Diana (Roman deity)

Diana, goddess of the hunt, trains a youthful and virile Theodore Roosevelt. They ride horses on rollers, Roosevelt’s breaking free, while roping cattle, also on rollers.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-05-02

A man in a “Taxiplane” hangs onto the coattails of a well-dressed man wearing a top hat who has leaped from the taxi to grab a hold of a nude statue of Diana atop a building. Caption: Popular stunt about town as soon as the taxiplanes get busy.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-10-26

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933