Kermit Roosevelt Photographing a Damaliscus c. 1909

Summary

Pictured is Kermit Roosevelt standing atop a horse and taking a picture of a dead Damaliscus (antelope). Other members of the hunting party are assisting Kermit or resting in the background. Just after President Theodore Roosevelt's second term ended in March 1909, he set sail for British East Africa, serving as the commander of an expedition to obtain specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. An eminent big-game hunter, Roosevelt led a team that included his son Kermit, who acted as the safari's official photographer, and naturalist Edmund Heller, who was responsible for taking photographs, writing specimen descriptions, and caring for the large mammals they collected. The expedition's specimens were displayed in the Smithsonian's new United States National Museum that opened the following year.

Notes

Also known as: RU7179_box2_folder9 [SPI_535]

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7179, Image No. SIA2009-0225

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1909
• c 1909

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Known Copyright Restrictions

Topic

• Photography
• Scientific expeditions
• Animals
• Hunting
• Safaris
• Horses
• History
• Presidents
• United States--History

Place

• United States
• Africa

Form/Genre

• Gelatin silver prints
• Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU007179 [SIA2009-0225]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints 5.4h x 3.2w

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