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Pach Bros. President Roosevelt and Family.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04459 Author/Creator: Pach Bros. Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph signed Date: 2 July 1903 Pagination: 1 silver gelatin print : b&w Height: 37.5 cm, Width: 46.3 cm Order a Copy

One image entitled, "President Roosevelt and Family," dated July 2, 1903. The portrait is of the family sitting outdoors in front of a garden. President Roosevelt's head has been cut from a similar photograph and pasted onto this one. The printed label beneath the image lists the names or nicknames of each of the family members. In addition to these printed names, the family members have signed below their places in the portrait. President Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt sit while the children stand behind them, except for Theodore Jr., who sits on his father's knee. According to the label, the photograph was taken at the President's summer White House in Oyster Bay, New York.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943
Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918
Roosevelt, Alice, 1884-1980

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