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The library of 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, the home rented by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels.
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1910
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt in the garden of 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, the home they rented after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels. Eleanor was pregnant with their first child, Grace.
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1911
Exterior of the home at 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, rented by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels.
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1910-1911
Article describing Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s flower garden and heirloom wedding presents.
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1910
Short article about how successful Theodore Roosevelt Jr. has been selling carpets for the San Francisco branch of the Hartford Carpet Company.
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1911-04-03
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. with Claudine Spreckels, daughter of Rudolph Spreckels, the owner of the house Roosevelt rented in San Francisco.
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1911
Article announcing the birth of Grace Roosevelt, first child of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Grace was also the first grandchild of Theodore Roosevelt.
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1911-08-18
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. arrives for lunch at his home at 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California.
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1911
Theodore Roosevelt holds a telegram stating, “It’s a girl, Teddy Jr.” Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s wife had recently given birth to former president Roosevelt’s first grandchild, Grace.
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1911
Eleanor Butler Roosevelt holds her newborn daughter Grace, aged 17 days.
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1911-09-03
Grace Green Alexander, mother of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, holding her infant granddaughter Grace, aged 17 days.
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1911-09-03
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. holds his newborn daughter, Grace.
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1911-08-17
Photograph of the parade of boats following Theodore Roosevelt’s boat as he leaves quarantine to disembark in New York City. It was taken by the New York Herald boat Owlet.
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1910-06-18
View of Fifth Avenue in New York City including number 433 where Theodore Roosevelt attended a reception after returning to America on June 18, 1910. The house belonged to Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s great-grandfather Theron R. Butler. It is the house with three awnings.
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1910
Some of the friends and family who greeted Theodore Roosevelt upon his return to the United States. From left to right: Corinne Douglas Robinson Alsop (Roosevelt’s niece), Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (Roosevelt’s sister), Grace Green Alexander (mother of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s fiancee Eleanor), Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Eleanor Butler Alexander (Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s fiancee), Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt.
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1910-06-18
The interior of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City decorated for the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Alexander.
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1910-06-20
An invitation to the wedding of Eleanor Butler Alexander and Theodore Roosevelt Jr., addressed to “Miss Alexander.”
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1910
An invitation to the wedding reception of Eleanor Butler Alexander and Theodore Roosevelt Jr., addressed to “Miss Alexander.” The reception location was Charles Beatty Alexander’s home.
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1910
A state of New York affidavit for license to marry completed by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Alexander.
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1910-06-04
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944; Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler, 1889-1960
Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and her bridesmaids on her wedding day. From left to right: Janetta Alexander (Mrs. Arnold Whitridge), Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Elizabeth Bertron (Mrs. Snowden Fahnestock, Mrs. Vladimir Boumistrow), Eleanor, Jean Delano (Mrs. Harold Edgell), Harriet Alexander (Mrs. Winthrop Aldirch), Jessie Millington Drake.
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1910-06-20