Snapshots of the Past

Resting on a brow of a hill, the house overlooks the neighboring country – Historic Reproduction

Resting on a brow of a hill, the house overlooks the neighboring country, [published 1902] — historic print
Resting on a brow of a hill, the house overlooks the neighboring country, [published 1902]. Historic print 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.)

Description

This rare historic print captures Resting on a brow of a hill, the house overlooks the neighboring country in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Resting on a brow of a hill, the house overlooks the neighboring country

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Perched on a rise above Oyster Bay on Long Island, this is Sagamore Hill, the home Theodore Roosevelt built and returned to for much of his life. The picture ran in *Town & Country* in June 1902, when Roosevelt was in his first full year as president, and the spread gave readers a view of a estate that was already becoming a well-known retreat from Washington. The halftone process, which let photographs print on the same page as type, was still fairly new to popular magazines, and it helped make images of public figures' homes familiar to a national audience.

Created / published[published 1902]
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1900-1910.Halftone photomechanical prints 1900-1910.
NotesReference copy in PRES FILE. Illus. in: Town & country, 1902 June 7, pp. 10-11.
SubjectsRoosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Homes & haunts--New York (State)--Oyster Bay. Dwellings--New York (State)--Oyster Bay--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,125 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164918

More from the Presidents collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

[President Roosevelt's country home, Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, New York, view of porch with mountain lion skin on floor][President Roosevelt's country home, Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, New York, viewThe Den President Roosevelt's headquarters at the summer White HouseThe Den President Roosevelt's headquarters at the summer White HouseEx-president Roosevelt and neighbors, taken at Oyster Bay, Sagamore Hill, L.I.Ex-president Roosevelt and neighbors, taken at Oyster Bay, Sagamore Hill, L.I.[President Roosevelt and his detectives at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, L.I., posed on porch with flags][President Roosevelt and his detectives at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, L.I., posePresident Roosevelt, members of Notification Committee, and guests, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.President Roosevelt, members of Notification Committee, and guests, Sagamore HilMiss Ethel Roosevelt's room in the White HouseMiss Ethel Roosevelt's room in the White House