned to whenever he could. The halftone appeared in Town & Country on June 7, 1902, pages 10 and 11, while Roosevelt was in his first term as president, so the room was presented to magazine readers as a glimpse of the president's private life. Its shelves of books reflect the reading habits for which Roosevelt was famous, and the picture is a useful record of how a working study looked in that era.
| Created / published | [published 1902] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1900-1910.Halftone photomechanical prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Reference copy in PRES FILE. Illus. in: Town & country, 1902 June 7, pp. 10-11. |
| Subjects | Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Homes & haunts--New York (State)--Oyster Bay. Private libraries--New York (State)--Oyster Bay--1900-1910. Studies (Rooms)--New York (State)--Oyster Bay--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,222 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164919 |
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