Signed Photograph--Theodore Roosevelt, 1898-09

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 2, Item 5

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Photograph is 6 ¼ x 4, cardboard mat. Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, serving from 9/4/2001 – 3/4/1909. This photograph was taken in September 1898 as it is signed and dated by Roosevelt. The date is "Sept '98". Roosevelt would have just returned from Cuba in the Spanish American War. He arrived on 8/14/1898 and spent six weeks in quarantine at Camp Wikoff, Montauk, Long Island, N. Y. On 9/27/1898, Roosevelt was nominated by the Republican Party for the Governor of the State of New York.

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