Theodore Roosevelt standing with a canoe and holding an oar
President Roosevelt stands next to a canoe holding an oar.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905-09-11
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Canoes and canoeing
Theodore Roosevelt and two other men on a dock with a canoe
President Roosevelt and two other men on a dock with a canoe.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905-09-11
Theodore Roosevelt and another man carrying a canoe as a third man carries the oars
President Roosevelt and another man carry a canoe as a third man follows carrying the oars.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905-09-11
Theodore Roosevelt standing with a canoe and holding an oar
President Roosevelt stands next to a canoe holding an oar.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905-09-11
Theodore Roosevelt, standing up in canoe, pushing away from shore with oar
President Roosevelt, stands up in a canoe and pushes away from the shore with an oar.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905
Theodore Roosevelt, standing up in canoe, pushing away from shore with oar
President Theodore Roosevelt stands in a canoe and pushes away from shore with an oar.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905
Over the old vermilion trail
The Duluth & Iron Range Rail Road publishes an account of A. W. Tait’s canoe trip along the “Vermilion Route” in northern Minnesota’s lake regions. Vacationers can take the railroad to Ely or Tower and retrace the steps of Tait and his Native American guide, Joe Boshay
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-17
Photograph of canoers
Several people sit in canoes in an unidentified body of water with several buildings in the background.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12
Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Isabella Ferguson
Kermit Roosevelt acknowledges Isabella Ferguson’s telegram. He describes a recent canoe trip.
Collection
Creation Date
1908-06-11
Independence Day
A wide-eyed man (Mr. Henry Peck) sits in a canoe loaded with camping gear while a Native guide rows him out on a wilderness lake. A woman (Mrs. Henry Peck) stands on the shore with her hands on her hips. A large building, possibly a lodge, stands at the top of a hillside leading up from the lake.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1913-07-02
That camping trip
On the left, “as they pictured it in advance,” a group of men finds an orderly campsite, canoes and serenades by moonlight, has a well appointed guide, and finds plenty of wild game to eat. On the right, “as it panned out in reality,” the men find a disorganized campsite in the rain, take a disastrous canoe trip, have a buffoonish guide, and eat canned food.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1911-10-04
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt describes to his mother from his trip into the backwoods of Maine with his guide Bill Sewall. He describes setting up camp, the food, dragging the boat upstream, the scenery, and hunting.
Collection
Creation Date
1879-09-14
Telegram from Henry Glass to William H. Moody
Admiral Glass believes that the canoes assembling at Caledonia Bay are to be used to transport Colombian troops from Titumati to the Chagres River or Bayano. American forces need to hold San Blas Bay to prevent this movement. Glass reviews the Panamanian and American forces in the region that could oppose an invasion.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-25
Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt
Anna Roosevelt Cowles is concerned that Vice President Roosevelt should become unwell because he is so anxious about his children. She looks forward to his upcoming visit and hopes he will spend an extra day. She asks for Professor Lounsbury’s address, so she might invite him to come during Roosevelt’s stay.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-08-26