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Unknown "The amenities were not forgotten. In the picture of the Officer's Mess left, Col. Wood and Lt.-Col. Roosevelt sit at the head of the table."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.03 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: San Antonio, Texas Type: Photograph Date: 1898 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

Image of the table set for the Officers corps of the Rough Riders. Copy of the published form of this image, with above caption, found on the back of the mount.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

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