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Theodore Roosevelt composite image

Theodore Roosevelt composite image

An image of various photographs of Theodore Roosevelt compiled together.

Comments and Context

A print copy of what appears to be the same image held by the TR Center includes the following caption: “This is the most remarkable photograph ever made. It is composed of five hundred different pictures of President Roosevelt taken at all years of his public career, and showing five hundred of his different attitudes and expressions. Two, and only two, of the picures in this photograph are similar. They show the President in exactly the same position and dressed exactly the same. One is a little darker and larger than the other, but they are the same picture. See if you can find those two “Mysterious Mr. Roosevelt” pictures. After you find it it is a puzzle that will keep your friends busy for quite a while. This is probably the most expensive single photograph ever made. Its price was $1,000. No other photograph like it can ever be produced, and we have absolute control of its reproduction. Several men worked for months on the preparation of it. The pictures in it were taken in almost every state and territory in the Union, and at some of the most notable events that have taken place in American history. This great composite photograph will be an ornament to any home in America – a priceless ornament. Five years from now a reproduction of this great picture will be worth many dollars, and later on, when President Roosevelt has retired from public life, it will be a treasure to your children and grandchildren which will command a very high price.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs