Photograph of crashed airplane of Quentin Roosevelt

Subject(s): Airplanes, Burial, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918, World War (1914-1918)

This black and white photograph shows airplane wreckage that the photographer thought was from Quentin Roosevelt’s crash. The photo was enclosed in a letter from George L. Olson to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt in 1924.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-08-03

Creator(s)

Olson, George L.

Period

Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)

Repository

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Page Count

1

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Photograph

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between Sagamore Hill National Historic Site – National Park Service and Dickinson State University. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Photograph of crashed airplane of Quentin Roosevelt. [August 3, 1918]. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276795. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Olson, George L.. Photograph of crashed airplane of Quentin Roosevelt. [3 Aug. 1918]. Image.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276795.

APA:

Olson, George L.., [1918, August 3]. Photograph of crashed airplane of Quentin Roosevelt.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276795.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.

APA:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.