President Roosevelt on a Santa Fe engine before reaching Redlands Cal. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 photograph captures President Roosevelt on a Santa Fe engine before reaching Redlands Cal. in remarkable detail. 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 Roosevelt on a Santa Fe engine before reaching Redlands Cal.
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Theodore Roosevelt's 1903 western tour took him across California by rail, and this stereograph catches him standing on the front of a Santa Fe locomotive shortly before the train reached Redlands. Stereo cards like this one were sold in sets and viewed through a hand viewer, so the picture was meant to be seen in three dimensions, giving viewers at home a sense of being on the platform beside the president. The engine itself, a Santa Fe machine, is worth a look, since the railroad was central to how presidents traveled and how the West was promoted to the public in these years.
| Created / published | 1903 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | H33576 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9943. · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | Roosevelt Theodore 1858-1919--Journeys--California. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company--Equipment & supplies--California--1900-1910. Railroad locomotives--California--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,191 × 4,608 px · prints to 14 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-269935 |
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