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Barr Photographic Company "Roosevelt, Col. Theodore, and two Arizona troopers in front of second mission, San Antonio."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.02 Author/Creator: Barr Photographic Company Place Written: San Antonio, Texas Type: Photograph Date: 1898 ca. Pagination: 1 albumen ; 20.2 x 24.5 cm. Order a Copy

Image of TR on horseback with two mounted soldiers in front of southwest-style mission. Scribners Magazine stamp on the back of the mount. Caption on back reads, "Rooselvelt [sic] and 2 riders before Mission San Jose." "Roosevelt, Col. Theodore" written in red ink; remainder of caption in graphite in a different hand.

Barr Photographic Company
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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