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"Roosevelt children."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.83 Author/Creator: Place Written: Oyster Bay, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1894-1927 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 11.2 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy

Shows Ted, Kermit, and Ethel Roosevelt playing with guinea pigs on porch of Oyster Bay home.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944
Derby, Ethel Roosevelt, 1891-1977
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943

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