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    TR speaking in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1918
    Theodore Roosevelt speaking in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1918 | TR speaking in Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1918
    Views of TR, wearing a mourning armband for his son Quentin, delivering a speech from a covered platform to a large crowd gathered in an open area of what appears to be a factory and surrounding area; close-up of TR, prepared text in hand, speaking to the camera.
    • Contributor: Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918
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    TR speaking at [Pueblo] Colorado, 1912
    Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Pueblo, Colorado, 1912
    As part of a Western tour, TR addresses crowd in his campaign for the Presidency under the Progressive Party banner in what appears to be Pueblo, Colorado, on September 19, 1912. Long shots of gathered crowd, with views of two cameramen on a platform with the sign: Mile High Photo Co., Denver. Views from varying distances of TR speaking with prepared text, from a...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1912
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    Shall we prepare?
    Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR speaking at Sagamore | Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR in Metropolitan Magazine office, 1916 | Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Sagamore | Theodore Roosevelt in Metropolitan Magazine office, 1916
    Two sequences of TR: Sequence 1: views of TR walking onto the porch of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y., facing the camera, and then speaking on military preparedness during WWI; Sequence 2: views of TR sitting at his desk in the Metropolitan Magazine office in New York City and speaking with a man who may be Carl Hovey, editor of the magazine.
    • Contributor: Hovey, Carl - Bray Studios - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Paramount Pictures Corporation
    • Date: 1916
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    TR speaking at the Battery, 1910
    Theodore Roosevelt speaking at the Battery, 1910
    Upon returning to the United States after an extended tour abroad, Theodore Roosevelt is welcomed with elaborate festivities in New York City on June 18, 1910. There are views of Roosevelt and Cornelius Vanderbilt, the chairman of the welcoming committee, walking toward the Battery Park platform, with photographers lining their approach. Mayor William J. Gaynor greets Roosevelt at the base of the Battery platform,...
    • Contributor: Gaynor, William Jay - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Vanderbilt, Cornelius
    • Date: 1910
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    TR reviews and addresses troops [Fort Sheridan, Ill.]; TR riding in auto, Chicago, 1917
    TR riding in auto, Chicago, 1917 | Theodore Roosevelt reviews and addresses troops [Fort Sheridan, Ill.] | Theodore Roosevelt riding in auto, Chicago, 1917
    Two segments of TR during a midwestern speaking tour in support of military preparedness. On September 27, 1917, TR visited the officers' training camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Views of troops marching past a reviewing stand for inspection by TR and several civilian and military personnel; identified on the platform with TR are Captain Georges Etienne Bertrand (wearing beret), a visiting Frenchman who instructed...
    • Contributor: Meeker, Arthur - Bertrand, Georges Etienne - Insull, Samuel - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Ryan, James A. - Universal Film Manufacturing Company
    • Date: 1917
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    TR at Fargo, N.D., during Progressive campaign, 1912 [1]
    Theodore Roosevelt at Fargo, N.D., during Progressive campaign, 1912, 1
    As part of a western campaign tour, TR speaks to crowds and firms up Progressive Party structure in the area of Fargo, North Dakota, September 6, 1912. Several views from varying distances of TR greeting and speaking to crowds from rear of train; TR addressing large crowd from a decorated platform, apparently in a stadium; TR speaking from rear of train to Indian men,...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt, George E. - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1912
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    TR at Sagamore Hill [1916]
    Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR at Sagamore Hill, 1917-1918 | Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1916
    On May 27, 1916, shortly before the Republican Party and Progressive Party conventions, the newly formed Roosevelt Non-Partisan League sponsors a demonstration of support for TR at Sagamore Hill. Many prominent men are included in the over 2,000 people who traveled from New York City to Oyster Bay to see TR and hear him speak on "Americanism." Panning shots of crowd gathered around porch;...
    • Contributor: Hurd, Richard M. (Richard Melancthon) - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1915
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    TR in Baltimore during Liberty Loan drive, 1918
    Theodore Roosevelt in Baltimore during Liberty Loan drive, 1918
    On Sept. 28, 1918, Theodore Roosevelt is the principal speaker at the opening of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign in Oriole Baseball Park, Baltimore, Maryland. Wearing a mourning armband for his son, Quentin, Roosevelt walks across the field with Liberty Loan officials, including a man who appears to be Phillips L. Goldsborough, chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee for Maryland and former governor of...
    • Contributor: Gibbons, James - Harrington, Emerson C. - Cleveland, Frances Folsom - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Goldsborough, Phillips Lee - Preston, Thomas Jex - Roosevelt, Theodore
    • Date: 1918
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    TR speaking at the dedication of Roosevelt Dam, 1911
    Theodore Roosevelt speaking at the dedication of Roosevelt Dam, 1911
    On March 18, 1911, TR spoke at the dedication of the Roosevelt Dam. Providing irrigation for the Salt River Valley area of the territory of Arizona, the dam is largely the result of TR's reclamation efforts while President. On driveway along top of dam, TR, officials, and crowd look intently over the side of the dam. TR has probably just pushed the electric switch...
    • Contributor: Fowler, Benjamin A. - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Sloan, Richard E. - Hill, Louis C. (Louis Clarence)
    • Date: 1911
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    TR at Billings, Montana [1918]
    Theodore Roosevelt at Billings, Montana, 1918
    In Billings, Montana, on October 5, 1918, to speak on behalf of the Liberty Loan and to denounce the Nonpartisan League of Farmers for its pacifist orientation, TR appears in a touring car greeting Billings citizens. Long shot of TR doffing his hat and shaking hands from a parked car in downtown Billings; after he is seated, car moves through crowded, flag-draped street
    • Contributor: Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918
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    Scenes of TR and his sons Quentin and Archie, 1917-1918 [2]
    Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt and his sons Quentin and Archie, 1917-1918 [2]
    Unrelated segments of Quentin, Archie, and TR at various times and locations. Medium close view of Quentin wearing a WWI uniform standing by a wooden shed in Mineola, New York, May 1917; long shot of Archie in uniform astride a horse possibly in 1917; Archie in uniform, with a cane, standing by a building possibly in 1918; medium shot of TR speaking from the...
    • Contributor: Roosevelt Memorial Association - Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch) - Roosevelt, Quentin - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1917
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    TR's reception in Albuquerque, N.M., 1916
    Theodore Roosevelt's reception in Albuquerque, N.M., 1916
    TR is cordially received on October 23, 1916 in Albuquerque, N.M. where he speaks on behalf of the Republican presidential candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, and attacks President Wilson's Mexican policies. There are long shots of TR being greeted in the courtyard of the Alvarado Hotel; TR walks with a group of men that includes former Rough Rider George Curry, appointed territorial Governor of New...
    • Contributor: Curry, George - Roosevelt, Theodore - International Newsreel Corporation - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Fall, Albert B. (Albert Bacon)
    • Date: 1916
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    TR speaking in Panama, November 1906
    Theodore Roosevelt speaking in Panama, November 1906
    TR became the first President in office to visit a foreign country while on an inspection tour of the Panama Canal. On November 15, 1906, there are views of TR and Manuel Amador Guerrero, first President of Panama, and two unidentified men arriving and standing on a platform on the steps of the Cathedral in Panama City; medium shot of two women arriving at...
    • Contributor: Amador Guerrero, Manuel - Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Paramount Pictures Corporation
    • Date: 1906
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    The Roosevelt Dam [1] Film depicts TR's commitment to the reclamation of desert land and his belief that natural resources exist for the public benefit. Included are close-up views of Frederick H. Newell, first director of the U.S. Reclamation Service and Gifford Pinchot, first chief forester and leader of the conservation movement in the U.S.; both influenced TR's thinking and action on conservation. TR fought successfully for the...
    • Contributor: Pinchot, Gifford - Hill, Louis C. (Louis Clarence) - Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow - Roosevelt Memorial Association. Film Library - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Roosevelt Memorial Association - Newell, Frederick Haynes - Sloan, Richard E. - United States. Bureau of Reclamation - Fowler, Benjamin A. - Roosevelt, Theodore - Orme, John P.
    • Date: 1928
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    TR's return from Africa, 1910 [2]
    Theodore Roosevelt's return from Africa, 1910 [2] | Roosevelt Memorial Association title: Roosevelt's return from Africa
    TR returns from his African hunting trip through the countries of Sudan, France, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Great Britain, and finally his reception in New York City. There are views of: 1) his riverboat on the Nile River in Sudan; 2) TR's visit in Paris with French Ambassador Jules Jusserand, Gen. Jean B. Dalstein, American Ambassador Robert Bacon, and Mrs. Bacon; his trip to Issy-les-Moulineaux;...
    • Contributor: Haakon VII - Vanderbilt, Cornelius - Bacon, Robert - Alfonso XIII - Manuel II - Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules) - Albert I - Gaynor, William Jay - Windsor, Edward - Franz Ferdinand ... Haakon VII - Vanderbilt, Cornelius - Bacon, Robert - Alfonso XIII - Manuel II - Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules) - Albert I - Gaynor, William Jay - Windsor, Edward - Franz Ferdinand - Christian X - Manning, Mae V. - George V - George I - Loeb, William - Frederik VIII - Ferdinand I - George VI - Dalstein, Jean B. - Gentry, Caroline - Roosevelt Memorial Association. Film Library - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Roosevelt, Theodore - Lodge, Henry Cabot - William II - Arthur
    • Date: 1925