President Roosevelt’s library at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
View of President Roosevelt’s library at Sagamore Hill
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904-07-14
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House furnishings
President Roosevelt’s dining room, in his home, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
View of the dining room at President Roosevelt’s summer home
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904-07-18
Creator(s)
In the library, home of President Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
View of President Roosevelt’s library at Sagamore Hill
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904-07-18
Creator(s)
The hallway in President Roosevelt home, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
View of an entrance hallway at President Roosevelt’s summer home
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904-07-14
Creator(s)
President Roosevelt’s reception room at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
View of the reception room at President Roosevelt’s summer home
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904-07-14
Creator(s)
In the library, home of President Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
View of President Roosevelt’s library at his summer home, “Sagamore”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904-07-18
Creator(s)
Renovation and furnishing of Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
This film opens with brief clips of General Leonard Wood and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson participating in the renovation of the Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Site, laying the cornerstone and giving a speech, respectively. This film also shows movers unloading a number of objects from a moving truck and bringing them into the house, including many portraits, a chair, saddles, and hunting trophies.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association
Creation Date
1921-1923
Creator(s)
Roosevelt likes extravagant display
Newspaper article finding fault with the Roosevelt White House for its high expenses and “tawdry” changes to the house’s furnishings and trappings.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-04
Creator(s)
Unparalleled extravagance at the White House
Newspaper article finding fault with the Roosevelt White House for its high expenses and poor treatment of “relics and heirlooms.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-06
Creator(s)
The Teddyfication of the White House
William H. Taft stands in a large room at the White House looking shocked. All the furnishings, from animal skin rugs to lamp shades, andirons to woodcarvings and the faces in paintings, wall trim and moldings to embroidered chairs, show the countenance of Theodore Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1909-02-24