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Underwood & Underwood President Theodore Roosevelt in his office - the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, U. S. A.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06449.19 Author/Creator: Underwood & Underwood Place Written: Washington D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 1902 Pagination: Stereoview. The caption is printed on the back of the mount in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian. Order a Copy

Roosevelt stands in front of the corner of the cabinet room table, with a paper in his right hand. The room is artfully disarranged: one chair is moved back as though the president has just risen from it.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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