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Quentin Roosevelt on the fence – Vintage Print

Quentin Roosevelt on the fence, c1904 November 12. — historic photograph
Quentin Roosevelt on the fence, c1904 November 12.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Quentin Roosevelt on the fence 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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Quentin Roosevelt on the fence

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Here the subject is a boy rather than a president: Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, sits on a fence at Oyster Bay on Long Island, where the family kept its home at Sagamore Hill. The catalog dates the sepia photoprint to about 1904, though that date is unverified, and the copyright line credits Edward S. Curtis. Quentin was born in 1897 and died in 1918 as a young aviator in World War I, which gives this ordinary childhood moment a poignant weight. Family pictures like this one show the Roosevelts away from the official portraits of the White House years.

Created / publishedc1904 November 12.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsSepia-toned photoprint copyrighted by Edward S. Curtis. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--Long Island--Oyster Bay; BI; Shelf.; PI; Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,122 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171656

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