Theodore Roosevelt on African Expedition
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1909
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder 10
Former President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) and other members of his expedition party from the Smithsonian Roosevelt African Expedition stand next to an American flag. Roosevelt is standing to the left of the flag with his head to the side. Other men in the image include Kermit Roosevelt, Edgar Alexander Mearns, and John Alden Loring. On this trip, Roosevelt collected natural history specimens for the United States National Museum (now National Museum of Natural History) and live animals for the National Zoological Park.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder 10
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1909
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Africa
SIA2009-1371 and SA-943
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print