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Hamilton Coolidge writes to Edith Roosevelt regarding the circumstances surrounding Quentin Roosevelt’s disappearance. At this time, they believe it is likely Quentin landed safely and is a prisoner of war. Coolidge notes he has packed Quentin’s belongings and sent them to Eleanor Butler Roosevelt in Paris.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-16
Private DiFiore writes to Quentin Roosevelt to congratulate him on shooting down his first enemy plane and tell him how excited his old base is for him and how eager they are to join him on the front. A note from the censor is included.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-11
One of last letters written by Quentin Roosevelt to his mother. Postmarked in Oyster Bay, Aug 5, 1918, three weeks after his death and forwarded to Edith Roosevelt in Maine. Quentin talks about his first weeks on the front and what life will be like when he gets back to the States.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-06-25
One of the last letters written by Quentin Roosevelt to his father. Quentin recounts shooting down a German airplane over enemy lines on July 11, 1918. Pages are missing from the letter as the last sentence stops in the middle of a thought.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07
John Bull, standing with one foot on England and the other on Ireland, holds strings attached to many warships which encircle the United Kingdom, while overhead fly menacing armed aircraft. Caption: “Britannia needs no bulwarks, no towers along the steep; / Her march is o’er the mountain wave, her home is on the deep.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-01-06
In an imaginary battle, aircraft, battleships, and submarines are shooting at each other. Caption: Whereas formerly we fought our naval battles on top of the water only, we now may fight them on the water, over the water, and under the water!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-10-27
The picture of Archibald Roosevelt made Theodore Roosevelt homesick for his grandson. It is still unclear if Archie Roosevelt will be returning from Europe. Quentin Roosevelt was credited with an aerial victory and Flora Whitney visited to discuss his success.
1918-07-14
German soldiers and officers invade England by means of hot-air balloons and other types of airships. In other scenes, German Emperor William II dictates “Fall of Albion / An epic poem by the Kaiser” to his secretary, and war correspondent Richard Harding Davis writes “How to Conduct a Campaign.” Caption: From the secret archives of the German War Office.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-08-18